LG Invision Joines AT&T’s Mobile TV Lineup

AT&T has added the LG Invision as the third handset to support AT&T’s MediaFLO-backed broadcast mobile TV service, Engadget reports. The service offers smooth, unbroken animation (unlike streamed mobile TV services) but only works with handsets like this one that contain TV tuners and antennas.

The new handset has a landscape-formatted display—you rotate the thing 90 degrees to watch it like a miniature television set—along with a 1.3 megapixel camera and 3G data network support.

It’s also the smallest and cheapest mobile TV-compatible handset in AT&T’s product line to date, costing just $99 with a two-year contract after rebate, the report said.

Don’t forget that you have to pay $15/month extra for mobile TV service on top of voice and on top of data network charges. 24/7 broadcast channels include CBS Mobile, CNBC, Comedy Central, ESPN Mobile TV, FOX Mobile, MSNBC, MTV, NBC2Go, Nickelodeon, CNN Mobile and Pix.

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