The Mobile TV service is enabled by technology from Qualcomm's MediaFLO unit. MediaFLO runs and operates a separate network to broadcast the mobile TV signals.
The Samsung runs $150 after rebates and promotions and looks like a regular slider-style phone. The LG has a screen that swivels to provide users with a landscape view and will cost interested parties $200. Both phones sport all the latest advancements, of course, as well as access to most of Verizon's services.
User choice is cool and all, but where are the additional markets that Verizon said it would be adding over time? I know it's only been three weeks, but c'mon! Inhabitants of markets not served by V Cast Mobile TV can only hope that next week's CTIA Wireless show will offer us some positive steps in the mobile TV coverage department.