Pantech isn’t known for their cutting edge phones, but that will soon change with their upcoming Vega LTE line that recognises touchless gestures using its front facing camera, like a miniature version of Microsoft’s Kinect. More »
Your smartphone is cute…kind of a novelty, though, really. Sure, it puts worldwide communication in your pocket. But can it recognise wind?
Pantech’s Slate is billing itself as the world’s thinnest QWERTY phone, which is true in more ways than one. The feature set is pretty anorexic—a 1.3-megapixel camera should not be a bullet point—but it’s really cheap too, only $US50 with a two-year contract, so it’s perfect if you want the absolute cheapest, most stripped down texting device possible on AT&T.
The Gadget: Pantech’s Matrix dual sliding phone was just announced today on the AT&T network. Unlike last year’s WInMo-running Pantech Duo, the Matrix opts for a more straightforward dumbphone interface while adding 3G HSDPA, GPS and a slick looking design into the mix. galleryPost('pantechmatrix', 3, '');
Formed from the same genetic ooze as Pantech’s Slide Duo smartphone and rebranded Helio Ocean handset, the Matrix is a mildly frustrating device: spec’d with the best, but dressed in the worst. An HSDPA-enabled handset with GPS, a full QWERTY keyboard in addition to a dialpad, and two cameras should have the software to leverage the hardware, but AT&T and Pantech have chosen to stick with an in-house OS rather than opt for Windows Mobile as they did with the Duo QWERTY smartphone. Still, it doesn’t look like a bad feature phone for people who message more than they talk, and it’s available today at AT&T stores. [Crave]
Seeing as the original AT&T Pantech Duo 1 is the C810, this C820 has a really high possibility of being the Pantech Duo 2. There aren’t many details, but it’s got WCDMA 850/1900, which is AT&T’s 3G, and probably will run Windows Mobile like the previous ones. It’s interesting to check out the differences between this and the Ocean 2, which also popped up on the FCC a few weeks back if you’re into looking at FCC drawings. [FCC]
AT&T’s geezerphone, the Pantech Breeze, is designed with the elderly in mind. The Breeze has three big speed-dial buttons, simple menus, a loud speakerphone and large font. Now you can hear Gladys’s mahjong story and read Morty’s steamy text messages from anywhere in Del Boca Vista. A step up from the Jitterbug and the ClarityLife, other mobile phones for the olds, it has a camera to snap pictures of your grandkids, or the carpet while you’re figuring out how to make a call. The Breeze sells for US$70 up front with a two-year contract, or US$155 if you do pay-as-you-go, which is a good option if you don’t know where you’ll be three weeks from now. Bigger pics and press release after the jump. [AT&T]
What phone will you be using in the far off age of 2010? Along with our flying cars and robot slaves, you could be sporting one of these concept phone designs born out of a partnership between phone company Pantech (Sky Premium) and Korean university students. Pantech has a reputation for wacky concepts that were never intended for production, but these designs seem to be a little out there—even for them. Still, would you trade in your current mobile phone for one of these “phones of the future?” [Akihabara News via DVICE] galleryPost('koreanconceptphones', 3, '');
If our spy shots of the AT&T Dual-Slider wasn’t enough to prove to you this is definitely coming, the Pantech C810 has been postted on the FCC as well. It’s got a 1.3-megapixel camera and runs Windows Mobile 6, but other than that there’s not much we know about this mystery slider. Though, knowing that it’s running Windows Mobile could be enough for some people. [FCC via Phonescoop] More »
