AT&T intros Samsung Strive, Samsung Sunburst, Pantech Link, Pantech Pursuit, new services
AT&T has just announced its 2010 spring portfolio of “quick messaging devices” (which includes two phones made by Samsung and two made by Pantech), as well as new cloud-based services for them.
Let’s talk about the new services first.
AT&T Mobile Share provides users with their own web-based storage locker called “AT&T Locker”. This enables you to [...]
Pantech P9020 QWERTY phone for AT&T passes the FCC
Pantech and AT&T have always been good friends, and lately they’ve been pushing out weirdly-designed phones, like the Pantech Reveal and Pantech Impact.
Also weird is the Pantech P9020, which has just received FCC’s blessing to be used on the GSM 850/1900 and WCDMA 850/1900 bands.
The User Manual of Pantech P9020 includes references to AT&T services [...]
AT&T launches the Pantech Impact for $99.99 on contract
First announced by AT&T at the beginning of October, the Pantech Impact will be available starting this Sunday (22 November).
The Impact is a weird messaging phone, featuring a “high-gloss faceplate” with haptic-enabled keys, and a full QWERTY keyboard. The handset also has two displays: a small external one and a larger internal one.
Other features include [...]
Pantech Reveal now available at AT&T, $80 on contract
Announced at the same time with Samsung Mythic, Samsung Flight and Pantech Impact, the Pantech Reveal C790 is now available for purchase via AT&T.
Previously known as Pantech Aladdin, the Reveal is a slider phone that features an alphanumeric keypad, as well as a full QWERTY one. The keypads are simultaneously active, “providing a truly quick [...]
Pantech Sky DuPont luxury phone now available
Announced by Pantech a few weeks ago, the Sky DuPont IM-U510LE luxury phone is now available in South Korea via SK Telecom, the country’s largest mobile carrier.
The Sky DuPont is a full-touch candybar with golden accents, designed to remind users of the DuPont lighters’ look. The phone, which measures 106.8 x 50.8 x 11.15 mm [...]
Verizon’s Pantech Razzle TXT8030 in official photos
Verizon is getting ready to release a really weird Pantech phone, called Razzle TXT8030.
The bottom of Pantech Razzle TXT8030 has two sides and it can be rotated, transforming the handset in either a full QWERTY phone, or in a device that looks more like a Portable Music Player (with stereo speakers and dedicated controls).
The Razzle [...]
Pantech announces Sky DuPont IM-U510LE luxury phone
Like Prada, Armani and Dolce&Gabbana before it, the French company S.T. DuPont has decided to enter the mobile market by making a cell phone in collaboration with a big manufacturer.
The manufacturer is Pantech, South Korea’s third largest handset maker, and the new phone is Pantech Sky DuPont IM-U510LE.
The DuPont phone was announced today in Korea. [...]
Pantech C790 Aladdin confirmed for AT&T
One of AT&T’s upcoming messaging phones is the Pantech C790, also called Pantech Aladdin – perhaps after Disney’s beloved character?
The C790 Aladdin has been recently approved by the Bluetooth SIG, so it might not be long until AT&T announces it.
Like other Pantech phones released by AT&T (the Matrix Pro, for example), the Pantech C790 has [...]
Qualcomm takes equity in South Korea’s Pantech
Pantech, South Korea’s third largest phone maker, announced that Qualcomm would become a minority shareholder in both Pantech Co. Ltd. and Pantech & Curitel Communications Inc., as a result of the Korean company’s plan to convert its “outstanding debt” into equity for its creditors.
Qualcomm will become a passive investor, holding no more than 15% of [...]
Pantech doublEye IM-U490S slider launched
Continuing its somewhat clever way of naming products (remember the TruEmotion UI?), Pantech has just launched a new phone, dubbed Pantech doublEye IM-U490S.
Released under the Sky brand, Pantech doublEye is a slider that has a Picture-in-picture feature and lets you use the photo camera and the video camera at the same time.
The phone also comes [...]