Pantech IM-S410: The First Phone Operated by Stank Breath

Your smartphone is cute...kind of a novelty, though, really. Sure, it puts worldwide communication in your pocket. But can it recognize wind? More »

Pantech Slate World's Thinnest QWERTY Phone, Slim Everywhere Else Too

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 $50 with a two-year contract, so it's perfect if you want the absolute cheapest, most stripped down texting device possible on AT&T. More »

Pantech Matrix Dual Sliding Phone Has More Buttons Than Sense

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]

AT&T's Pantech Breeze, A Hip Phone for Geezers on the Go

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 cellphones 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 $70 up front with a two-year contract, or $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] More »

Pantech Duo C810 Dual Slider Now Rocks the AT&T Casbah

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Pantech AT&T Dual Slider Up on FCC

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]

Pantech's Bone Conduction Phone Makes Us Say Duh

Although bone conduction is nothing new in headphones and Bluetooth headsets, not very many cellphones incorporate it into their feature sets. Pantech's KDDI A1407PT in Japan does have this bone conduction loudspeaker, and channels sound through your bones from your ear (or just behind your ear), which helps you hear in noisy environments. Other than the boning factor, this $165 phone is pretty plain, with a 2.4-inch screen and a 1.3-megapixel camera. Put the bone technology into a great phone and we'll start getting excited. [Digital World Tokyo via Uber Gizmo]

AT&T's Dual-Sliding Pantech Duo In the Wild

The Pantech Duo, seen previously as the Helio Ocean, has just been spotted in the wild by a tipster. He takes some sample shots next to his V3xx RAZR, which should give you a good idea of how large it is in comparison. If it's as thick as the Ocean, prepare to be either appalled or flattered when your friends comment on your third testicle. [Update, added side shot] More »

Pantech Duo Dual-Slider Coming to AT&T

Do you want a dual-sliding phone like the Helio Ocean, but don't want to sign up with Helio and prefer Windows Mobile to Helio's great OS? Do you also want to sign up with AT&T? Uh… OK. Good news for you: AT&T is getting the Pantech Duo (i.e. the Pantech C180), a sleek-looking dual-slider that zips along on their 3G HSDPA network. It runs Windows Mobile 6, has a 1.3-megapixel camera, and can do push email. Look for it to drop at the end of the month for $250 with 2-year soul-selling agreement. [Boy Genius]

Pantech 180, Thinner and Smaller than Helio Ocean, Coming Up on AT&T

Look at this Pantech C180 that Boy Genius Report just uncovered, branded AT&T and looking a whole lot like a smaller and thinner Helio Ocean. Unlike the Ocean, this Pantech slider runs Windows Mobile 6 Standard, but just like the Ocean, it has that appealing dual-sliding arrangement, where a horizontal slide reveals a QWERTY keyboard and a vertical slide uncovers a number pad. Take the jump for a look at it in its horizontally-sliding form. More »

AT&T Gets the Pantech C150 Low-End Cameraphone

If you thought that AT&T was becoming a high-end boutique cellphone shop with handsets like the iPhone and the HTC 8925, Pantech's latest addition to their roster will straighten you out. The C150 is a pretty nice looking low-end cameraphone with a VGA camera, Bluetooth, Yahoo Mail, AOL, Windows Live Mail support, MP3 ringtones, picture and ringtone caller ID and not a whole lot else. It's a candybar phone that measures 4.1 x 1.7 x .49 inches with a 128x160 pixel screen. So don't worry that you won't be able to pick up a possibly free-after-rebate phone from AT&T that doesn't look halfway bad. [Pantech] More »

Better Shots of the Pantech Double LCD Touchpad Phone

Remember the Pantech IM-R200 double LCD phone with touchscreen keys? You know, the one that gives you tactile feedback on the touchscreen so you can actually see what's going on? AVING hassome nicer pictures of the screen, showing off various styles of keypads that you can change to. More »

Pantech's Slider Features a Touchscreen with Tactile Feedback

There's more than one fancy slider out there, you know. If you are sick of the Ocean (Already? You're too jaded, my friend), then feast your eyes on the Pantech IM-R200. More »

Pantech Concept Phones Make Rare Appearance at CTIA

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Hands-On With the Smallest Flip-Phone Ever

Despite Jesus promising I'd shove these Pantech models down the old pantaloons, there wasn't much in the way of features or looks to warrant an unpantsing. We save that for only the items on top of the consumer electronics totem pole. More »

Pantech To Debut Five New Phones, Tease With International Models at CTIA'07

As expected, Pantech has finally decided to treat our Korean phone envy with five new models that will appear at CTIA 2007. All of them are nice-o but with their usual lame names: the C3b, C510, C600, C170 and the C150 pictured here, a nice candybar that comes with MP3 downloading, VGA camera, and Bluetooth stereo headphone support, which I have decided to rename the Pantswinger. More »

Pantech Slim Phone: Maglev Makes It Skinnier But Doesn't Make You Float

At 9.99mm (0.39 inches), Pantech's new slim phone is the skinniest slide-phone currently on the market, beating Samsung by 3mm. And, in a cellphone first, it's all down to Magnetic Levitation, the same technology that is used by Japan's Bullet Trains some high speed trains. The phone also sports a 1.3-megapixel camera, MP3 player and DMP (terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting). More »

Pantech IM-S200K: Yet Another Korean Cell With Scroll-wheel, Now With "Magic" Button

Another Wednesday, another korean duderina holding a slider phone with another scroll-wheel and yet another oh-so-boring-already-will-it-ever-stop iPod look. However, in addition to the usual MP3 player and the usual 1.3 megapixel camera and the usual voice recorder, this Sky IM-S200K has something different: its scroll-wheel is electro-luminescent. And in the middle of it is some kind of "OK Magic" button, which probably summons demons from a secret inter-dimensional time-space continuum that will take your SMS and deliver it to people in other galaxies. Or make a white rabbit appear or something. We will never know, because even while this nice phone costs $430, we will probably never see it outside Korea. You can, however, see a couple more pics right after the jump. – Jesús Díaz More »

Helio's Next Device: The Oz Smartphone

Now that everyone's familiar with the Helio Heat, we can look forward to the next phone out of Helio. Our tipsters tell us that it's going to be called the Oz, of prison sex fame. More »

Helio Dual-Sliding QWERTY Phone Unveiled - This is Their Smartphone

The secret's out at Helio. The Pantech PN-810, a three-layer-cake slider phone that has a regular dial pad and a keyboard has been seen on the FCC site sporting Helio branding. Despite being unusually thick—c'mon, those three layers have to add some heft—the phone does have EV-DO, a 2.1-megapixel camera, 260k TFT LCD, and Bluetooth. More »

Pantech IM-U160's Display is Too Nice For a Cellphone

Wow, looks like someone was paying attention to all those video iPod mock-ups from earlier in the year. The IM-U160 cellphone might be the last gasp of air for Pantech, since the company seems to be going through some financial troubles. From a feature perspective it's pretty much a standard issue Korea-only phone: basic multimedia support, two megapixel camera, microSD, etc. The display, on the other hand, is something to behold. It's 2.6-inches and dominates the phone's design. When closed, the phone appears to be little more than an attractive display. More »

Pantech Flexus 03 Concept Cellphone: Prettier Than Most Supermodels

Pantech just revealed the Flexus 03, a concept cellphone that actually made me say, holy cow that looks really nice. Zero information about the cellphone is actually known, but Akihabara says that it's made it into the IF Design Award 2007 finals. Just look as it and tell me it's not one of the better-looking cellphones you've seen here in a while. More »

Pantech IM-R110 Cellphone: Swivel Display, Multimedia Galore

Time to contact your local Korean import guy, since the Pantech IM-R110 is just about ready to see the light of day. It's a cellphone with one of those newfangled "t" screens that pivots on command. The cellphone also works as a portable media player (one that can accept DMB broadcasts, no less) but the camera is only two megapixels. I say "only" because cellphones in here in the U.S. are starting to feature such cameras, which means that the Korea phones should be at least five megapixels. Korean cellphones > U.S. cellphones as a rule of thumb. Please accept these photos in lieu of other actual facts. More »

Pantech & Curitel PT-S280 Keeps Yo' Bling in Check

Slider phones seems to be my latest bag. So I am happy to present that PT-S280 slider from Pantech & Curitel. What makes this phone stand out from the usual slew of crap Korean phones is the included Moneta software. Moneta is a banking application capable of performing money transfers, balance checking, etc. The mobile banking project has been around in Korea for some time, but it is just now really taking off overseas. If trends follow the same path, then maybe some better Moneta-esque applications can hit mobile handsets stateside soon. More »

Pantech PG3600V has Circular Wheel Buttons, Declared iPod Copier, Sued for Kajillions

Okay, they weren't really sued for kajillions, but Pantech has released the PG3600V. This cellphone has a circular wheel design that has buttons—yes, similar to the iPod. The circular button wheel is a good aesthetical design, and maybe the companies use it because it works, not because they are trying to be exactly like Apple. More »

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Pantech IM-S130 Smartphone To Be Coveted By Businessmen

Generally speaking, Korean cellphone users tend to get all the cool cellphones first, and often get them exclusively. The latest is the Pantech IM-S130, of which only a few facts are known right now, like the fact that it supports microSD and has a pretty decent 3.3-megapixel camera. There's a chance that it might be a hit with the office-going crowd since it natively supports both PDF and Microsoft Office files. Not particularly appealing to the teen crowd, but Mr. Executive Vice President may get a kick out of it. If, by some miracle, it hits the U.S., we'll let you in on the skinny. – Nicholas Deleon More »

Nokia Release 6315i for Verizon—Good Bang, Less Buck

This little Nokia clamshell is a pretty good phone with a pretty good price. The Nokia 6315i is a Pantech-branded Nokia phone that is now available for Verizon Wireless. One of the nice features is that it included EVDO. Also packed into this small clamshell is a 262k display, 1.3-megapixel camera and Bluetooth. It will set you back $80 with a two-year contract or $130 with a one-year contract. – Travis Hudson More »

Cingular Releases Pantech C120 Cameraphone For GoPhone Customers

Cingular gets its second Pantech phone with the Pantech C120 candybar, sold only to Cingular's GoPhone pay-as-you-go customers. The phone itself has a VGA camera, 65k color display, speakerphone, Java support, and the Oz IM client. There's not much else in the way of features, but it's good for PAYG customers to get another phone, since the selection's usually limited to a few older phones. – Jason Chen

Two New Sprint EVDO Rev. A Cards: Pantech PX-500 and Sierra Wireless Aircard 595

Sprint looks to be on track to launch their faster Revision A EVDO network in the fourth quarter of this year. They've already announced one card, here are two more. More »

Pantech Phone Porn: A Peek at the Future?

And now for some phone porn from Pantech of Korea, where apparently the company's designers don't have enough to do, so they hang around dreaming up wild-looking phone designs all day, the results of which we find oddly entertaining. Hey, they're designers, aren't they? What else are they supposed to do but get to designing stuff? More »

Pantech IM-U140 Auto-Popup Sliding Phone With DMB

This Pantech IM-U140, which looks quite similar to my T-Mobile MDA, has an auto-popup screen that moves up to a 30-degree angle when users press the button. The screen is 2.6-inches wide, is QVGA, and plays back DMB TV. The phone itself has a 3 megapixel camera and PictBridge, so you can print out the pictures easily. There's also TV-Out so you can play the DMB on a real TV, 4 channel stereo speakers, and a touch screen. Slim chance this phone or anything like it will be available to the US in the next year or two. – Jason Chen More »

Pantech/Lunar Design Pivot Cellphone Concept

Although this looks more like an alarm clock or a desk phone rather than a cellphone, the concept phone is really supposed to fold up and fit into your pocket. The device has a swiveling screen that allows you to prop it up to angle it at your face when you're making a speakerphone call. The screen will also be used for video-conferencing, which again is made easier thanks to the prop-up-pivot More »

Pantech PG-6200: Cellphone With a Fingerprint Reader

The Pantech PG-6200 has stats that, on a Friday afternoon, I can't even pretend to care about. What does make me perk up is the Pantech's fingerprint scanner that can be used for biometric security. Scan your digits to lock and unlock the phone. Sweet, eh? Stats? Oh fine. Those, and more details, after the jump. More »