Hot Topics: Rumors  |  Apple  |  Hot Gadgets

Black Friday 2009
Deals, Ads, and more.
Hot Topic

Pantech

Pantech A1406PT Pink Mobile A Winner for KDDI

Topic:

Pantech A1406PT Pink Mobile A Winner for KDDI Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Pantech has with the pink A1406PT the 2nd most selling mobile phone for KDDI in Japan.

Not sure what the Japanese consumers like on the A1406PT. It is rather average when it comes to the feature-set. Supposedly that is what it makes popular. It is just a phone and not a cell phone that is also a DMB TV, 10MP Camera, GPS navigator and a Game Console.
< BR> Pantech highlights the security alarm and the one-touch shortcut buttons as the drivers for the success of this phone. Read more

Posted on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 09:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sprint offers Pantech PX-500 EVDO Data Card

Topic:

Sprint offers Pantech PX-500 EVDO Data Card Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Sprint offers the affordable Pantech PX-500 EVDO data card.

The Pantech PX-500 is designed to operate on CDMA 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev. 0 and EV-DO Rev. A networks.
The data card runs on 3.3V and features an embedded dual-band soft flip antenna. Read more

Posted on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 05:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

5 Pantech Cell Phones for Mexico

Topic:

5 Pantech Cell Phones for Mexico Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Pantech introduces 5 mobile phones in Mexico available through Telcel.

Pantech is active since 2004 in Mexico. The 5 available phones are: PG-6200, PG-1310V, PG-1610, PG-3810 and PG-1810.

The PG-6200 is the most interesting one featuring fingerprint recognition. Other features include a 2 megapixel camera supporting video clip recording and viewing, MP3 player functionality, and 20MB of user memory to store images and music files. Read more

Posted on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 16:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Cool New Pantech Satellite DMB TV Phone IM-U140

Topic:

Cool New Pantech Satellite DMB TV Phone IM-U140 Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Pantech announces the IM-U140 DMB-S TV mobile phone in Korea.

The Pantech IM-U140 features an LCD display that pops up automatically at a 30 degree angle when you push a button next to the screen, optimizing your angle of view instantly.
Other features of the new satellite DMB phone are a 2.6" wide QVGA 262K colors TFT touch screen screen, 3MP camera, MP3 player, PictBridge and 4 channel stereo speakers. Read more

Posted on Wed, 6 Sep 2006 05:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pantech PN-218 Compact Flip Phone Coming from Alltel Wireless

Topic:

Pantech PN-218 Compact Flip Phone Coming from Alltel Wireless Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review The Pantech PN-218 handset will be available through Alltel Wireless in the United States.

The Pantech PN-218 is a very compact and rugged fold-style mobile phone. The PN-218 phone measures 3.02x2.15x0.96 inches when closed.

The new Pantech features a 1.8" 260K TFT LCD(160x128px), 1.0" 65K color CSTN LCD (96x64) secondary screen, VGA camera with flash, BREW 2.1 capability, Speakerphone and voice memo function. Read more

Posted on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 07:55:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pantech A1406PT 3G Phones for KDDI

Topic:

Pantech A1406PT 3G Phones for KDDI Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Korean Pantech lands $110 million dollar deal with KDDI supplying A1406PT 3G mobile phones.

The Pantech A140PT is a 800 single-band CDMA 1x 2000 phone measuring 98.3 x 50.8 x 19.8mm. Features include: a 2.4" 260K QVGA TFT LCD with QVGA resolution, a secondary 1.2" 65K TFT (128x128 pixels), Crime prevention buzzer, One-touch key pad and a 1.3MP camera with flash. Read more

Posted on Thu, 3 Aug 2006 04:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pantech C300 - World's Smallest Camera Flip Phone available at Cingular

Topic:

Pantech C300 - World's Smallest Camera Flip Phone available at Cingular Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Cingular will offer the Pantech C300 in the United States.

The Pantech C300 fold style camera phone measures only 69x43x19.2mm and weighs 70.9g.

The Pantech C300 is equipped with a VGA camera with flash and zoom, as well as MP3 ringtones, SMS/MMS/IM client, organizer, speakerphone and e-mail messaging.

Amazon.com is already offering the C300 for $89.99 with Cingular Prepaid GoPhone.
Read more

Posted on Thu, 1 Jun 2006 13:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pantech PG-3600V Music Phone Features Touch Wheel

Topic:

Pantech PG-3600V Music Phone Features Touch Wheel Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Korean Pantech announces in Hong Kong the PG-3600V slider handset featuring an iPod like Touch Wheel.

The Pantech 3600V other highlight is the integrated video editing capabilities. Other features include music player, 1.3MP camera, 512MB internal memory, Bluetooth and speakerphone. Read more

Posted on Mon, 15 May 2006 10:08:15 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pantech PG-2800 Mobile Phone - Write with Your Finger

Topic:

Pantech PG-2800 Mobile Phone - Write with Your Finger Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Pantech shows off the PG-2800 mobile phone with finger writing recognition at the Expo Comm show in Russia this week.

The Pantech PG-2800 keypad recognizes and processes the individual user’s writing of text messages. The clamshell handset features a 2 inch color screen and a small 1.17 inch secondary screen. The PG-2800 sports an MP3 player, memory card slot and a 1.3MP digital camera. Read more

Posted on Tue, 9 May 2006 09:09:26 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pantech Announces Hero EV-DO Handset for Helio Service

Topic:

Pantech Announces Hero EV-DO Handset for Helio Service Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review It looks like Pantech is on a roll in the United States. Yesterday the company announced that they are supplying the first mobile phone for the new Disney Service. Now Pantech announces the 'Hero' handset for the new virtual network operator Helio that will launch in the United States.

Helio is a joint venture of Korean mobile operator SK Telecom and Internet service provider EarthLink Inc and is supposed to become a hip and cool mobile phone service.

Sk Telecom and Pantech are close, so it is no surprise that Pantech has won a deal with them.
The Hero is a EV-DO slider-style phone with 2MP digital camera, 2.2 inch QVGA screen, 70MB internal memory and Transflash card slot.
Pantech says that the Hero features a co-processor chip that can provide high-quality music and video playback. Read more

Posted on Fri, 7 Apr 2006 04:41:43 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pantech DM-P100 is First Disney Mobile Handset

Topic:

Pantech DM-P100 is First Disney Mobile Handset Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Disney announced yesterday at the CTIA conference the launch of a mobile phone service in the United States.

The Disney phone service is targeted at kids and is giving parents control over spending and use. GPS location tracking is also supposed to be available.

Korean Pantech will provide the first handset on the Disney mobile service. The Pantech DM-P100 fold-style phone features a color display, external caller ID, a built in camera with embedded flash, speakerphone features, text and picture messaging and voice activated dialing.

Pantech customized the DM-P100 to work with the specific Disney mobile service features. Read more

Posted on Thu, 6 Apr 2006 04:20:13 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Pantech IM-U100 Slider Media Mobile with 2.6 inch Screen

Topic:

New Pantech IM-U100 Slider Media Mobile with 2.6 inch Screen Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Pantech and Sky launch the IM-U100 portable media player mobile phone.

The stylish IM-U100 phone features 2.6 inch wide TFT LCD screen with QVGA resolution and 15:9 aspect ratio.
The IM-U100 features movie and music player functionality. Other features include 2MP camera, stereo speaker, analog dial and a TransFlash memory card slot.

The 2.6 inch screen size is a new trend. Casio introduced last week the W41CA, which also has a 2.6 inch screens. Read more

Posted on Thu, 26 Jan 2006 08:34:18 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pantech IM-U110 1GB Flash Memory Music Phone

Topic:

Pantech IM-U110 1GB Flash Memory Music Phone Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Pantech announces the IM-U110 mobile phone and says it is the "ultimate mobile jukebox".

The Pantech IM-U110 fold phone features a built-in 1GB flash memory to store music files. The media player supports AAC, AAC+, MP3, MPEG4 and H.264. The IM-U110 has the music player controls on the outside.

Other features include a 2MP digital camera, 2 inch QVGA screen and stereo speakers.

To top it off the IM-U110 supports PictBridge functionality for photo printing. Read more

Posted on Wed, 18 Jan 2006 07:25:38 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pantech Introduces PT-K1800 Terrestrial DMB TV Phone

Topic:

Pantech Introduces PT-K1800 Terrestrial DMB TV Phone Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Pantech introduces the PT-K1800 and PT-L1800 terrestrial DMB TV mobile phones in Korea.

The new Pantech DMB phones feature 2.2 QVGA LCD screens, TV-Out, 1.3MP digital camera, MP3 player, Trans-Flash Slot, Semi-automatic Retractable Intenna.
The phones have timer-recording and TV capture and users can talk and watch TV at the same time. Read more

Posted on Wed, 4 Jan 2006 06:19:43 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pantech 5MP IM-8600 Mobile Phone

Topic:

Pantech 5MP IM-8600 Mobile Phone Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Pantech introduces a 5MP digital camera phone dubbed IM-8600 in Korea.

The Pantech IM-8600 is a rotating clamshell 5 mega-pixel camera phone with auto focus & close up function with half stop shutter & 'Meca' shutter. Featuring a 2.0 inch QVGA TFT LCD screen, the IM-8600 measures 99x48.5x26.4mm and weighs 132g.

This new 5MP digital camera phone can be classified as a mainstream phone for Korea. It would be top of the line pretty much anywhere else. Read more

Posted on Mon, 28 Nov 2005 02:08:16 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pantech Brings Mobile Phones with Rain To China

Topic:

Pantech Brings Mobile Phones with Rain To China Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Mobile Phone Rain is not a new cool feature, it is an Asian Pop star called Rain (see photo).

Pantech signed a deal with Rain to promote it's mobile phones in China to gain a 5% market share in three years. This is an interesting move to hire a male "gadget model" to promote consumer electronics in Asia.
Pantech chose Rain as their brand ambassador on the basis that the singer’s key attributes are young, energetic, positive and trend setting. Read more

Posted on Tue, 8 Nov 2005 09:39:44 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pantech Launches Slim Line Mobile Phones with Russian Models

Topic:

Pantech Launches Slim Line Mobile Phones with Russian Models Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Pantech introduces their Slim-Line mobile phones PG-1400, PG-1500, PG-3500 and PG-3600 in Russia.

As with Pantech's phone launch in Thailand, Pantech smartly enhanced their launch with local beauties to make it news worthy.

The Pantech Slim-Line phones are thin, but not RAZR thin. More specifications below and another photo of Russian models from the launch event. Read more

Posted on Thu, 8 Sep 2005 02:04:41 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pantech PG-8000 Launched: More a Camera than a Mobile Phone

Topic:

Pantech PG-8000 Launched: More a Camera than a Mobile Phone Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Pantech launches the PG-8000 mobile phone in Korea.

The PG-8000 is designed to resemble a digital camera (the “dica” look) and features a 2 mega pixel camera and a wide, horizontal LCD display.
The mobile phone is also geared towards music oriented users and incorporates an MP3 function, supporting MP3, AAC, and AAC+ files. A FM Tuner is also featured. PG-8000 supports IrDA and Bluetooth function with USB PC Sync.
The PG-8000 has a memory card slot and a 2.0 inch 260K TFT (QVGA 320 * 240px) screen. It measures 99.8 * 51.4 * 16.4 mm and weighs 95g.
Read more

Posted on Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:13:38 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pantech Announces SKY IM-8500 2MP Camera Phone

Topic:

Pantech Announces SKY IM-8500 2MP Camera Phone Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Pantech announces their first SKY brand PCS mobile phone in Korea.

The SKY IM-8500 is a stylish 2MP camera phone with 5 different photographic modes and 3D sound from integrated stereo speakers.

Pantech has recently made the acquisition of SKY Teletech, that is why Pantech can use the SKY Brand.
There are three reasons we relatively often report about Pantech: interesting mobile phones, Pantech is number 2 in the Korean market and they have press photos featuring models showing their new phones. Read more

Posted on Mon, 22 Aug 2005 01:26:34 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pantech Bluetooth DMB Mobile PT-S130

Topic:

Pantech Bluetooth DMB Mobile PT-S130 Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Mobile Phone maker is at it again and announced what they call the world’s first Bluetooth enabled digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) mobile phone (PT-S130).

The Pantech PT-S130 has a rotating 2.4 inch LCD screen, 3D stereo sound, 2MP digital camera, MP3 player, 1GB and 512MB.
The phone’s multi-tasking function allows users to watch movies, while making or receiving calls or sending short text messages.
The new DMB phone measures 101x48x23.3mm and weighs 140g.
The Pantech PT-S130 will be available in August. The expected retail price will be KRW 654,000 (~$640).
More details on Pantech.

Read more

Posted on Tue, 2 Aug 2005 06:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pantech PH-S8000T Windows Smartphone Launched in Korea

Topic:

Pantech PH-S8000T Windows Smartphone Launched in Korea Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Pantech announced today that it has launched the PH-S8000T, the first smartphone to be introduced to Korea.

It surprising that Korea did not have yet a smartphone on the market. 3D gaming, digital TV and high resolution camera phones were apparently more important.
The Pantech PH-S8000T Windows smartphone runs Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition on an Intel Bulverde 400Mhz Processor. The PH-S8000T features a 1.3MP digital camera, 128MB ROM, and 32MB RAM. It weighs 141.2g and measures 91.7x49.2x25.9mm.
The PH-S8000T will be available in July. The expected retail price will be approximately KRW 450,000-500,000 (~$480).
More details on Pantech.

Read more

Posted on Mon, 18 Jul 2005 06:42:46 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr