Phone manufacturer Pantech’s stock in trade nowadays is the “QMD” – quick messaging devices, or inexpensive dumb-phones with keyboards. These phones are perfect for people who do a lot of texting and a little bit of Web browsing, and they’ve become a major part of AT&T’s portfolio.
At the CTIA Wireless trade show today, I spent some time with Pantech’s two newest models – the Link (at left) and the Pursuit. The Link looks like a solid texting phone along the lines of the Pantech Slate – a poor man’s BlackBerry for folks who don’t want to pay for a smartphone service plan. It’s quite slim at 10mm, and has a 1.3-megapixel camera on the back. The user interface on this 2G phone is basic AT&T, with their links to social-networking services, their unusually good Opera Mini-based Web browser and their basic email client.
The real news, though, is the Pursuit, which I wasn’t allowed to take pictures of. This phone has both a 2.8-inch touchscreen and a keyboard, and it’s a really, really cute design.
Post a Comment