Hands-On With The Pantech Reveal
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Here at the CTIA Wireless trade show today, I got some hands-on time with the Pantech Reveal, Pantech’s new quick messaging phone for AT&T.
AT&T’s CTO John Donovan pointed out in a keynote speech earlier today that quick-messaging phones, non-smartphones with keyboards that are perfect for texting, are the fastest-selling devices on AT&T’s network. Pantech’s specialty right now is in flooding the market with these gadgets; not only do they make a bunch for AT&T, they’re responsible for the TXTM8 on Cricket and the new swiveling Razzle on Verizon, too.
The Reveal is a relatively thin phone with a bright color screen and a slide-down QWERTY keyboard. Unusually, when you slide down the QWERTY, the main number pad remains in play, so you can use it for numbers if you want. (There are also numbers on the QWERTY.)
The fit and finish of this phone feels excellent; Pantech’s work has been getting better with time. The Reveal has 3G data, an MicroSD memory card slot, a media player, and a 2-megapixel camera with video recording to fill out a pretty decent midrange feature set.
The Pantech Reveal will come out on AT&T on October 18 for $79 with contract.
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