It is pretty rare to see that a network produces a cell phone from scratch and hence I was surprised to see the O2 Cocoon. This phone is made by O2 and is manufacturer by Pantech. This is a unusual move and there is more to this handset than what meets the eye at first sight. The phone is available on a monthly contract for free and you get can also get it on pay as you go basis for £300. The O2 Cocoon joins the bandwagon of cool-in-white theme and there is a trendy having black interior and sides. It is a bit chunky as compared to the Ultra Edition phones from Samsung but will still fit easily in the pocket. Unlike a lot of clamshell cell phones, this device is curved at bottom and top and this creates a profile which looks oval. One advantage of the rounded ends here is that the phone easily goes in to the pocket  [...]

There are a smartphone craze going right now across the country but AT&T is concentrating on just messaging phones right now because they think there is a lot of demand for 'smartphone lite' handsets. AT&T calls these gadgets 'quick messaging phones' and one of them is the Pantech Pursuit. This is the first touch screen phone from Pantech and it has a slider design for the keyboard. The feature set too is impressive. On the front, the Pantech Pursuit has a 2.8 inch display which dominates the front face. The screen size is a bit smaller than other handsets and it is not that good especially because you need a bigger real estate for touch screen phones. However, on the bright side, the screen looks crisp and colorful. The resolution is 320x240 pixels with 262k color support. The text is well rendered and clean. We also liked the choice of fonts and graphic icons that it had to offer. You can change the font style, menu theme, backlight time  [...]

Not every one out there is crazy about high end smartphones. Some just need a basic handset to make calls and send occasional text messages. Pantech mostly focuses on such handsets but it has spawned occasional high end phones like Matrix Pro and Matrix. Pantech Breeze II is a successor to Pantech Breeze which we saw a few years ago. This is a basic flip phone for people who are looking for low end handset. This phone is yours for $19.99 and you have to enter a two year service agreement with the service provider, AT&T. Being the clamshell phone, the Pantech Breeze II has two displays. The external screen is 1.38 inches big and has resolution of 128x128 pixels along with 65k color support. It only gives basics like date, time and caller ID. There are three LED light beneath the external display for calls, new messages and low battery alert. All this can be checked without opening the flap. On the inside, the Pantech Breeze II has a 2.2 inch display with support for 260k colors  [...]

It is been a while since Pantech came out with a handset. It previous attempt was Slate and it has been a long wait after that. This handset shares the thin look of Slate but the features are a bit updated here. The display of Pantech Link is 2.4 inches big and gives a resolution 320x240 pixels or support for 262k colors. Slate had 176x200 pixels resolution. The display is colorful and crisp and you get sharp images with legible text. Adjustable features include brightness, backlight time, font style, and appearance of text and clock and menu type. Below the display, there is the navigation array which has two soft keys, a discrete speakerphone key, round toggle, clear button and the standard Send/End buttons. Toggle key is made of metal and has a confirmation or OK key in the middle. Navigating on the phone is easy since the buttons have a comfortable feel. The toggle is preprogrammed for four shortcuts: email, AT&T Address Book, new text  [...]

The Pantech has built the high-end cell phones like the Pantech Duo and the Matrix as well as simple handsets like the Breeze and the C150. On the other hand, the Pantech C630 looks basic from its look but has advanced highlights like some multimedia features, GPS, and 3G support. It costs $39 with two-year AT&T contract. You will find the charger jack and the volume rocker on the left spine, whereas the camera lens is on the back. The camera key and the micro-SD card slot sits on the right spine. The C630 overall has a dull design and lacks self-portrait mirror for camera. The call quality was average while testing, but suffered with a bit echo even on normal calls. If you need a basic phone with 3G support for AT&T, then the C630 remains an inexpensive option. The 1.76 inches LCD display has 176×220 pixels resolution that supports 262,000 colors. It exhibits vibrant images with vivid color despite of its small size. You can change  [...]

The Pantech Duo was first Windows Mobile smartphone for AT&T. It was named “Duo” due to its dual-slider design. However, the Duo had cheap plastic housing and flimsy sliding mechanism. It could not be a success like its predecessor Helio Ocean. Now, the company is back with another Windows Mobile smartphone – Pantech Matrix Pro. It continues to have dual-slider design like its predecessor – the Duo and the Matrix. The Pro costs $180 with two-year contract after mail-in-rebate of $50. It features better call quality, and 2-megapixel camera; but lacks Wi-Fi. 2.4-inch LCD display of the Pantech Matrix Pro has 240×320 pixels resolution that supports 260,000 colors. It exhibits colorful images and sharp text. On opening the keyboard, the display rotates automatically to the landscape mode. The Windows Mobile 6.1 has provided similar menu interface like HTC TouchFlo 3D. The home screen displays call and appointment history and provides  [...]

Pantech is out with a messaging device and this time they have done it with style. The phone has two displays; the one on the lid is 1.5 inch big and shows you signal strength, date, time, battery life. The display doesn’t have a photo caller ID but it is very sharp and you can see it clearly in the dark. Beneath the screen is the touch sensitive keypad which is very responsive. It has all the buttons which a numeric keypad normally has like call and call end buttons, two soft keys, and navigational button which has only the up and down direction functions and the number buttons. All this hard ware gives us more features than we expect from an external display – you can make calls and receive them, you can access the address book, music player, messaging menu and you can access the recent calls list. Some might find these functions too basic but  [...]

Pantech Reveal has two keyboards, a normal numeric keypad below the screen and beneath the phone there is a slider QWERTY keyboard. Now, we don’t know why there are two keyboards. The numeric keyboard could have been sacrificed to give way for larger screen size. But a smaller screen means that if you want to read text on this gadget there will be lots of scrolling. The phone is 3.9 inch long, 2.36 inch wide and 0.59 inch thick, it weighs 4.66 ounces. The phone is curved on the ends, looks cute. The phone’s display is 2.2 inch which is really small. Smart phones are known to have 3 inch display screen size. The display is good and you can see it clearly even in sunlight, something that we don’t see much in mobile phone screen. The screen has a display resolution of 320X240 and has 262,000 colors. In the display you can adjust the brightness, the font style, the backlight timer, the menu type, the color theme and you can customize the home  [...]