Verizon has planned an unusual emphasis on design for a basic feature phone with the Pantech Hotshot. The touch-only device sports a thin, 0.35-inch profile more common to modern smartphones and gets a 3.2-inch touchscreen. There are three home screens that can be customized with contacts, photos and shortcuts. Verizon’s V CAST Video and VZ […]
The successor to last year’s Pantech Jest will soon arrive at Verizon Wireless, the carrier announced on Tuesday. The Jest 2 has a slide-out hardware QWERTY keyboard and has quad-band GSM support for roaming in more than 200 countries. Web browsing on the 2.4-inch LCD is thanks to the preloaded Opera Mini app. Users can […]
Verizon brought out its first 4G smartphone without a premium price on Monday by confirming the existence of the Pantech Breakout. The Android 2.3 phone still reaches the full 5-12Mbps real speeds of the LTE network and can even create a 10-device Wi-Fi hotspot. At just $100 on contract and with a rebate, however, it […]
Pantech’s Breakout handset appears to have arrived at some Verizon locations ahead of the rumored launch date. The Breakout is expected to be the carrier’s first budget-priced LTE smartphone, as a cheaper alternative to the $300 Droid Bionic, $300 Droid Charge or the $200 LG Revolution. The Pantech offering is said to offer a single-core […]
AT&T started off the week with promises that much of its Android smartphone line would get Android 2.3. Starting with the just-live Atrix 4G update, every regular subscription (Post Pay) phone would get the OS. The Inspire 4G was next with an August upgrade, but the Samsung Captivate and Infuse 4G, the LG Phoenix, and […]
AT&T this week started selling the Pantech breEZe III, a minor update to the breEZe II. According to Pantech, upgraded features include more advanced voice recognition, and improved sound quality thanks to Audience earSmart background noise suppression. A pill reminder feature has also been added, and the hearing-aid compatibility rating has been improved. The phone […]
AT&T finished the week by rolling out an upgrade to one of its core messaging phones. Pantech’s Pursuit II switches to a vertical QWERTY slider design instead of the original’s side slider, but its changes revolve mostly around its use of Qualcomm’s Brew MP platform. The OS is built for basic feature phones but gives […]
Pantech jumped to Android in the US for the first time on Tuesday with an AT&T model, the Crossover. The QWERTY keyboard slider is aimed at the budget set with a 3.1-inch touchscreen, a three-megapixel camera, and a 600MHz processor, but still promises more than basics. The design is ruggedized and comes with AllSport GPS […]
Verizon Wireless has issued an update for the Pantech UML290 USB modem. The UML290 is a 4G LTE-capable modem that can be used with laptop, netbook, or desktop computers. The update will improve connections for both 3G and 4G areas, correct auto-connection issues, improve power reporting, and enhance the device’s stability. Users can head to […]
The 4G LTE-capable Pantech UML290 USB modem introduced at the start of December for Verizon has just received a driver that would make it Mac-compatible. Available on the carrier’s support page, the software marks the first time Mac users will get access to Verizon’s LTE network. The LG VL600 modem introduced alongside the Pantech device […]
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