AT&T has a few campaigns running to increase the sale of cellphones, and now that Christmas is pretty close, the more they sell, the better.

One of those deals is a 2-for-1 offer, also known as buy 1 get 1 for free. The two handsets included in the deal are the following: Samsung Propel, and Pantech Matrix. Every good deal has a negative detail, and in this case it is translated to a mandatory 2-year contract, plus a $35 monthly package.

How does it work:

To take advantage of the offer, customers pay $129.99 for the first device and receive a $50 AT&T promotion card after mail-in rebate, bringing the total cost to $79.99(1). A two-year service agreement and up to a $35 monthly data or messaging package are required. To get one free, customers pay $49.99 and receive a $50 AT&T promotion card after mail-in rebate.

From the Asian part of the world more exactly in South Korea, comes a new cellphone thanks to Pantech. It is codenamed SKY IM-U310 and can be added to the Presto lineup.

As the Presto name suggests, this Pantech model is a music cellphone, and has a one-touch button to access the music functionalities. It has a price tag of approximately $550 and will become available next month, on December.

Besides the obvious music-related features, like a player, the SKY IM-U310 comes with a DMB-TV Tuner, bluetooth, supports memory cards with a maximum capacity of 4GB, and can use a 3G HSUPA network.

AT&T managed to leak its plans for the winter season and it looks like no Bold is coming soon. RIM’s phone should finally hit the U.S. market later this year but we don’t have any official dates yet. Besides the BlackBerry which looks like it will never arrive, we have the following phones:

Pantech Matrix: $80 after MIR
Samsung Propel:$80 after MIR
AT&T Quickfire: $100 after MIR
Samsung Eternity: $150 after MIR
Samsung EPIX: $200 after MIR
LG Incite: $200 after MIR
HTC Fuze: $300 after MIR

We’ll be back for more launch details when we have them. Until such time please feel free to fantasize about any of the above mentioned handsets.

In case you don’t remember, we talked about the Pantech Matrix at AT&T a couple of weeks ago back in Septemer, and the cellphone was officially launched today. It is already listed on the AT&T website with a price tag of $80 with rebate + service agreement, or $280 if you want a free phone.

Like previously mentioned, the Matrix cellphone has an interesting and unique detail - dual slide out keypads. It means there are 2 sliding keyboards, one is numeric while the other is QWERTY. In terms of multimedia, the Matrix can read MP3, MIDI, iMelody, MMF, WAV, SMAF, and AAC+ format files.

The battery on this Pantech cellphone can last 3 hours of talk time, which is below the average and should be improved in the next version. On stand-by mode it works up to 10 hours.

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AT&T has added another entry-level cellphone to their big catalog, the Pantech C610. In case you don’t remember, the cellphone was approved by FCC back in May this year.

The C610 flip phone will be available in one color - flame red - and cost approximately $50 with the AT&T contract + rebate. If you pick the non-traditional route of no contract, the price goes way up to $250.

As for the phone itself, it is pretty basic. The C610 sports a 1.3-megapixel camera, an old-school version of Bluetooth 1.2, and an expandable memory storage of 4GB when using a microSD memory card. The music player supports popular formats such as MP3, AAC, or WAV, and to make the multimedia experience more complete, there are music subscription services like Napster Mobile and eMusic.

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The Pantech Matrix phone is schedule to arrive in the U.S. from AT&T soon. The handset a full QWERTY slide-out keyboard which should be heavily used by all those hardcore text and internet users. The phone also sports UMTS/HSDPA support, a 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth and Video Share support.

We obviously don’t have any pricing and availability yet but when the Matrix hits it will arrive in three colors, red, black and blue. Wonder why it’s called Matrix though.

The Helio Ocean 2 phone must surely have some fans out there which have to know that the FCC has just approved an OZII device which is made by Pantech and which must be the Helio Ocean 2.

Here’s what the FCC says about the insides of the OZII:

• QVGA screen
• Numeric keypad and QWERTY keyboard
• EVDO 3G with full HTML web browsing
• Stereo Bluetooth
• 2 megapixel camera with flash and video recording
• microSD card slot

No pricing and availability dates have been mentioned yet. Is Virgin Mobile going to pick it up or not?

Here is one more cell phone destined for a Korea-only life. The Pantech IM-U300K is a clamshell that is HSDPA capable with WCDMA global roaming and video calling. There is also the usual suite of applications like an mp3 player, electronic dictionary, and a document viewer. But what sets it apart isn’t the terrestrial DMB TV or the passable 2-megapixel camera but the 49 LED dots that are present on the front folder of the IM-U300K. These LEDs have the ability to form personalized icons/messages for 15 different situations including receiving messages, alarm, and caller identification. Furthermore, users can also create their own personalized icons with the bundled PC Sync Tool.

The IM-U300K Neon-Sign phone will be available in a choice of white, sky blue, and black on Korea’s KTF mobile network although there is no information on when.
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Just like the name suggests, Pantech Breeze sure is equipped to be the perfect phone for the first time mobile users, although I doubt there are many of that breed. Being a product of AT&T and Pantech’s collaborative toils, the Breeze has a large display, oversized buttons for easy typing, and a trio of quick call buttons for those frequently called numbers. The menus are also simplified and uncomplicated thanks to the incorporated “Breeze menu” which prioritizes features that are accessed the most by the user. The Breeze can also serve as the perfect companion for the elderly and disabled with its audio cues and tactile clicks when the oversized buttons are pressed and offers up to 3 hours of talktime and 10 hours of standby on a single charge. Underneath all this, the Breeze is a mid-range device with a camera (unspecified), Bluetooth, and other functional utilities such as an alarm clock, notepad, calculator, and a calendar.

If you know someone who you think could benefit from such a device, head over to an AT&T store near you and fork over $124.99 on AT&T’s Pay As You Go plan after a $30 mail-in rebate.

The Pantech C610 Cell Phone has been approved by the FCC. Because this cell phone bears a prefix C, it can be concluded that it has been devised for the AT&T. The 3G phone features a clamshell form factor and comes in the color red. It is 200 subtracted from its predecessor C810. No details about this cell Phone are out yet.

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A few more days until Valentine’s, so expect the mobile phone carriers’ Valentine offerings to roll on. AT&T has launched the new Pantech Duo in the color of love: red. The Pantech Duo is a 3G phone with both a QWERTY keyboard and a numeric keypad. It features a 240×320 pixel screen, Bluetooth, and Windows Media Player 10. It measures 4.02″ x 1.97″ x 0.83″ and runs on Windows Mobile 6. The Pantech Duo red will be available in stores starting this week.

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Korean company, Pantech, has announced the release of Pantech W61PT as part of Japanese company KDDI’s spring collection. The fashionably designed Pantech handset features a diamond-shaped keys, 2.4-inch QVGA screen, 2 megapixel auto-focus camera, media player and microSD card slot. The Pantech W61PT handset comes in pink, white or black. It will become available in the Japanese market on February 2008.

Another pic after the jump.

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AT&T and Pantech announced that the new Pantech duo is now available in the US as an AT&T exclusive. A 3G phone, the Pantech duo features a QWERTY keyboard and numeric keypad - hence the name “duo”. The phone features a dual-sliding design the addresses business users as well as John Doe. With Windows Mobile 6 running at its heart, the Pantech duo is compatible with HSDPA/UMTS networks and customers can take advantage of AT&T’s BroadbandConnect network available in over 200 metropolitan areas in the US.

The usual office applictions - Word and Excel - are available on the phone. The Pantech duo, also called the C810, is equipped with a largish 240×320 pixel screen and measures 4.02″ x 1.97″ x 0.83″. Thanks to stereo Bluetooth support, you can enjoy music on the Windows Media Player 10 wirelessly.

Priced at US $199.99 (introductory), the Pantech duo is available at AT&T retail stores and online.

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Bone conduction is the conduction of sound to the inner ear through the bones of the skull. Bone conduction is the reason why a person’s voice sounds different to him/her when it is recorded and played back. It tends to amplify the lower frequencies, and so most people hear their own voice as being of a lower pitch than it actually is. Using this concept in earphones or hearing aids is nothing new.

We have come across many gadgets in the past that have used Bone Conduction. The latest one to incorporate this feature is Pantech’s KDDI A1407PT cellphone. Other than the fact that the phone features bone conduction loudspeakers that channels sound through your bones from your ear (or just behind your ear), thus helping you hear in noisy environments, the phone has little else to write home about. It sports a 2.4-inch screen and a 1.3-megapixel camera.

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Check out this new HSDPA phone from Pantech. Named as the ‘SKY IM-U210/U210K’, this phone targets the 3G phone market in Korea and is said to support 7.2Mbps HSDPA speeds.

With an ubiquitous design and a chromium-plated U-shaped key and joystick, the SKY HSDPA phone offers T-DMB service via a large display and 2M camera. Other features of it include WCDMA global roaming, mp3 player, electronic dictionary, text viewer and multitasking functionality.

As of the moment, its suggested retail price is approximately 500,000(KRW).

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