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Pantech falls to Microsoft’s patent trolling, negotiates license fees

By Michael Crider
on 16 Jan, 2012

Last week Microsoft couldn't resist taunting Google over its licensing deal with LG, and it looks like the patent gravy train isn't set to stop rolling any time soon. Accroding to Korean news outlet Yonhap, Pantech is currently in negotiations with the American software giant to pay indeterminate licensing fees for the priveledge of running Android (a free and open-source operating system) on its phones. Along with LG and a handful of other major manufacturers like Samsung and HTC, Microsoft now claims it collects fees for more than 70% of Android phones sold in the United States.

Pantech Element AT&T LTE tablet hands-on

By Cory Gunther
on 9 Jan, 2012

This week we've been running around like zombies at CES but today we took a minute to sit down with Pantech and their new AT&T 4G LTE tablet and smartphone. The Pantech Element is an 8" waterproof tablet that will be taking a quick dunk in some ice water, then check out the full specs below.

Pantech Element waterproof tablet leaks for AT&T: $299 on January 8th

By Michael Crider
on 4 Jan, 2012

The latest addition to AT&T's tablet range comes from an unlikely source. Pantech, previously happy enough to make cheap smartphones, will be releasing a surprisingly novel Honeycomb tablet with AT&T LTE connectivity in just a few days. According to BGR, the Element also includes basic waterproof specification. You get some fairly standard specs including an 8-inch screen running the latest version of Honeycomb for just $299.99, which makes the new tablet the cheapest available on AT&T.

Pantech P4100 LTE tablet hits FCC and bound toward AT&T

By Sam Koutroulakis
on 12 Dec, 2011

Pantech recently had released the Breakout to Verizon earlier this year, and headed toward AT&T seems to be a tablet to run on their newly found 4G LTE network. The P4100 is only the model number of the device, but in due time we'll find out its proper name. AT&T hasn't advertised the P4100 officially, and if you hadn't carefully been paying attention to the news then you wouldn't know it existed.

Samsung Glide, Doubletime and other AT&T devices get priced

By Cory Gunther
on 17 Nov, 2011

AT&T has announced a wide range of Android phones over the past month and they will all finally be available come November 20th. First announced back in October on Monday AT&T shared the details and told the world they will all be available online and in-stores come Sunday, November 20th. Those include the Samsung Captivate Glide, the Samsung Doubletime, Pantech Pocket and the AT&T Avail. Today they've just announced pricing and we have the details below.

Samsung Captivate Glide and Doubletime hit AT&T November 20th

By Cory Gunther
on 14 Nov, 2011

Back in October AT&T unloaded a list of five new Android smartphones coming soon for a part of their fall lineup and while the Atrix 2 has already launched, we are still waiting on the others. If you've been following @ATT you'd have seen that today they announced many of those phones will be available starting November 20th. Most importantly that will be when the Captivate Glide hits the streets.

Pantech Vega LTE commercial shows off hands-free gesture controls [Video]

By Cory Gunther
on 31 Oct, 2011

Who needs touchscreens and slide to unlock features says Pantech. This latest commercial shows just how 2010 touchscreens and slide to answer features really are because they have introduced hands-free gesture based controls for swiping through pictures and even answering phone calls. Apple may have recently received their patents for slide to unlock, but lets see how they take this newest video from Pantech. They are showing off their new 4.5" 4G LTE Android smartphone, enjoy the video after the break.

AT&T’s 4:3 “wide-screen” Pantech Pocket gets a hands-on

By Michael Crider
on 17 Oct, 2011

If you've got an Android phone with a screen that's bigger than 3.2 inches diagonally, it's almost certain that the ratio of its vertical to horizontal pixels is about 16:9, mimicking a television screen's shape and distinguishing high-end phones from low-end competitors like the iPhone. Pantech is bucking the trend with a new phone for AT&T, the Pocket. This 4-inch Gingerbread phone has a first-in-class 800 x 600 screen, an odd 4:3 ratio in a widescreen Android world. PCMag was on-hand at CTIA to give us a look.

AT&T announces 5 new Android phones, including the Atrix 2

By Michael Crider
on 11 Oct, 2011

AT&T extends its Android offering in a big way today with no less than five new Android phones for the nationwide network. The Motorola Atrix 2, the Samsung Captivate Glide and DoubleTime, the Pantech Pocket and the "AT&T" Avail. Most of the phones don't have any availability info just yet, but the Atrix 2 will be in stored on Sunday, October 16th for $99.

Pantech Vega LTE announced with 4.5-inch 720p display

By Michael Crider
on 6 Oct, 2011

720p seems to be the sweet spot for upcoming Android superphones: Both the Galaxy Nexus/Nexus Prime and the Samsung Galaxy S II HD LTE have a 720p screen, and the Galaxy Note bumps it up to 1280 x 800. Add another to the list with the Pantech Vega LTE. The newest from the South Korean manufacturer has a 4.5-inch display showing off the best of Gingerbread. Pantech's translation is a little rough, but based on some quick measurements, it looks like the screen will be a full 16:10, 1280 x 800 panel.