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Pantech Matrix, Samsung Propel, Pantech Slate, and Quickfire announced by AT&T

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Mobile | by C.K. Sample III | Wed Oct 15, 2008 11:18AM | 2 comments

AT&T has announced availability of four new text-messaging friendly cellphones. The Pantech Matrix is currently available for $79.99 with a 2-year contract in both blue and black with green (a red model pictured above is due to land on the 16th), the Samsung Propel and Pantech Slate (the black phone pictured above) will arrive in late October for $79.99 and $49.99 respectively after 2-year contract and mail-in rebate, and the AT&T Quickfire will be available in November for $99.99 after 2-year contract and rebate. If you're a heavy SMS and text messaging user, one of these phones may be a good choice. See the conversations below for more details.

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external link Pantech Matrix has a double-keyboard [Newlaunches.com]
external link AT&T Announces Four Phones Focused on… [Switched]
external link AT&T Launches Line of New Quick Messaging… [Just Another Mobile Phone Blog]
external link AT&T goes wild with texting, announces four… [textually.org]
external link AT&T Offers Four QWERTY Handsets [Ubergizmo]
external link AT&T Releases Flood of QWERTY Phones [Digital Trends]
external link Buzzwords: Pantech Slate is world’s… [CrunchGear]
external link Lightning Review: Pantech Matrix Dual Slider… [Gizmodo]
external link Pantech goes thin with the Slate [CNET News.com]
external link Samsung Of sGH-a767 Of propel: vertical… [Just Another Mobile Phone Blog]
external link AT&T Pantech Slate carves its own niche [MobileBurn.com]
external link AT&T unveils Samsung SGH-a767 Propel slider… [MobileBurn.com]
external link Samsung announces the Propel for AT&T [CrunchGear]
external link AT&T goes wild with texting, announces… [Engadget]

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Dave Ginsburg external link (7:22 PM on Wed Oct 15, 2008)

The Pantech Matrix includes an Over-the-Air device management client that permits the operator to update Firmware-over-the-Air (FOTA), reducing frontline care costs and enhancing the user experience. More at: www.innopath.com.

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Anonymous (7:59 PM on Tue Nov 25, 2008)

never by the pantech duo i bought it and within a couple month it started to fall apart

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