
Pantech will will "Impact" AT&T messaging customers with the Pantech Impact in bright blue and soft pink. Impact features a high-gloss faceplate with a haptic response touchpad, two screens and a side-ways flip keyboard, along witht social and multimedia options. They claim it will "make managing your mobile life startlingly fun."
The Pantech Impact has the following "fun" features:- Responsive Touchpad - Each time Impact's touchpad exterior is pressed, the phone responds with a gentle buzz.
- Options on the Outside - Play and control music, send texts, and make calls from Impact's touchpad without opening the phone.
- The World Inside - Flip Impact open to find a full QWERTY keypad, a large color screen and speakers, and also shortcut keys to IM, text, email and multitasking features.
- 3G Speeds - The nation's fastest 3G network makes surfing the web, checking your newsfeeds, and streaming music and video fast and easy.
- AGPS - AT&T Navigator provides voice-guided, turn-by-turn directions in real time.
- Video Recording and Picture Taking - Take and share pics and video clips using multimedia messaging and AT&T Mobile email.
The Pantech Impact is $99.99 after mail-in rebate at AT&T company-owned stores, and online at . (Pay $149.99 after two year agreement and receive a $50 AT&T Promotion Card. If you are a new AT&T customer, don't forget to use the he Wireless and Mobile News' $50 off online only coupon-link with the purchase of a new phone with a plan. Free shipping is included with online activation.
Each time the touchpad
below the screen is pressed it springs to action, reacting to finger
taps with a soft, tactile buzz. Impact lets users play and control
music, make a call, or send texts without ever having to open the phone.
A sideways flip open of Impact reveals a full QWERTY keyboard for typing longer messages, and a range of shortcut keys enabling one-touch access to IM, text, email, and jumping between apps. Users will also find a second full-color display screen, perfect for watching video clips, viewing friends' profiles, or flipping through pictures. And on either side of the screen sit speakers, making listening to music, chatting on speakerphone, or hearing GPS directions easy and loud. Whether browsing the Web, updating your status with pictures and videos, or playing games, Impact keeps users close to their social life at every turn.
Impact comes preloaded with AT&T's new HTML mobile browser and att.net service, which combines the best of full and fast HTML browsing with custom features for personalizing favorite bookmarks and local searches.
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