Pantech Messaging Phones Are Alive & Kicking!

The Pantech P9020
Messaging phones have not been as hot as they once were. But apparently Pantech refuses to believe the craze is over-either that, or they are trying to spark it once again with their new FCC approved device. The Pantech P9020. Since it just cleared the FCC, there is not too much known about the device, except that it will be surely headed over to AT&T, since it will run on the GSM 850/1900 and WCDMA 850/1900 bands. It will also have some kind of WinMo on it, since Pantech offers “free upgrade” to the 6.1 version on their site for a “Better mobile experience” for the older models and the Matrix comes with 6.1.

The Usual Suspects
The other usual stuff? Well, for now, all anyone knows is that it will have a 2.0 megapixel cam, and of course a full QWERTY slider keyboard. The Touchscreen is a 2.8QVGA, but as of now resolution is unknown. It will accommodate Bluetooth, email and has a MicroSD slot too. But for any other specs, we’ll just have to wait and see, of course. There hasn’t even been any announcement of this one, just a few leaked pics and the FCC report.

And the Verdict Is?
I sincerely hope this phone gets rolling out the Pantech doors soon. It is a cute, if not practical phone and it just goes to show that messaging is not dead yet. Yeah, of course it was a craze for a while with all the new smartphones and the QWERTY keyboards made just for the txtrs of the bunch , but sadly, the catering has gone… Moved onto other user groups. I wonder what happened…

Were the parents of the txtrs not shelling out enough dough to keep the craze alive? Or did the companies finally figure out that if they are under 18 hey can’t legally sign a binding contract-meaning they could get out of any smartphone they wanted to… Think about that for a minute… technically, if they wanted to, anyone under 18 who signed a contract, well in the US anyway, can get out of that contract they wanted to. The law says it is not legally binding because a minor does not have the smarts to decide if they should sign it or not… Theoretically, anyway. I don’t suggest trying it, however, as you would probably just be causing trouble for nothing. But you never know… If anyone has done this, shoot me a line and let me know what happened. I would be interested to see…

Information from UnWiredView.com and FCC
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