{"id":531189,"date":"2010-04-16T15:55:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-16T19:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:feeds.phonedog.com:\/\/c8d30408215fe3be35733f45b057de30"},"modified":"2010-04-16T15:55:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-16T19:55:00","slug":"pantech-and-att-announce-link","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/531189","title":{"rendered":"Pantech and AT&amp;T announce Link"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/r.phonedog.com\/shared\/images\/2010\/4\/99964-Screen_shot_2010-04-16_at_3.54.56_PM.png\" alt=\"Pantech Link\" width=\"450\" height=\"220\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Despite the America&#8217;s smartphone craze, there&#8217;s still a market for basic devices.&nbsp; To that end, Pantech and AT&amp;T today announced the Link, a QWERTY-equipped featurephone with a 2.4-inch display, 1.3-megapixel camera, Bluetooth 2.0, MP3 player, and microSD card slot.&nbsp; The device will be available in AT&amp;T retail stores and online this Monday, April 18th for $9.99 (after mail-in rebate and new two-year customer agreement).<\/p>\n<p>The full press release is below.&nbsp; For more on the Link, check out my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phonedog.com\/2010\/04\/15\/aaron-s-pantech-link-review\/\" >written review<\/a>, and stay tuned for the unboxing!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>AT&amp;T AND PANTECH CONNECT WITH THE NEW &#8220;LINK&#8221;<br \/>Latest Quick Messaging Phone Sports Slim Profile, Full Keyboard,  and Contemporary Design<\/em><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><strong>ATLANTA<\/strong> <strong> &ndash; April 16, 2010 &mdash; <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pantechusa.com\/\">Pantech Wireless, Inc.<\/a>, &ndash; the  U.S.-based subsidiary of Pantech Group, one of Korea&#8217;s largest mobile  phone manufacturers &ndash; announced today that &#8220;Link&#8221; is available to  AT&amp;T* customers in stores and online on April 18.  Link is Pantech&#8217;s  latest addition to AT&amp;T&#8217;s portfolio of quick messaging phones  (QMPs), a fast-growing category of phones popular for full keyboards,  advanced services and full browsers.  By featuring the full keyboard  under an ultra thin (under 10 mm) frame, and a suite of AT&amp;T  services including AT&amp;T Social Net and the new AT&amp;T Mobile  Share, Link proves that it is the slimmest way to stay connected to your  social life.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>&#8220;The energy at Pantech is high,&#8221; said Dave Ronis, Pantech&#8217;s newly  appointed CMO.  &#8220;We really enjoy working with AT&amp;T customers to make  sure that all of our handsets meet their ever-expanding needs.  Link is  one of the slimmest phones on the market, not to mention packed with  all of the social media and picture and video-sharing features our  messaging phone users want.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Link&#8217;s specialty is messaging, and just like the name implies, its  contemporary design is ideal for keeping people connected to the most  important parts of their personal life.  An extra-large LCD screen  complements Link&#8217;s slim casing, and a full keyboard helps kick out  messages in a snap &ndash; sending full texts, multimedia messages, email, and  instant messages.  Link brings you into contact with your online world  at 3G speeds, allowing for profiles to be effortlessly updated with  pictures and videos, and Web pages to be swiftly surfed.  Making and  managing playlists of favorite musical tracks is easy, and Link keeps  you looking stylish in the process.  Black and blue accenting combines  with a high gloss finish to make the most of its sleek shape.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Link incorporates key features that help do it all:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">\n<li><em>Ultra Thin Design &ndash; Measuring under 10mm, Link slides discreetly  into the pocket of a favorite pair of jeans or summer button-down.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Quick Access to Messages &ndash; A full QWERTY keyboard helps send a  wide range of messages in seconds &ndash; stay in touch with friends via text,  email, picture mail, video messages, email, and IMs.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Easy Contact Management &ndash; AT&amp;T Address Book is a service that  allows users to manage and backup contacts via the Web at no additional  cost.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Web and Social Media @ 3G &ndash; Browse the Web at the speed of 3G,  while using AT&amp;T Mobile Share to view and upload photos to any  number of social networking sites in one place.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Music: Manage it &ndash; Use the onboard song equalizer to adjust the  levels of music files, make and manage playlists using Napster&reg; and  eMusic&reg; through AT&amp;T Music.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Video and Camera &ndash; An integrated 1.3MP CMoS camera incorporates a  range of customizable resolutions and picture taking controls.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Quick messaging phone users more frequently look to their mobile  phone for advanced services and apps and Link has some of the best.   AT&amp;T Social Net can be used to quickly view and update online  profiles with one hub.  AT&amp;T Mobile Share makes it easy to store,  view, and share pictures and video.  Whenever on the move, running  errands or hanging with friends, AT&amp;T Navigator is there to guide  you with turn-by-turn directions.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Link is available for a limited time for $9.99 with a rebate and a  two-year contract at AT&amp;T stores and online at www.wireless.att.com.   A voice plan and a minimum $20 per month messaging or messaging and  data plan are required.  For more information about Pantech and its  products, please visit www.pantechusa.com, or follow us on Twitter  www.twitter.com\/pantechUSA or Facebook www.facebook.pantechusa.com.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>*AT&amp;T products and services are provided or offered by  subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&amp;T Inc. under the AT&amp;T brand  and not by AT&amp;T Inc.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/azHrl1wApTS3AgCqlbH3N4gasDA\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/azHrl1wApTS3AgCqlbH3N4gasDA\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/azHrl1wApTS3AgCqlbH3N4gasDA\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/azHrl1wApTS3AgCqlbH3N4gasDA\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/phonedog_cellphoneblog\/~4\/mdRF8c8kxek\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the America&#8217;s smartphone craze, there&#8217;s still a market for basic devices.&nbsp; To that end, Pantech and AT&amp;T today announced the Link, a QWERTY-equipped featurephone with a 2.4-inch display, 1.3-megapixel camera, Bluetooth 2.0, MP3 player, and microSD card slot.&nbsp; The device will be available in AT&amp;T retail stores and online this Monday, April 18th for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":671,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-531189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/671"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=531189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531189\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}