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Trio of AT&T phones comes to light, Pantech Matrix released Thursday

by Chris Ziegler posted Oct 8th 2008 @ 12:47PM

This week is the week for Pantech and Sony Ericsson fans on AT&T to break out the bubbly and throw a wild, crazy party, because the trick dual-sliding C740 Matrix will be joining the W760a (check the gallery) for release on Thursday; they'll be available for $79.99 and $129.99, respectively. Down the road, we're now seeing signs of a Pantech "Slate" running $49.99 and a Samsung "Propel" for $79.99 (in three available colors, no less), the latter of which is signed up for a late October release, but we really don't know much more about 'em.

We don't have dates, but it looks like that Samsung Epix will suck $199.99 out of your wallet after rebates, and the Fuze will run $299.99. Finally, we're seeing an AT&T "Quickfire" that's due in late October just like that Samsung Propel -- but unfortunately, we don't know much about this one, either. Any educated (or completely wild) guesses?

[Thanks, Kal]

Gallery: Slew of AT&T phones comes to light, Pantech Matrix released Thursday

AT&T's C740 Matrix from Pantech gets pictured

by Chris Ziegler posted Sep 26th 2008 @ 6:09PM

Looks like there's no end to this newfangled texting fad, and AT&T's doing its best to capitalize with a cute little Pantech that slides not one, but two ways. Whoa! What, not surprised? Okay, yeah, it definitely rings some bells, since Pantech's already done the form factor for AT&T as the WinMo-powered Duo -- but this one takes things a little downmarket by swapping in a dumbphone OS. The C740 Matrix still does alright for itself with HSDPA, Video Share support, Bluetooth, 1.3-megapixel cam, and a choice of three snazzy colors, so we're figuring the supposedly 80 dollar dual slider is going to get some love from the SMS addicts.

Nokia 6650, Sony Ericsson W760a, others coming to AT&T in coming weeks

by Chris Ziegler posted Sep 17th 2008 @ 6:28PM

So we've gotten a little more clarity on the situation with AT&T's next round of releases since we reported on pricing earlier today, and in a nutshell, things are looking up -- it's already mid-September, and it turns out that every single one of the phones we mentioned is scheduled to ship before the end of October. Specifically, the cheapo Samsung a637 should hit any minute now, followed by the Motorola V9x and the Nokia 6650 toward the end of this month; the Sony Ericsson W760a and Pantech C740 Matrix, meanwhile, are the stragglers of the bunch with releases planned for late October. Let's see how closely they can hold to this, shall we?

[Thanks, Kal]

Upcoming AT&T phones get priced

by Chris Ziegler posted Sep 17th 2008 @ 11:20AM

It's always a good sign when rumored handsets get slapped with price tags, because that means that releases are right around the corner, too -- usually, anyhow. To that end, AT&T's latest stock information indicates that the S60-powered Nokia 6650 will run $129.99 in your choice of red or silver, as will the Sony Ericsson W760a; the Samsung a637 will be coming in for $49.99, so we're expecting some pretty low-end stuff there; the Pantech C740 "Matrix" is priced at $79.99, and finally, the Motorola V9x we found out about way back in early July is checking in at a princely $199.99. All prices are after rebate, too, so we wouldn't expect any miraculous deals on these -- at least for the first few weeks.

[Thanks, Kal]