Pantech Vega X Gets Official For South Korea, Features DDR2 RAM and Android 2.2

Pantech has just revealed something that high-end smartphones should start featuring more and more as time passes and that's DDR2 RAM. The company announced the Vega X and it's reportedly the first phone to have it - probably 512MB of it. This will be available later this week in South Korea via KT and LG Telecom. This smartphone packs quite the spec sheet, it also has a 4-inch WVGA touchscreen display, a 5MP AF camera, a 1GHz Snapdragon MSM8255 CPU, and Android 2.2 "Froyo".

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Pantech P8000 Android Phone Hits the FCC With AT&T 3G Support

A new Pantech handset has just hit the FCC and gotten checked out at the Bluetooth SIG. Dubbed the P8000, this handset has 3G support on 820/1900MHz bands which is perfect for AT&T in the US and the three major carriers in Canada. This will be an Android handset but it doesn't look like it'll be a high-end one so it'll be a budget one. Specs, price, and release date are still unknown right now, but if you're a power user then you might want to just move along. Check it out at the Bluetooth SIG and FCC.

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Verizon Releases the LG Octane For $99, $49 Pantech Crux Should Be Available Soon Too

Verizon has made two of their cheap handsets official and one of them is available right now. The handset that is available is above and it's the LG Octane. This is going for $99.99 on a 2-year contract which is quite a bit to pay for a dumbphone. This packs a 3.2MP AF camera, a microSD card slot, a QWERTY keyboard, Bluetooth 2.1 support, and Skype Mobile support (but no front-facing camera). Check this one out on Verizon right now.

The other handset that is now official is the Pantech Crux. This handset sports a 3-inch touchscreen display, some social network integration, a rear-facing camera, a microSD card slot, and 1GB card pre-installed. Thankfully, this one will only cost you $49.99 on a 2-year contract after a $50 mail-in rebate.

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Verizon Launching the Pantech Crux and the LG (VN530) Octane On October 28th

Coming from the new and improved Phone Arena website is word on two devices headed to Verizon in a week. The first one is above and it's the Pantech Crux. This one features a 3-inch touchscreen display with a 240 x 400 resolution, a 3MP camera, social integration, VZ Navigator, and GPS. The other handset is below and it's the LG Octane (VN530). This one features an external LCD display with a 176 x 220 resolution, an internal display with a 240x 320 resolution, a flip-out keyboard, a 3MP camera, and a non-standard 2.5mm headphone jack.

Both of these handsets will be available on October 28th and they're both fairly low-end handsets. It'll be good for someone starting out though.

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KDDI Introduces the Toshiba IS04 (With a 12MP Camera), Sharp IS05, and Pantech IS06

KDDI has just shown off three Android phones that they'll be launching in the future. The first one is coming from Toshiba, dubbed the REGZA IS04, and it looks like a Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10. This smartphone packs some pretty high-end specs like a 4-inch touchscreen display (480 x 854 resolution), a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, and a whopping 12.2MP AF camera on the back which is one of the highest we've seen on an Android smartphone thus far. Other specs include WiFi b/g / Bluetooth 2.1 support, a microSDHC card slot, EVDO connectivity, Android 2.1, and it's even waterproof. Sadly, you'll have to wait until January 2011 if you want to get your hands on one.

Next up is the Sharp IS05 which sports a 3.4-inch touchscreen display with a 480 x 854 resolution, an 8MP camera with 720p HD video recording, a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, Bluetooth / WiFi support, a 1Seg TV tuner, a microSDHC card slot, and Android 2.2. Last, but not least, there's the Pantech IS06 which will also launch with Froyo. Other specs include a 3.4-inch display with a  480 x 800 resolution along with a 1Seg TV tuner, a microSDHC card slot, and a 5MP camera. This one will be available in December.

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AT&T Announces the Pantech Laser, the World's Thinnest Handset With a Slide-Out QWERTY

AT&T has just announced what they're saying is the world's thinnest handset with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. That is the Pantech Laser, which sports a thin 9.95mm thin body. That's definitely thin and it probably is the thinnest slider out there. Specs include a 3.1-inch AMOLED touchscreen display, a 3MP camera, and AT&T's Social Net app and Navigator. This handset will be available on October 17th for $99.99 on a 2-year contract after a $50 mail-in rebate. If only this handset ran Android.

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Pantech Duo for at&t

Touch screen smart phones aren't universally desired. So at&t is introducing a dual-sliding phone like the Helio Ocean, but using the Windows Mobile 6 operating system. The Pantech Duo uses the 3G network, , a sleek-looking dual-slider that zips along on their 3G HSDPA network, has a 1.3-megapixel camera, and can do push email.