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Pantech C810 Duo Smartphone (AT&T)


Pantech C810 Duo Smartphone (AT&T)
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Average Customer Rating: Average rating of 3.0/5Average rating of 3.0/5Average rating of 3.0/5Average rating of 3.0/5Average rating of 3.0/5

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Binding: Wireless Phone
Brand: Pantech
Color: Silver
EAN: 0843124000934
Feature: Quad-band/3G smartphone with Windows Mobile 6 for MS Office document editing and easy Outlook email and contacts
Label: AT&T
Manufacturer: AT&T
Model: C810 DUO
Publisher: AT&T
Release Date: 2007-10-29
Studio: AT&T
Variation Description: Silver

Features
Quad-band/3G smartphone with Windows Mobile 6 for MS Office document editing and easy Outlook email and contacts
Innovative dual slide/double keyboard design; stereo Bluetooth; 1.3-megapixel camera/camcorder; MicroSD expansion
Music and video downloads and streams via AT&T Mobile Music and Cellular Video
Up to 3 hours of talk time, up to 150 hours (6.25 days) of standby time
Includes: Li-Polymer Battery, Charger, USB Cable, 3.5mm Headset Adapter, Quick Start Guide, Napster Insert, Parental Control Insert and Getting Started Guide
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Spotlight customer reviews:

Customer Rating: Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5
Summary: Fatal flaw
Comment: The phone will not make calls, will not dial out. Serious glitch in a phone and common across the at&t boards.

Has something to do with the 3g network.

Customer Rating: Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5
Summary: worst phone ever bought
Comment: do not buy this phone the first time u actually drop it, it will break. its looks cool cause it slides 2ways but its useless.

Customer Rating: Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5
Summary: Great smartphone; get WM6.1 update; experience may vary based on region
Comment: I've been using this phone since it came out at the AT&T store. It's my first smartphone; I have owned PDAs before but didn't choose to enter the smartphone/PDAphone fray until now.

Let me first address the physical characteristics of the device. I think it's a great form factor. The dual sliding is very natural. I wish the QWERTY keyboard were a little larger but it's much more usable than the devices with the full keyboard exposed on the front. The number pad makes for natural and easy dialing; I agree that the keys could have been made a little better in terms of being able to dial by touch (they're smooth) but once you are accustomed to the layout it's no big deal.

I've dropped my phone a number of times with no ill side effects. I don't perceive the flimsiness at all.

It actually even fell out of my shirt pocket into a lake and I was able to recover it but that's only because I knew what to do and did it quickly. I can't attribute that to the build quality of the device and would not recommend or expect others to repeat my mistake. :-)

My home town is Woodinville, WA. I get great 3G and/or Edge connectivity pretty much everywhere I go even through the mountain passes. When in my home area I have never had the freezes / lockups / battery drainage problems that have been reported with this phone.

That did change this past summer when I went to Belgrade, ME. While I was there I experienced all of the bad complaints that people have had with this phone - lockups, battery discharge, not accepting calls somewhat randomly etc. I don't know if it was due to the service provider or the nature of the towers in the area with the phone being unable to deal or what but while I was on vacation, it was just as bad as people said.

But then when I returned home, back to normal.

Pantech has released an update for the phone to Windows Mobile 6.1. The browser is more usable and sliding the phone open/closed answers/hangs-up as you would expect. Previously I had a utility that I had installed that did this task for me.

Smartphone stuff like email, calendar and contacts are great. I was able to set up a connection to my mail service without having to do through a PC for ActiveSync or Windows Mobile Device Center.

Summary: I think this is a really super phone and will probably upgrade to the Duo 2 when it's released and my contract subsidizes it (July 2009). The flakiness that people have experienced is real; I've seen both sides. It seems to have to do with location / carrier. The experience in the greater Seattle WA area has been flawless. The changelog for the WM 6.1 update from Pantech includes some radio fixes so it's possible that the observed flakiness is fixed with the update. I like the form factor over any other qwerty keyboard phones I've seen (whether hidden/sliding keyboard or exposed).

As a point of reference, the iPhone graphics/experience is better (hands down!) but no keyboard and the exchange/calendar integration is not as tight. I have an iPod Touch for everything fun that I would have preferred the iPhone for and the Pantech Duo for being a good phone+calendar.


Customer Rating: Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5
Summary: Awesome for texting, horrible for talking :(
Comment: When I bought this phone I read all the reviews and decided that I would give it a shot even though people complained of the voice quality. I figured I will text most of the time anyways, so I can deal with a little bit of diminished voice clarity. Two days after I bought the phone, I was back at AT&T exchanging it for a blackberry pearl which I love! The duo was really slick for texting and I loved windows mobile, but trying to have a conversation on the phone was frustrating and pointless. If you are solely a texting person this phone is great for that, but even occasional phone conversations will soon drive you crazy! Best of luck!

Customer Rating: Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5
Summary: Do not buy this phone!
Comment: We bought 3 of these phones. We've only had the phones for 4 months, and I've already had to replace my daughters phone twice for just shutting down ... and not being able to ever turn back on ... it was never dropped. When I first got my phone receiving text and picture messages was really fast. However, now it takes 2 days to download picture messages ... and when I try and retrieve a normal text message .. the phone freezes up on me. My husbands phone is working fine. But given the 2 out of 3 ratio of the same phones not working ... I wouldn't trust being the 33% person. And, of course ... this is only after 4 months of having the phone. I'm sure its just a matter of a month or so, before we'll have to replace his too!

Editorial Reviews:

Featuring an innovative dual slide/double-keyboard design, the Pantech Duo smartphone is as comfortable dealing with 9 to 5 business as it is with keeping up with your 24-hour-a-day communication needs. Powered by the Windows Mobile 6 operating system, it includes Microsoft's Direct Push Technology for up-to-date e-mail delivery and automatic synchronization of Outlook calendars, tasks and contacts. In addition to its quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity, it also runs on AT&T's 3G HSDPA/UMTS network for fast Internet browsing, high-speed music downloads, video streaming/casting. The ultimate all-in-one device, it also features a 1.3-megapixel camera, Bluetooth connectivity with stereo music streaming, and MicroSD memory expansion.



The innovative dual slide design offers both a full QWERTY keyboard and numeric keypad.
AT&T Service
This AT&T phone can handle high-speed data connectivity via AT&T's 3G mobile broadband data network, which is available in most major metropolitan areas. The AT&T 3G network uses the UMTS 850/1900 network (also known as WCDMA), making it possible to enjoy a variety of feature-rich wireless multimedia services with speeds up to 3.6 Mbps. It also gives AT&T the advantage of offering simultaneous voice and data services.

In areas where the 3G network is not available, you'll continue to receive service on the AT&T EDGE network, which offers availability in more than 13,000 US cities and along some 40,000 miles of major highways. Providing average data speeds between 75-135Kbps, it's fast enough to support a wide range of advanced data services, including video and music clips, full picture and video messaging, high-speed color Internet access, and email on the go.

With 3G connectivity, you'll be able to access AT&T's Cellular Video (CV) service and the Internet while on the go. Cellular Video features content from CNN, The Weather Channel, iFilm, Comedy Central and exclusive premium content from HBO and much more. And you get access to AT&T Mobile Music, which enables you to buy tracks while on the, access the Napster subscription music service, stream music video, discover what's playing with Music ID song-recognition software, and find out what's hot with The Buzz music news portal. (A MEdia Max subscription bundle is recommended for accessing AT&T's Internet, video, and music services.)

The phone has a built-in web browser for MEdia Net downloads and mobile web browsing. AT&T's MEdia Net service enables you to receive and send emails, read news headlines, get weather updates, download games and ringtones, and more.

Phone Features
The Pantech Duo intuitively and stylishly transitions between your communication and computing needs with the dual sliding keyboards. When holding the Duo in a wide, landscape orientation, the QWERTY keyboard slides open for writing e-mail and editing Microsoft Word and Excel documents. And the drop-down numeric keypad is ideal for sending quick texts and dialing on the run. A flip of the wrist initiates either keyboard to address any mobile need. The Duo's lean design houses both keypads and a large 2.2-inch color screen in a device that measures just 0.83 inches thick, 4 inches tall, and 2 inches wide.

With Microsoft Office Mobile you can leave your laptop behind. Synchronize with your computer and Mobile Outlook provides up-to-the-minute management of your calendar, contacts and e-mail. Windows Mobile 6 also delivers the ability to view e-mail messages in their original rich HTML format with live links to Web sites and Microsoft Office SharePoint sites, which means that text and images are displayed as they would be on a Windows PC. View and edit Excel, Word and PowerPoint documents.

In addition to having the ability to take the office on the road, the Pantech duo includes the AT&T Xpress Mail push e-mail service--with support for most popular POP3/IMAP personal e-mail services--instant messaging capabilities, and the ability to send and receive multimedia messages with color videos and photos. You'll also be able to use Windows Media Player to store and access pictures, videos and music.

Handsfree communication is easy thanks to the integrated Bluetooth wireless connectivity (version 1.2), which includes profiles for communication headset, handsfree car kits, and audio/video remote control. With the A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones.

Simple, intuitive controls allow for easy access to any of features of the Pantech Duo. Use the 5-way navigation key to locate and select options appearing on the display. Instantly answer and end calls or initiate a call from your contact list, all without using the concealed numeric keypad or QWERTY keyboard. Other features include:

  • 1.3-megapixel camera captures video in QCIF resolution (maximum length based on available memory)
  • Real music ringers from MP3, WMA, and WAV files and 64-chord polyphonic tones
  • XT9 predictive text entry
  • Speakerphone
  • 50 MB internal memory, expandable via optional MicroSD memory cards

Vital Statistics
The Pantech Duo weighs 3.88 ounces and measures 4.02 x 1.97 x 0.83 inches. Its 1320 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 3 hours of talk time, and up to 150 hours of digital standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies as well as 850/1900 WCDMA (3G) frequencies.

Powered by Windows Mobile 6



Windows Mobile 6 Standard adds power to your mobile office with up-to-date e-mail delivery and automatic synchronization of Outlook calendars.
 

Edit Word documents and Excel spreadsheets on your phone, just as you would on your desktop/laptop PC.
Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6 updates the Windows Mobile 5 platform with a number of handy features that make searching through email, editing Microsoft Office documents, and staying on top of your most important communications even easier. Emails can now be viewed in their original rich HTML format and now offer the ability to visit embedded links. It also includes Windows Live for Windows Mobile, which provides a full set of Windows Live services, such as the Windows Live Messenger IM application, which now enables you to chat with more than one person at one time or send a file.

With Windows Mobile 6, your phone will finally be able to emulate the power and features of your PC's Microsoft Office suite. You'll be able to neatly view, navigate and edit Word documents and Excel spreadsheets in their original formatting--without affecting tables, images or text--as well as view PowerPoint presentations.

  • Microsoft Office Word Mobile features include spell-check, Find and Replace commands, bulleted lists, text formatting, and support for tables for the first time.
  • With Excel Mobile, youÕre not just confined to editing charts: with the new Chart Wizard you can create charts quickly and easily.
  • PowerPoint Mobile allows you to view the full presentation, rehearse timings, check the order and any live links you may have in your presentation. You can then email comments back to the team or communicate via MSN Messenger for an immediate response.
  • After creating or editing a Word document or Excel spreadsheet, you can synchronize it with your PC and it will automatically be converted to the PC version.

All Windows Mobile 6 powered devices include Direct Push Technology for up-to-date e-mail delivery and automatic synchronization of Outlook calendars, tasks and contacts through Microsoft Exchange Server. It also offers a set of important device security and management features that include the capability to remotely wipe all data from a device should it be lost or stolen, helping ensure that confidential information remains that way.

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