14 DAY TRIAL // Wireless carrier AT&T is set to raise the bar when it comes to the browsing experience it can provide to its users, it seems, and will come to the market with a series of new devices able to provide that rich web experience every mobile phone user dreams about. Two of the new handsets come from Samsung and should become available next month, and there are also two coming from Pantech, one set to land on October 18, it seems, while the other at an unknown date.
The first Samsung phone should be the Flight, a device that sports a sliding full QWERTY portrait keyboard, as well as a full-touchscreen display. According to the mobile phone operator, the handsets is a “next-generation messaging device,” and should come to its airwaves sometime next month featuring a price tag of $99.99 upon the signing of a two year contract agreement and after a mail-in rebate.
The second Samsung device, dubbed Mythic, comes to AT&T's users with a 3.3-inch touchscreen display and with Samsung's TouchWiz user interface. According to Engadget, the phone should bring support for AT&T Mobile TV, proving this way to be the successor of Eternity. Also available starting next month, the handset should be priced at $199.99 on a two-year service agreement and after a $50 mail-in rebate.
The Pantech mobile phones to soon come to AT&T seem to be the Reveal and Impact. The former comes with a sliding portrait QWERTY keyboard, a wide range of messaging and multimedia capabilities, built-in GPS receiver, support for AT&T Navigator, music player, and 3G connectivity. The phone should reach AT&T's airwaves on October 18 in red and blue. As for the latter, it should come with a full QWERTY keyboard, two displays (with an OLED touch screen on the outside), and with two color options, pink and blue. No specific details on its availability or pricing emerged.
The most important feature of these phones is their mobile browser, it seems. According to AT&T, they should be able to provide “a rich hybrid experience that gives you a HTML experience similar to your PC browser at home.” Moreover, the phones are also touted to sport “advanced data compression from Opera Software,” and it remains to be seen how well they can perform in the wild.