Cingular Pantech Smartphone

[Jerry Raia]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2006/10/25/cingular-pantech-smartphone/' target='_blank'>http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2006/10/25/cingular-pantech-smartphone/</a><br /><br /></div><i>"I have now received information on a new Windows Mobile Smartphone device from Pantech which will be launching before the end of the year. It is said to be the size of a business card, and have three-way slide out functionality. Normal slide up for keypad, and also horizontal slides for different control features, most likely MP3 player controls etc."</i><br /><br />Sounds to me a bit freakish in design but we shall see. Has anyone else heard of this or seen any pictures of such a device?

[Mike Temporale]

I don't know about freakish, I think it sounds kind of cool. I want more original hardware. :)

[Jerry Raia]

Well all the sliding things bother me. Do we really need a slide out mp3 player control? 8O

[Mark Kenepp]

Well all the sliding things bother me. Do we really need a slide out mp3 player control? 8O

Not sure that it will be MP3 control yet but I am with Mike, the idea sounds cool to me. I am a bit worried about the robustness of such a device. Right now, I can imagine dropping my SDA with a reasonable chance of survival. With all those sliding (moving) parts, it makes me wonder how many pieces would result with just a short drop.

[Covert]

An update:
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2006/10/26/cingular-pantech-smartphone-part-2/

It sounds like it's going to have to be pretty thick. And yeah, the build quality of a device like this is questionable. We'll just have to wait and see. I'm eager for pictures (and dimensions).