AT&T Ces Mobile Round Up!
CES has hit Las Vegas and once again killed the chance for us to have any extra cash. You had a few options this week: sit and watch the live feeds, scan the blogs for up to the moment updates, or simply read this summary to catch the quickies from the mobile industry. Grab your coffee, relax, and let us walk you through the AT&T launches at CES.
PS VIta
Launching in just about 1 month, we’ll start there. The device will hit shelves, February 15, 2012 in America and be supported with AT&T 3G, provided you spent the extra $50.00. The data plans will be activated through the device itself and similar to prepaid plans on the iPad will cost $15.00 for 200 megabytes, or $25.00 for 2 Gigs of access.
Samsung Galaxy Note
Jokingly referred to by the presenter as a “phablet” this 5.3″ monster phone looked gorgeous. Touting a dual-core 1.5 Ghz snapdragon processor, 8 mp rear-facing camera, and a 2 mp front-facing, LTE, and thin as ever following Samsung’s usual thought process. Most pre-pays are recommending you couple this with a blue-tooth for phone calls, but this device is looking gorgeous, and is releasing in black or white.
Pantech Burst
Being the first half of 2 budget-friendly big blue LTE phones, the burst combines value and hardware, sporting a 4″ Amoled display and LTE it will be available in Titanium, or Red for $49.99 on contract.
Samsung Exhilarate
Similar to the Samsung Evergreen in it’s 80% recycled material manufacturing, it also touts an eco calendar and calculator. It also has a 4″ Amoled display, and front and rear facing camera, and voice recognition. Another great entry level Android phone for a great price of $49.99 on contract.
Pantech Element
The Pantech Element is listed as an “affordable” tablet, with a $299.99 price tag attached to a 2 year contract, and $499.99 without any binding agreement. The splash resistant Amoled device has a 1.5 Ghz dual-core processor, Honeycomb, and an 8″ touch screen. You can snag this water resistant toy along with a Pantech burst for $249.99 if both devices are tied to a contract.
HTC Titan II
Continuing their support of Windows Phone 7, AT&T announced another piece of their 2012 lineup. The Titan II has a 16(seriously?)mp camera, 1.5Ghz Snapdragon processor and is a 4.7″ super LCD display. Fans of HTC and Windows Phone 7 should rejoice, it’s a great product.
Nokia Lumia 900
Packing a 4.3″ ClearBlack Amoled display, 512MB RAM and of course running Mango. The device also packs an 8-megapixel camera with a dual led flash, and a front-facing camera of unknown MP (probably VGA). The device is LTE and ha an 1840mAH battery it will ship in black or cyan, and looks fabulous to me!
Sony Xperia Ion
Taking another shot at the “Playstation Certified” angle, Sony along with AT&T is releasing the Xperia Ion Sometime in Q2, touting a dual-core 1.5 Ghz processor and front and rear facing HD cameras, this has another chance to shine, and hopefully it can outshine the Xperia Play.