http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/25/att.thanksgiving.weekend.focus.on.bberries/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/blackberrycurve8310-attsm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />AT&T dipped into Black Friday deals with word today of its Thanksgiving promo. The cell carrier promises unspecified deals on Friday itself starting from midnight but plans a major promo for each day of the weekend as well as Monday. Saturday will focus exclusively on BlackBerries and will give away the Curve 8310 or Pearl 8110 for free on a smartphone contract. Price drops are also due for the... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/25/att.thanksgiving.weekend.focus.on.bberries/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/05/att.intros.two.pantech.two.samsung.phones/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/samsungmythic.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />AT&T today sought to address the limits of messaging phones with four new models that center on a new browser. The Pantech Impact and Reveal, as well as the Samsung Flight and Mythic, all have a new AT&T web browser based on Opera that not only renders HTML more accurately -- a rarity on non-smartphones -- but also uses compression to reduce the bandwidth overhead on the 3G network. It further p... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/05/att.intros.two.pantech.two.samsung.phones/ Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/26/aladdin.comng.to.att/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0905/attaladdin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A Monday leak has revealed that Pantech's Aladdin handset may be coming to wireless provider AT&T in mid-August. The candybar device has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard for texting, which is its main mission, as it is otherwise fairly basic in its specifications. There is a 1.3-megapixel camera, assisted GPS functionality, stereo Bluetooth support and a Video Share mode for one-way calls. It should su... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/26/aladdin.comng.to.att/ Tue, 26 May 2009 20:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/14/apple.in.shazam.lawsuit/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0811/shazam.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple and AT&T are two of several companies being targeted in a new patent infringement lawsuit, court documents show. The case was initiated by Tune Hunter, a company which owns a patent titled Music identification system, granted in September of 2005. The patent describes "a method for marking the time and the name of the radio station in portable device such as a key holder, watch, cellular p... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/14/apple.in.shazam.lawsuit/ Thu, 14 May 2009 19:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/08/fractus.sues.htc.palm.more/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0905/htctouchdiamond2-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Fractus has revealed that it has sued 10 cellphone manufacturers this week over their allegedly violating nine different patents relating to internal cellphone antenna technology. The Spanish company's targets are most important world firms and involve HTC, Kyocera, LG, Palm, Pantech, Research in Motion, Samsung, Sharp, Sanyo and UTStarcom. These companies were aware of the patents but violated ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/08/fractus.sues.htc.palm.more/ Fri, 08 May 2009 16:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/23/arm.mali.200.and.400/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0903/armmalidemo.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />ARM today said it should be the first to have truly console-like graphics on smartphone-grade devices. Detailing its plans to PC World ahead of this week's Game Developers' Conference, the company said its upcoming Mali-200 and Mali-400 chips will both have improved pure performance but will also support OpenGL ES 2.0. The mobile video standard is based on programmable shaders (effects instructi... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/23/arm.mali.200.and.400/ Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/25/att.black.pantech.breeze/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0902/pantechbreezeintro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Wireless provider AT&T on Wednesday announced it will add the Pantech Breeze C520 flip phone in black to its offering later this week. The two-tone phone features an all-black exterior along with a silver-painted interior and has the same features as the current all-silver Breeze, including a VGA camera with video capture capabilities, access to e-mail and a WAP web browser. Instant messaging via ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/25/att.black.pantech.breeze/ Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/18/pantech.matrix.pro.at.att/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0902/pantechmatrixpro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />AT&T this morning added the Pantech Matrix Pro to its cellphone roster. The phone upgrades the design with a smaller but more upscale body that adds a larger 2.4-inch display and better materials. It also gets a full smartphone-class operating system and uses Windows Mobile 6.1 instead of the feature phone OS of the original Matrix; the switch gives support for full third-party apps and editing ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/18/pantech.matrix.pro.at.att/ Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/12/pantech.ktf.wind.handsets/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0902/pantechwindrecognitionintro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Korea's Pantech on Thursday announced the upcoming introduction of what it claims to be a pair of nearly identical cellphones with a Wind Recognition feature, the SKT IM-S410 and KTF IM-S410K. Equipped with a Nintendo DS-like sensor that can gauge the amount of forced air or wind moving through it, the feature is tied into various functions of the handset that, among other things, allows users to ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/12/pantech.ktf.wind.handsets/ Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/11/pantech.c630.at.att/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0812/pantechc630-att.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />AT&T today helped wrap up its year through the release of the Pantech C630. The candybar design aims to bring relatively high-end features to the budget realm and carries both 3G and assisted GPS. It also brings a slightly more upscale design with metal-like accents and a rubberized texture at the back to improve its grip.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/11/pantech.c630.at.att/ Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:20:00 GMT