Pantech Slate (C530) (AT&T)

I bought a Pantech Slate Cell Phone, on February 26. It arrived two days later, just like she said. I recieved it and I really liked it. It works perfectly fine, and it looks brand new. I really like that!

I bought this phone a few weeks ago to replace my Sony Ericsson Z750a on my AT&T prepaid Pay As You Go plan.

The Sony was a pink jewel, but I wanted a QWERTY phone because I mostly use my mobile devices for texting or email, and for that the Pantech is great.

The Sony Ericsson is a nicer phone in many ways. It has the same size screen but I like the way it displays the mobile net much better than the Slate, its camera is nicer quality, and I would have kept it if not for doing a LOT of texting. It made a nice gift to a friend.

The Pantech's plus is definitely its keypad, its smooth and easy typing. It does pushmail or OZmail and I can easily check Yahoo or Hotmail without opening the browser. It's fast and slick to do mobile mail.

I don't do Instant Messaging but the phone can do that too and it should look good with the big screen which is a bit over 2" measured diagonally like a TV.

The camera takes nice pix and it can do special effects like 'embossed look', a few others, but I haven't found a way to resize the pix on the camera and the pix won't send if they're over 600kb. It doesn't automatically resize the picture for mms format, atleast haven't found a way to enable that, and so have to check photo size when taking pix if I want to send it as an mms or save it to my emailbox.

I haven't used the video clip function yet so I can't rate that. Same with games.

The battery doesn't last any time at all under use. I'll use it a short while for texting or mobile browsing and the charge indicator goes down.

I haven't been able to figure out how to get the 'snooze' feature on the alarm to work, once the alarm goes off it doesn't repeat. That may just be my inability to figure it out or maybe it just doesn't work on THIS phone, it's a refurb.

BUT, it is a really nice mobile device, I like it. The font is switchable from plain text (gothic) to something that looks more like comic sans serif(free style). The mobile browser loads with that text style too.

It doesn't seem to allow for a screensaver but it does allow switchable wallpaper and can get wallpaper, ringtones, etc, from the AT&T site or assign photos from the camera for wallpaper. Or, assign them as caller ID photos.

I liked the already loaded ringtones and message alerts, 'electronica' was my favorite.

It has a clean easy to use graphic format, the keypad feel/layout is as clean and easy to use.

It's broad and flat with a large screen and might not suit people with very small hands used to ordinary slim candybar phones, but I like its feel and quality of fit and finish. Definitely though it has a simplified format it isn't a cheaply made phone.

I like the way it summarizes data transfer usage when I close the browser.

Although on AT&T's Pay As You Go (paygo) prepaid plan, the text package or account balance messages that follow each sent text are a little annoying to a lot annoying if you text a lot, it does keep you informed of usage.

For people who message or do mobile mail a lot but who don't want a contract, this QWERTY phone on AT&T's prepaid plan is nice.

I rated it 'good' rather than great though because I rated the Sony Ericsson Z750a as great, it does most things better, with the exception of the keypad not being QWERTY which is critical for doing lots of typing.

Unless you want a QWERTY keypad, I'd recommend the Z750a as my so far favorite cell.

Ok, this is actually a pretty good phone. But since it is originally a Centennial Wireless phone, it needs the Data and MMS settings changed if you are going to use it on AT&T. I somehow got them to work. AT&T has half of the settings posted, and I was able to figure out the other half. To get half of it done, follow the directions in these links.

http://www.wireless.att.com/answer-center/main.jsp?t=solutionTab&solutionId=KB97934
http://www.wireless.att.com/answer-center/main.jsp?t=solutionTab&solutionId=KB97970

Now, after doing that, go into browser, profiles, and make 2 new profiles titled AT&T and AT&T MMS.
For AT&T, leave profile name as is, do not change URL, connection type is http, no proxy address, proxy port is 8080, leave proxy login id and proxy password blank, and data bearer is AT&T:GPRS.
For AT&T MMS, the only difference is that you add a proxy address, and change the proxy port. These should be wireless.cingular.com, and 80.

And just in case anyone is confused about what to do with the profiles, in browser settings AT&T should be selected, and in MMS settings, AT&T MMS should be selected.

This is her second one (not from this seller) her first one got accidently broken. She likes the ease of texting, large screen and size of the phone. It was shipped and received in a timely manner. She's very happy. Thanks!

Thanks. I'll do business with you again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I bought it because they had a great price on this new item. I was told this is the best phone for texting by PC Magazine. The seller also had free shipping, which helped this decision to buy. And had good feedback.

I'm very happy with my phone. Works well and the only real flaw is that the cover for the charge input is really bend and will not close. But it works. The phone came in a envelope which kindof surprised me, I would have packaged it better. All in all my buying experience was delightful!

I really enjoyed the phone that I purchased and have had no problems with the phone. I would purchase items from this sellers again.

I am totally enjoying my Pantech Slate. I like the way it looks and feels and believe this phone will meet my needs very well. The one thing that has been somewhat disappointing is the short life of the battery. I've had to charge it more often than I thought I would need to.

I like the phone very much I've figured out most things but I would liked
to have had an instruction book so I would be able to enjoy all the features.

The phone came in excellent condition just as it was described in the add. There were no scratches and the phone is in working order. The order was shipped in a timely manner, the only mistake was that it was shipped to the billing address and not to the shipping address for some reason. Other than that, it was an excellent buy! The phone takes some getting used to for texting because of the button size but it is easy to use and the features available are great. The size is also nice because it is not too big for a smartphone but not too small to be difficult to use. Overall, I am very pleased with this purchase.

I love the sleekness of the phone and its' design. However, I am not immediately able to use the phone because it came without a SIM CARD. I have just ordered an AT & T Sim Card from Ebay, however, I was hoping to use it with my current carrier who is Virgin Mobile. I found some UK Virgin Mobile Sim Cards on Ebay and have ordered one. Wish me luck!!!

First of all it was a rippoff and after that the fone doesnt really worked. So I am not satisfied with it.

Just got this phones and so far, I love it. Super easy to use, pocket dialing doesn't seem to be an issue because you have to push the buttons rather than other phones where you barely touch the buttons, great sound and graphics quality, and just fun! I went from a standard flip phone (P.O.S.) to this with full keyboard, it just makes things so much easier! Camera, volume control, messaging (text and instant), phone book, silence, key lock are all availible with one-click rather than running through the menu, and it holds quite a few pictures and video! Love it!

BRAND NEW PHONE AT A GREAT PRICE; NUMEROUS FEATURES; FUN TO USE; SUPER FAST SHIPPING; GREAT COMMUNICATION; WONDERFUL PRODUCT!!!

I wear hearing aids and doing research on the internet I found that the Pantech Slate was rated for T-coil hearing aids. I'm very happy with my purchase but not for that reason only. This is a very nice phone with numerous features and slim style as well as the qwarty keyboard (which I love). The only downside is that I can't add a memory card. Other than that I can do everything on this phone that I could with my BlackBerry....only hear better!