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Pantech’s Honeycomb tablet appeared for the 1st time one month ago at FCC (Federal Communications Commission) with LTE support and AT&T radios. A advertising and marketing materials has also been spotted 1 day ago in an AT&T corporate store, which confirmed the upcoming launch of the slate at the International Client Electronics Display (CES), in Las Vegas. Right now, the tablet was officially announced by AT&T along with 5 other LTE-enabled smartphones. According to the carrier, these will will be released in early 2012, which means that AT&T may well launch other LTE devices in the second half of 2012.
Dubbed Pantech Component, the tablet is expected to arrive at AT&T stores and on-line on January 22 and will be accessible for acquire for $ 300 with a new two-year agreement. Nonetheless, for a restricted time, customers will be in a position to buy the Pantech Element and Burst, yet another LTE-enabled smartphone announced at CES 2012, together in contract and get the former for only $ 249.99 and the Burst at no cost. Pantech Component is a single of the few rugged tablets announced this year and capabilities IP57 certification, which helps make it the two splash- and water-proof. The slate comes with a medium dimension 8.two-inch capacitive touchscreen show at four:3 ratio. It runs Google Android 3.2 Honeycomb operating method, but, hopefully, it will get the most up-to-date Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade later this year. The LTE-enabled tablet is equipped with a effective 1.five GHz dual core processor, 16GB of internal memory, 1GB of RAM and microSD card slot for memory expansion (up to 32GB). There’s also a five-megapixel rear photo snapper with LED flash and 4x digital zoom, as effectively as a secondary two-megapixel front facing camera for self-portraits and video calls. Even though AT&T has nevertheless to announce the Pantech Element’s no-term price, rumor has it that the tablet will be available for acquire for a suggested retail value of $ 450.
