Hands on with the Pantech Duo

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After a dreadful day of sitting on the couch, sleeping on the couch and playing Assassin’s Creed from the couch since I was under the weather yesterday, I return to the CrunchGear/TechCrunch office to find a UPS box waiting for me. What could it be?! Yeah, I know you already know since it’s blatantly obvious in the headlines but bear with me.

So what I have here is the Duo, which is Pantech’s take on the Helio Ocean. They did a pretty decent job, too. The QWERTY and 12-key are reversed on the Duo and it’s considerably smaller than the Ocean. My initial impressions are of the Duo are good so far. Each QWERTY keyboard is unique so I won’t be commenting on that just yet. I’m transitioning from the Sidekick Slide back to the BlackBerry keyboard so I’m all sorts of confused. Add to that my Ocean addiction and you may know what my mind and fingers are going through. It’s WinMo 6 so I already want to throw it against the wall, but we’ll see what I say next week with my full review. In the mean time, enjoy the pics.

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Ryan (Who am I?)

Pssst…. Pantech helped build the Ocean. So, I wouldn’t really say its “their take on the Ocean”.

 
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Peter Ha (Who am I?)

Really, Ryan?! I had no idea, dude. How is not Pantech’s take on the Ocean? Hmm??? Pantech tweaked Helio’s dual-slider design for a different market since the Ocean is such a popular device. I was wondering why it says Pantech on the back of the Ocean when I take the battery out. Geebus, people! I’m an asshole.

 
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bpm2000 (Who am I?)

its hideous.

 
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Ryan (Who am I?)

I was trying to be helpful…. way to be a jerk. Seriously……

It’s not Pantech’s take on the Ocean because they built the Ocean…. thats my point. The Ocean is Pantech’s take on the Ocean….

I would call it Pantech’s WinMo6 adaptation of the Ocean.

 
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Peter Ha (Who am I?)

Like whoa! My bad, Ryan. You caught me before my morning coffee. I understand your point and my sincerest apologies. The Duo is a modified Ocean and I think we were both trying to make that point in our own way. Sorry, dude.

 
samantha

hi i have the pantech duo, n i was wondering can you put a gretting or a banner on the main screen of it??

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