I was lucky last week to get my hands on the Samsung Propel Pro by AT&T last week. I mentioned in my other reviews that I still prefer the Non-Touch Windows Smart Phones over the Touchversions.  I really still like my Motorola Q9h a lot due to the form factor and feel of the keyboard and of course being a world phone. (HSDPA/3G across the globe).

The latest Windows non-Touch Phones that were released in recent months are the :

• Pantech Matrix Pro 
• Samsung Jack
• HTC Snap
• and The Samsung Propel

Below is my quick video and my impressions on the Samsung Propel Pro. ( I am working on a new camera with better close-up  focus. The Flip HD isn’t doing it).

All in all, I really like the slider function and the increased screen estate. The Samsung Propel Pro would definitely be a device I would carry around.

Any suggestions on a camera that would improve my picture ?

Yesterday we got a nice note in from our MobilityMinded AT&T Pantech Matrix Pro winner Pierre Aterianus.

Below is a quote that he wanted to share with us.

Here’s a picture of me enjoying my new AT&T Pantech Matrix Pro which I won in your recent online contest. Sure is nice having a pop-out full qwerty keypad to answe my messages. The screen is reallysharp, Windows 6.1 and a 3G network,wow.

Sincerely,

Pierre Aterianus.

These are the kind of e-mails I like seeing. Thank you again to AT&T and Pantech for allowing us to have this contest.

The Pantech Matrix Pro is available  for $99 with a two year subscription (after rebate) at the AT&T website.

You probably already know that MobilityMinded is part of a great and big AT&T Pantech Matrix Pro give-away-project among 25 other websites. So if you would like to win a brand new Windows Phone, this is your chance, because the rules are very simple and easy !  The give-away contest @MobilityMinded started April 29th, 2009 untill May 3rd 11:59 pm EST, so unfortunately today is the last day to enter !!

What could you win ?

• AT&T Pantech Matrix Pro handset;
• Service Credit (via gift card) in the amount of $100. The gift card is good for anything sold through any AT&T store or can be used for the cost of a service plan.

What are the easy rules ?

1. Sign up with twitter and follow @mobilityminded
2. tweet the following line: RT Win an AT&T Pantech Matrix Pro @mobilityminded  just follow the easy rules. http://twurl.nl/i7430y
3. Come back to the original contest post and leave a comment.  In the comment you leave your Twitter name.

Read on for the full information in the original post, submit your comment today, and maybe you are the winner of a brand new AT&T Pantech Matrix Pro and a $100,-  service credit !! Of you don’t know this Windows Phone, you could read about some first impressions over here.

Reference List:

1. AT&T: Pantech Matrix Pro Product Page

Other websites with still an open- or upcomming contest are listed below. And you certainly want to follow their twitter and rss-feeds !

• The Gadgeteer (30-Apr 04-May)
• Geekzone (01-May 05-May)
• Techie Diva (02-May 06-May)
• Bostonpocketpc (03-May 07-May)
• GearDiary (04-May 08-May)
• MobilitySite (05-May 09-May)
• AbsoluteWindows (06-May 10-May)
• Mobilejaw (07-May 11-May)
• Experiencemobility (08-May 12-May)
• HackCollege (09-May 13-May)
• Gear Live (10-May 14-May)

MobilityMinded AT&T Pantech Matrix Pro give away package contest will start now April 29th, 2009 untill May 3rd 11:59 pm EST . Finally it is time to have this contest on MobilityMinded. We are part of this contest with 26 other sites. This contest is open for our US Readers only.

The prize package consist out of:

• AT&T Pantech Matrix Pro handset;
• Service Credit (via gift card) in the amount of $100. The gift card is good for anything sold through any AT&T store or can be used for the cost of a service plan.

The rules are very easy:

1. Sign up with twitter and follow @mobilityminded
2. tweet the following line: RT Win an AT&T Pantech Matrix Pro @mobilityminded  just follow the easy rules. http://twurl.nl/i7430y
3. Come back to this post and leave a comment. In the comment you leave your Twitter name.

Little side rules are:

• Individuals who’ve won at another site are ineligible to win another;
• Winners are limited to US residents only;
• MobilityMinded.com is not responsible for any lost packages or incorrect addresses;
• The prize is not redeemable in cash and must be accepted as awarded.

All those that entered using the three above will be entered to Random.org to find a winner. The winner will be announced on May 4th, 2009.

If you love Smartphones this is definitely one to get.  Just check my first impressions

We are already on our 14^th day of the 26 AT&T Pantech Matrix Pro give away. These give aways are through different contest on the 26 participating websites.

Please visit these sites. You can enter on all the sites when the contest comes available. Tomorrow the contest will start here on MobilityMinded.

Please subscribe to our MobilityMinded Twitter and RSS news feed to stay up to date.

Following below is a list a participating websites and their competitions dates:

Tools for Thought (15-Apr 19-Apr) Winner announced
ChipChick (16-Apr 20-Apr) Winner announced
VivirLatino (17-Apr 21-Apr) Winner announced
slashgear.com (18-Apr 22-Apr) Winner announced
www.modaco.com (19-Apr 23-Apr) Winner announced
Gadgetell (20-Apr 24-Apr) Winner announced
GeeksRoom (21-Apr 25-Apr) Winner announced
OSNN (22-Apr 26-Apr) Winner announced
Techmamas (23-Apr 27-Apr) Winner announced
Clintonfitch (24-Apr 28-Apr) Ongoing
Justanothermobilemonday (25-Apr 29-Apr) Ongoing
Geek.com (26-Apr 30-Apr) Ongoing
MediaBlab (27-Apr 01-May) Ongoing
Smartphonethoughts (28-Apr 02-May) Starts Today
Mobilityminded (29-Apr 03-May) Tomorrow is our turn.
The Gadgeteer (30-Apr 04-May)
Geekzone (01-May 05-May)
Techie Diva (02-May 06-May)
Bostonpocketpc (03-May 07-May)
GearDiary (04-May 08-May)
MobilitySite (05-May 09-May)
AbsoluteWindows (06-May 10-May)
Mobilejaw (07-May 11-May)
Experiencemobility (08-May 12-May)
HackCollege (09-May 13-May)
Gear Live (10-May 14-May)

We are already on our 6^th day of the 26 AT&T Pantech Matrix Pro give away. These give aways are through different contest on the 26 participating websites.

Please visit these sites. You can enter on all the sites when the contest comes available.

Please subscribe to our MobilityMinded Twitter and RSS news feed to stay up to date.

Following below is a list a participating websites and their competitions dates:

Tools for Thought (15-Apr 19-Apr) Winner announced
ChipChick (16-Apr 20-Apr) Ongoing
VivirLatino (17-Apr 21-Apr) Ongoing
slashgear.com (18-Apr 22-Apr) Ongoing
www.modaco.com (19-Apr 23-Apr) Ongoing
Gadgetell (20-Apr 24-Apr) Starting today
GeeksRoom (21-Apr 25-Apr)
OSNN (22-Apr 26-Apr)
Techmamas (23-Apr 27-Apr)
Clintonfitch (24-Apr 28-Apr)
Justanothermobilemonday (25-Apr 29-Apr)
Geek.com (26-Apr 30-Apr)
MediaBlab (27-Apr 01-May)
Smartphonethoughts (28-Apr 02-May)
Mobilityminded (29-Apr 03-May)
The Gadgeteer (30-Apr 04-May)
Geekzone (01-May 05-May)
Techie Diva (02-May 06-May)
Bostonpocketpc (03-May 07-May)
GearDiary (04-May 08-May)
MobilitySite (05-May 09-May)
AbsoluteWindows (06-May 10-May)
Mobilejaw (07-May 11-May)
Experiencemobility (08-May 12-May)
HackCollege (09-May 13-May)
Gear Live (10-May 14-May)

A suggestion at the  usergroup meeting last night in Boston lead Steven Hughes (FYIguy) to see if he could compile some “Hot” deals for their readers. He won’t be able to this daily but probably weekly. Now that is what I call service.

Listed great deals are:

• Palm Treo Pro
• Zune iHome Z9B
• Scott eVest
• AT&T Pantech Matrix Pro set
• HTC s740 (Rose) unlocked
• Apps4Rent (hosted exchange and Sharepoint)
• and more….

To check out these great deals and their details visit BostonPocketPC.com . You might to sign up for their RSS feed as well to have these deals come directly to you

I have been using the Pantech Matrix Pro from AT&T pretty heavenly in the last few weeks and I am starting to like the phone more and more. I was a little disappointed about the thickness of the phone but now I have to say that it actually feels right in my hands. The rounded edges makes it feel great and easy to handle the phone.

What I like most about the Smartphone is the reliable input of the keyboard and d-pad compared to a touch screen device. Entering text is great using the on the slide out keyboard or keypad. I spend less time correcting typo’s as with a touch screen keyboard. That’s a big plus for me.

The 3g connection is pretty constant in my area which indicates to a good internal radio. With maintaining this good 3g connection, it will use less battery power trying to keep finding and connecting to a 3g network over the Edge network. Many people will turn off their 3g connection and fall back on the Edge network to preserve battery life. I didn’t have to do this at all.

While in Seattle last week for the summit I went for two days using the phone constantly without recharging the battery. And I mean using it like; exchange server, tinytwitter, 3 imap account synchronizing every 30 minutes, bluetooth on and connected to my TomTom 940 for the carkit functionality. I even used it for internet sharing on my laptop while the Microsoft campus guest wifi went down.

Just one little thing. I have to carry around the Pantech specific cables that only interfaces with the Pantech. I wish they would switch to more of a standard like the Mini USB many devices/external harddrives have. I will post more experiences soon. The Pantech Matrix Pro from AT&T is available at a cost of $179,99 with a 2 year contract and a Mail in Rebate.

We had Mobility Minded were lucky enough to get a Pantech Matrix Pro from AT&T for review. In the near future we will be holding a contest here at Mobility Minded and are able to give one of these away.

I just got this Windows Mobile 6.1 standard phone(non-Touch Screen) in the house yesterday and I was able to use it for quite some hours. The rounded edges is a nice feature which makes the device look attractive but also gives a good feel in the hand.

Some other early reviews online have remarks on the thickness of the device. Yes it’s is slightly thicker, but don’t forget that it has two different keyboards that pop out. One a numeric keypad and one full QWERTY-Keyboard. Both are spring loaded and gives it a great experience.

The phone is a 3G phone. The 3G data connection give you a high speed data and voice. The setup was easy, just insert your SIM-card and all the settings were correct. I was able to pull in all my emails (imap,pop3 and exchange) with no problems. There are many great media software’s installed on the device to instantly use with your data plan. (XM radio, MobiTV, etc)

Please follow this link for the specifications. To get the online experience of the Pantech Matrix pro from AT&T you can go here for a tutorial. I will be using this phone extensively in next coming weeks. Periodically I will post some updates on my experiences with this already great feeling device.

O yes, the non-touch screen, I am not missing a touch screen at all yet, actually I get a better reliable experience using the hardware buttons and keyboard buttons to operate the Pantech Matrix Pro by AT&T. Also kudos’s to AT&T for the start-up and shut down splash animation screens. I like it.