LG Thrive to be AT&T's First Prepaid Smartphone
No one likes signing their life away to cell phone contracts, but fortunately, most service providers offer some kind of prepaid solution, and they’re slowly starting to diversify their phone offerings to include smartphones.
Case in point, today AT&T introduced the LG Thrive, the first smartphone to be available on its GoPhone prepaid service. The Android 2.2 device will start shipping on April 17 and will cost $179.99 and require a GoPhone smartphone data package, which comes in three flavors: $25 for 500MB; $15 for 100MB; or $5 for 10MB.
The Thrive features a 3.2-inch, 320×480 touch screen, a 600MHz processor, and a 3.2-megapixel camera. The smartphone also has Wi-Fi, stereo Bluetooth, and 3G support and ships with 160MB of internal memory and a 2GB microSD card.
In addition to the Thrive, AT&T will offer a postpaid version of the Thrive, called the LG Phoenix, for $49.99 with a two-year contract. The Phoenix will also be available on April 17 and adds mobile hot-spot capabilities and data tethering support.
The Acer Liquid Metal S120 has seen the FCC and all is well. The device is rumored to offer a healthy yet conservative 3.6-inch 800 x 480 resolution touch-screen display. The device will run on a 800MHz Qualcomm MSM7230-1 supporting GSM/EDGE 850/1900 and WCDMA Band II and V. This suggests that we will see it land with AT&T sometime in the near future. The whole thing is housed in a aluminum chassis and will pack 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth and Android 2.2 Froyo.
The Acer Liquid Metal S120 has seen the FCC and all is well. The device is rumored to offer a healthy yet conservative 3.6-inch 800 x 480 resolution touch-screen display. The device will run on a 800MHz Qualcomm MSM7230-1 supporting GSM/EDGE 850/1900 and WCDMA Band II and V. This suggests that we will see it land with AT&T sometime in the near future. The whole thing is housed in a aluminum chassis and will pack 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth and Android 2.2 Froyo.
Sony Ericsson has taken off the covers from its first full touch walkman phone, the Sony Ericsson Yendo. The Yendo is meant to deliver music, social networking and communication is one colorful phone.
