Gadgetory

it's cute its compact and it has a qwerty keyboard this is the pantech renue for AT&T it's a new messaging phone it'll cost you 69 99 with a new two-year service agreement now this may sound a little steep if you're used to the highly subsidized android phones but let me tell you this is actually a pretty good price for a messaging phone like this it has a 3.2 inch touchscreen to go along with the QWERTY keyboard might seem a little bit small but actually pantech has done a really good job making this finger friendly so you've got five home screens here they're only semi customizable that means that pantech has decided that one's going to be for bookmarks one's going to be for contacts etc and then you can customize within that framework and you can also add some shortcuts and rearrange the icons to your liking the keyboard is on the compact side which I personally like because it fits my hand the buttons on the keypad are oblong they've got this nice bright blue accent the flatness gets in the way of my typing slows me down a little bit I think that I would be able to adapt over time I just think that the keys could be a little bit better there's a 3 megapixel camera and camcorder on the back no flash pictures are not very good and video is even worse it may be a feature phone but there's a lot that you can do on here for example you can text you can update facebook and twitter you can send email there's also AT&T Navigator on here so you can get turn-by-turn directions you should know that this is a 3g phone so it will take a little bit longer to load your stuff up the last thing that 18t would want you to know is that the renew is actually certified eco-friendly so you get some bonus I'm Jessica doll court for CNN this is the pantech renue for AT&T you can read my full review at cnet com