This past Friday I got my hands on the new Pantec Matrix for at&t, a phone very much similar to the Pantech Duo, with one big exception the Matrix does not run Windows Mobile. Don’t think of this post as a review s it isn’t this is just my first impression and I will get a more detailed review later on. In my opinion Pantech has done a great job with the Matrix, it’s the perfect teen/young adult phone or a great phone for someone who loves to text.

Just like the Duo the Pantech Matrix is a dual slider, you slide it up to expose the number pad, you slide it to the right to expose the qwerty keyboard. The Phone is also very speedy, a lot of phones in particular windows mobile phones take at least a minute to boot up, the Matrix was booted really fast.

The UI is also easy to understand and so far I like it.

Keep an eye out for the full review soon.