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Pantech Marauder, which has been leaked as Star Q, has been officially announced by Verizon Wireless. The mid-range smartphone offers quite a bang for the buck, including LTE connectivity support (as well as EV-DO and Wi-Fi), 3.8-inch WVGA touchscreen, 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 5-megapixel camera on the back, front-facing one (for video calls), GPS, Bluetooth 3.0 and a microSD memory card slot. In addition, there’s also the ever useful side-sliding QWERTY keyboard that makes typing that much easier, while Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is running the show.
All this could be yours starting August 2nd (tomorrow) for 50 bucks ($49.99) after a $50 mail-in rebate and with a new two-year customer agreement. Sounds like a deal to me, especially if you can’t handle virtual keyboards and would rather opt for a physical one.
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
