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Review: Pantech Crossover

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The Crossover offers the expected crop of messaging applications and functions, but offers just a bit more than even some of the highest-end Android smartphones.

First, Pantech has added a messaging widget to the home screen that doubles as a notification center. The little widget provides alerts for missed calls and the number of unread messages in your texting inbox and email inbox. Press any of these three icons, and you'll be taken to the appropriate inbox to sift through the unread missives. If there are no missed calls/messages, feel free to press the icons anyway, because doing so will open the call log, a new text message, or a new email. It's a neat little combination of several existing features, and pulls notifications out of the drop-down shade (they're still there, too) and gets them on the home screen.

Second, the Crossover offers a group messaging application. While I am not sold on the idea of group messages (especially from a smartphone), I can understand why it is included on the Crossover. It works fairly well, but costs money to use each time you send a group message. Phone Scoop has asked AT&T for pricing details on this features, but we haven't yet been given a good answer.

Beyond these, everything else is stock. The Gmail, email, SMS, GTalk apps are all on board. If you want to chat on AIM, Yahoo or Windows Live IM, hit the Android Market. Lastly, Pantech and AT&T were smart enough to include the native FaceBook and Twitter apps out of the box.

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Pantech Crossover

3.1" display 320 x 480 pixels
S1 MSM7227 processor
1,500 mAh battery
Memory Card Slot, Hardware Text Keyboard, Headphone Jack (3.5mm)

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