In the event of CES 2012, the Pantech Element has been initially introduced to the public. One of the notable features of this tablet will be the water-proof so that this tablet can be carried along while you are scuba diving. User can submerge this tablet to 1 meter into water for about half an hour. The following are the detailed technical specifications of Pantech Element for your own personal preference.
At the first glance, the Pantech Element looks very classy and well-built as well with its candy-bar form factor. You will see that the entire ports have been covered with the plastic flaps to avoid the water from getting inside the device. This has the dimension of 212 mm (tall), 155 mm (wide), 11 mm (thin) and approximately 470 grams in weight. At the front side of this tablet, you will see the front-facing camera of 2 megapixels for video-calling or webcam. At the back, there will be the 5 megapixels camera with LED flash and video camera functionality (720p).
The display features the 8 inches TFT capacitive touch-screen with the resolution of 1024x768 pixels, 16 million colors and 160 ppi of pixel density. This also comes with the multi-touch, light sensor, and accelerometer sensor. There will be also the back-camera of 5 megapixels with LED flash which can be operated as the camcorder by using the quality of 1280x720 pixels (720p HD). To store the video or photo files, the built-in 16 GB storage is available and it can be extended with microSD or microSDHC card (max. 16 GB).
In terms of performance, the Pantech Element boasts the 1.5 Ghz dual-core processor (Qualcomm) with 1 GB of RAM. By utilizing these components, the tablet will bring in the smooth and also much faster performance technically. For the operating system, this tablet relies on the Android OS 3.2 (Honeycomb). As we all know that this platform has been designed and optimized for the tablet product, but it will be rather advantageous if it has been upgraded to the current Android 4.0 version.
The Pantech Element runs using the quad-band GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSPA and also the 4G LTE network (700 MHz, Class 17). The default web browser has been included with the Adobe Flash support and also the HTML support for a better webpage display on the tablet. In addition, there will be the built-in online services support including the YouTube (for uploading video) and also Picasa (for managing photo). For the wireless and local connections, the device has been equipped with the Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 (EDR), high-speed micro USB v.2.0, HDMI support, PC sync and also OTA sync.
The Pantech Element will come with the price tag about $300 with 2 years contract (AT&T). With this range of price, this rugged Android tablet is surely worth to purchase since it comes with so many advantages including the glossy design, waterproof, light-weight, excellent processor, HD camcorder and also the complete connection features. On the other hand, the material of the overall body is somewhat a good magnet for the finger’s oil and also smudges. Moreover, it doesn’t come with the Ice Cream Sandwich operating system. [IS]
