As the holidays grow nearer, we will see more and more handsets that are new announced in an attempt to grab the holiday dollars of shoppers. Most of the handsets will be exclusive to one provider or another. Pantech and AT&T announced their newest mobile phone today called the C610.

The handset is a flip-phone that offers a multiple multimedia features including GPS and 3G network access. Pantech says that the design of the handset emphasizes fashion and function. It looks rather plain to me, but is decent looking.

The phone supports Video Share calling, AGPS, Bluetooth, downloadable ringtones and more. Other features include a microSD card slot for expansion and a 1.3-megapixel camera. AT&T MobiRadio streaming service, Napster and eMusic are supported. File types supported by the phone include MP3 AAC, WMA, and MPEG4.

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