We Have a Winner for the Matrix Pro Giveaway!

Thanks to everyone that took the time to enter our AT&T Pantech Matrix Pro giveaway by posting a picture of their mother, either in a reply to the contest post or on Twitter. And thanks to AT&T and Pantech for making this event possible. Unfortunately, everyone can’t win. If you’re name was not selected, please remember that you can still enter for a chance to win on some of the other websites – check out this post for more details about which sites are still running their contest along with the start and end dates. You can also enter the Matrix Pro Tweetstakes over at PantechMatrixPro.com.

Enough talk about that, on to the winner! The randomly selected entry is from Maggie Bushway – Congratulations! Maggie gets a AT&T Pantech Matrix Pro smartphone along with a $100 gift card for AT&T.

AT&T Pantech Matrix Pro Giveaway!

Does everyone remember that giveaway we’ve talked about a couple times? Well, it’s now Mobile Jaw’s turn to giveaway a brand new Pantech Matrix Pro smartphone. The Matrix Pro is a Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard device (that means it doesn’t have a touch screen), that sports a regular 12-key slide-down number pad, as well as a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard. If you’re not familiar with the Matrix Pro, I would suggest you take a couple minutes to read my review of it as well as the reviews from other popular mobility websites.

What do you need to do to enter and have a chance at winning this device? With Mother’s Day fast approaching, I thought it would be nice to include our mother’s in this contest. So, to enter, you need to post a picture of you and your mother. Since we don’t have the ability for you to upload your images, you have 2 choices on how to do this:

• Share you picture here on MobileJaw
  1. Login here at MobileJaw (If you don’t have an account, you can register here for free).
  2. Reply to this post with a link to a picture of you and your mother hosted on Flickr, ImageShack, or some other free image hosting service.

Or,

• Tweet your picture on Twitter
  1. Login into Twitter (If you don’t have an account, you can register for a free account at Twitter.com).
  2. Follow @MobileJaw
  3. Tweet the following message along with a TwitPic of your Mom – “Happy Mother’s Day Mom and thanks for the chance to win a Matrix Pro @MobileJaw”

And that’s it. The contest will run until the end of day May 11th. The winner will be randomly selected from all the entries and announced first thing on the 12th. They will get a Matrix Pro of their very own along with a $100 AT&T Gift Card! Please note, the Matrix Pro and gift card are for AT&T, so in order to win, you must be a US resident with a valid US shipping address. Please, only 1 entry per person. Good Luck!

Hopefully you’ve been following along with the giveaway event and have entered for a chance to win on the other websites. If not, you still have a chance to enter on about 7 out of the 26 websites. Each day will see a contest end and another one start. For a full list of the sites involved, check out our earlier post about the event.

Enter the Matrix Pro from Pantech

When looking for a new cell phone, one of the first things you need to decide is between the more traditional 12 key number pad that makes dialling a number so easy, or a full QWERTY keyboard for fast and easy messaging. If you want the traditional 12 key number pad, then you’ll enjoy a more narrow phone that fits nicely into your pocket and provides the ability to quickly place a call. However, you are pretty limited in the selection of smartphones to pick from. On the other hand, if you pick the QWERTY keyboard, then you have a significantly improved experience in terms of messaging and a much wider selection of phones to pick from. The trade off is a bigger, wider phone that’s not as easy to dial numbers on. With advantages on both sides, it can be difficult to pick, so don’t. Enter Pantech’s Matrix Pro – this device offers the best of both worlds by combining a full QWERTY keyboard with a 12 key number pad and a powerful Smartphone operating system.

The Matrix Pro offers a full QWERTY keyboard with a 12 key number pad in a unique dual slider format. Slide the phone up to expose the number pad, or slide it to the right to expose the QWERTY keyboard. And when closed, the Matrix Pro is an attractive and easily pocketable smartphone.

The Matrix Pro is the follow-up to last years Pantech Duo smartphone that featured the same unique design. This updated version has a much improved sliding mechanism – both sliders are spring loaded and easily pop open or close. The Matric Pro also boasts UMTS/HSDPA Tri-band (850, 1900, 2100 MHz), Quad-band GPRS/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900MHz), 256MBROM, 128 MB RAM, support for MicroSD expansion card, 2.4 inch QVGA non-touch screen, 1300 mAh battery, 2 Megapixel camera, Bluetooth, and aGPS. All of which is packed into a 4.17 x 2 x 0.85 inch (L x W x D) footprint.

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