Pantech Impact Gets Official [AT&T to sell Pantech Impact for $99.99 on Contract]

AT&T has a brand new phone for us and this time it’s coming from Pantech. The Impact will be available starting this Sunday, November 22, and it will cost $99.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate when purchased with a new 2-year contract.

So what is the Impact exactly? It looks pretty interesting from where I’m standing and I wouldn’t mind giving it a try. The Impact presents a daring flip concept. On the outside you have a screen and a touchpad that comes with feedback support. But the phone will open thanks to a sideways flip and it will reveal a full QWERTY keyboard and a full color display screen. Therefore the Impact can be turned into a gadget capable of handling most of your communication needs. Hardcore texters will certainly appreciate the extended keyboard which will let them send fast SMS messages and emails.

The Impact has other impressive features like GPS and AT&T Navigator support, 3G connectivity, camera with video recording, full HTML browser, music player and speakers. Sure it’s not the smartphone that will beat the iPhone or the Droid but the Impact is a great phone for those people that need to be in constant touch with their friends and family. The handset could be considered a Sidekick competitor if you will. And considering the recent issues Sidekick users had, getting an Impact right now doesn’t sound like such a bad idea.

Here’s what Jim Berridge, director of sales and marketing of Pantech Wireless had to say about the Pantech Impact:

Our customers expect the very latest in trendsetting mobile phones from Pantech, and Impact really delivers. By combing everyone’s favorite social and multimedia options, along with a new form factor which features an interactive touchpad, Impact is a first for both Pantech and AT&T.

So what do you say folks? Are you going to buy an Instinct next week?