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AT&T (News - Alert) is heading to catch the pre-paid market with its first pre-paid smartphone. The company will start selling the LG Thrive and LG Phoenix starting April 17.

GoPhone customers can select from new data packages with no long-term commitment required. According to a press release, both the smartphones can be purchased at AT&T company-owned retail stores and in select national retail locations. These smartphones feature a 3.2-inch color full-touch display, Android 2.2 platform, Exchange e-mail support, unlimited WiFi (News - Alert) usage on the entire national AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spot network, and a 3.2-megapixel camera.

AT&T committed to a robust Android portfolio, including more than 12 new Android (News - Alert) devices this year. Judy Cavalieri, vice president, Voice and Prepaid Products, AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets, said that the company is excited to add LG Thrive, the first smartphone for GoPhone, to AT&T's growing Android portfolio. “Thrive brings more choice and more value to the company’s GoPhone customers by delivering the benefits of a smartphone, balanced with functionality and affordability.”

To provide access to applications and contacts, AT&T is introducing a new prepaid data package with the LG Thrive, offering 500 MB of data for $25.These options are  options are available to customers who select the Smartphone $0.10/min Plan or Smartphone $2/day Unlimited Talk and Text Plan.

Prepaid customers who choose a smartphone like the LG Thrive must choose a data package in order to use data services for $25 FOR 500MB, $5 for 10MB and $15 for 100MB. AT&T is also adding value to data pay-per-use pricing for non-smartphone customers with five times the data for the same price.

"The range of smartphones available at LG and AT&T is a tribute to our consumers," said Tim O'Brien, vice president for marketing for LG Mobile Phones. "LG Thrive optimizes data capabilities and value with a fully customizable experience.  We look to continue our history of AT&T firsts."

 AT&T will begin selling LG Thrive, in silver for $179.99, whereas the LG Phoenix will be available on the same day in dark blue for $49.99 and requires a two-year agreement.

In other company news, TMCnet reported that AT&T will offer two mobile data plans for new iPad buyers. DataPlus will provide 200 MB of data for $15 per month (additional 200 MB chunks of data also cost $15), and DataPro, which provides 2 GBytes of data for $25 per month, with every additional GByte costing $10.