Cingular 8125 goes on sale B2B
By Ryan Block 
posted February 6th 2006 12:39PM
posted February 6th 2006 12:39PM
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My boss has a business account, but they are still being a pain in the butt about letting me order it because my company is not true b2b!
I'll call back and talk to someone else. You talk to different people and get different answers.
Josh
sorry but this phone gets some bad reviews manly if not entirely due to its under powered 200mlz cpu its been out in uk for a while and while its form fator is great the cpu just isnt always powerfull enough to cut it
I saw one on display at the Cingular store in Fair Oaks Mall (Fairfax, VA). The folks there had no idea of pricing or availability, but had just received it on Friday. Maybe they shouldn't have had it out?
Goddamned Cingular! I waited and waited for them to get their act together and sell this phone. Now I'm with Sprint and the PPC 6700. Oh well. I like my 6700 and the fact that I'm only paying $15.00/month for unlimited EVDO data instead of the $40.00 or so that Cingular would've charged me :)
Maybe you'll see my ass again in two years Cingular...and thanks for charging $150.00 per line (x2) for disconnecting before my 2 years was up...
Every review that I have seen (from people that actually USED the phone for a reasonable amount of time) found that the proc used in this phone was plenty powerful.
I have a QTEK 9100 and speed is not an issue.
Yeah, even though EVDO coverage is not as ubiquitous as EDGE, it IS a heck of a lot faster. Cingular needs to get their act together and get HSDPA out in all current EDGE markets ASAP. If people need/want the bandwidth, they WILL leave, even if it costs them $150 per line.
Its soooo funny to see providers deliver gee-wiz phones either too late or with a dated connection technology.
Hellooo, Cingular, T-MO... the bus is leaving and your customers are on it.
I agree with U. Betchya...Cingular is way too slow in its 3G deployment, and in the meantime they are losing customers to Verizon and Sprint. Let's also remember that they are losing customers that tend to buy high end phones and pay for higher rate plans as well, so they are losing the best customers.
For the last several quarters, Verizon has been gaining on Cingular in a very steady fashion. At this rate they will pass Cingular.
this unit is HOT!! I just wish it has ev-do speeds...im REAL TEMPTED!
Guys-I hate to break it to you but the customers are still here...on GSM. You know the standard everyone else in the world uses? While EV-DO is great and all, how many of you are actually using it as a tethered Modem? With BT? HA! Didn't think so. So that leaves you with broad-band goodness on a POS 3" screen! Gonna download Mpeg4 Pr0n to your PDA? wow. To top it all off, the poor Verizon souls are getting milked! Yay EV-DO!
EDGE is just fine for devices like these.
I just ordered mine from Cingular. :) It should be here in under a week. Total cost: about $240 + a 2-year extension on my contract. Thanks Engadget! Thanks big giant corporate discount!
Check here for a mirror of the Cingular Premier product page:
http://insane.com/8125/
Here's a mirror of the Cingular Premier product page:
http://insane.com/8125/
I've been waitin for this for a while. This is the SideKick killer. I just ordered mine! Can't wait, gotta love that Corporate Discount!
I just ordered mine as well. I called the regular sales number first and was quoted $789.99 as the normal retail price for non premier b2b customers, $313.00 with a new 2-year and around $450 with a 1 year contract. Glad I hit our premier site to get our pricing instead of thoes quoted to me. I agree Brett, the Corporate Discount is awesome!
Everyone is being quoted different prices. I was quoted today on my boss's biz, but not b2b, account 1 yr 314 and 2 yr 264. And yes it is in stock and yes its not avail. for anyone other than b2b. And yes it is the sidekick killer. The sidekick is for fun, This is for business(mostly). Although the text messages being seperate sucks. Since I don't get charged on T-mo I sent about 400 a month....hmmm.
I just ordered one from my b2b site. It was 180.00 before any fees. Total came out to be around 217 bucks.
Just a little FYI.
My company has the B2B premier relationship and this beauty is already sold out online.
I had the money burning a hole too!!!!!
Placed my order before lunch today. Whats up with the 128RAM 64ROM??? I hope thats a typo. Anyone know if this will support more than 1GB of miniSD? Time to go shopping. I hope they havn't cripped this thing some how.
Just to confirm what SamSnead said. It is sold out. Glad I got mine early. I almost waited till I got off work. Glad I didn't.
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/7541/81252gq.png
Sorry, but this item is NOT SOLD OUT (any longer). Please check the site again as I was able to order one this morning for $247!!
I'm actually knid of glad that this is only available for the B2B crowd right now. With all of these functions, I would jump through fire to get it, but I would regret it, because you know that it will not be HSDPA compatable when cingular finally gets it up and running.
Till Broadband Connect is up and running, this would be the eqivalent of a dual processor desktop with 4gig of memory on a dial up modem. EDGE is just not edgy enough, and if I am going to run multiple profiles through Outlook Mobile, it needs to get the email into the machine in less than the time it takes me to finish a Venti Latte.
Don't be dissapointed, wait for the HSDPA, and the devices will be there when it arrives (chicken bone chicken bone lucky lucky chicken bone - a little incantation for the digitally desperate).
Bear -
Just an FYI, It supports Wireless (11Megs per second), I think that may be fast enough for your email. I'm pretty sure your coffee shop has a wireless as well.
I just checked the fedex tracking site. The phone will be delivered to my house on 2/9/06. Its in the SF Bay Area already. Does anyone know if it can hold the 2gb Mini-SD card?
Are you allowed to only buy one off the b2b site? If I could, I'd buy as many as possible and list them all on eBay. One auction is already at 490 with 2 days left.
Cingular has a news release on the Media Room section of their website detailing release dates for other channels. Online purchase should be tommorrow and in stores should be by the end of the month. Also a site to sign up for availability emails. www.cingular.com/8125
I saw this phone in Taiwan last December while searching for a pda phone. (aka Dopod 838). It's great because it's small enough but has a keyboard. However, it's very plasticky and therefore looks "cheaper". I ended up buying Eten's M600, which has no keyboard but much more elegant looking and powerful CPU.
If you must have keyboard, that's a good choice. Otherwise, I'd say wait for a couple more month. Even Dopod itself is coming out with a better phone (Dopod 818 Pro; may already been out in Asia).
I just got mine, it is quite sweet from the little I have played with it so far. I'm not sure about selling them on Ebay, I believe that is against the terms of most b2b contracts but I'm not 100% on that.
Ordered it today after jumping through some major hoops and transfers. Price not as good as I would have hoped. I couldn't get the deal offered on my premier account (long story) but it should be in by Monday at the latest
I got mine today. So far it's terrible. If I can't find any way to make it work it's going back.
Wi-fi, forget about it. It connects right away, full signal, but then moves at about 6kb per minute. There has to be something broken. If I have Wi-fi turned on, sometimes it tries to use GPRS anyway, AT THE SAME TIME.
I can't get email from any of my POP3's because unlike the SMT 5600, this requires that each message have a unique id which many Unix servers don't provide. So much for that.
I also can no longer sync with Outlook because ActiveSync 4.1 and WM5 no longer allows the phone to connect if you're running a VPN client, and if you turn VPN off you can connect but then can't sync because ActiveSync now requires Outlook to be online (which I can't do if I have VPN off)
Sucks.
I just ordered this phone at cingular.com....not available in stores yet but they do have a $50 rebate which brings price with 2 year contract to 299.00. should received in 3 business days.
Cingular customer since 1999, lost now to Sprint 'till at least 2008.
In line with earlier comment (Posted at 4:16PM on Feb 6th 2006 by apeguero), I waited, watched, asked, and finally gave up! Switched to Sprint for PPC-6700, price and performance of EV-DO and Vision unlimited, along with PPC-6700's immediate availability, features, and generally good reviews.
The Cingular/HTC 8125 combination, if introduced early enough to compete with Sprint/HTC PPC-6700, might have been enough of an effort, on Cingular's part, to retain another customer. And as a small biz consultant, I'm now on the fence when a client asks for an opinion based on my experience with new Mobile 5.0 phone/pda combos and service providers.
Can I get the $50 rebate (http://onlinestorez.cingular.com/cell-phone-service/media/pdf/OHPA5_5010_1408.pdf?WT.svl=reb35)
if I order it through my b2b site?
TIA
I don't understand why cingular trear there customer different. I should be able to get the same deal the new customer get. Why is it that they treat existing customers this way. If I want this phone I have to pay $500+. I might as well cancel my plan and go with sprint. They have the ppc6700 for $450 with better internet access plan. Can anyone give me advice. I dont see myself paying this much for this phone.
I don't understand why cingular treat there existing customer different. I should be able to get the same deal the new customer get. Why is it that they treat existing customers this way. If I want this phone I have to pay $500+. I might as well cancel my plan and go with sprint. They have the ppc6700 for $450 with better internet access plan. Can anyone give me advice. I dont see myself paying this much for this phone.
I just ordered from the Cingular website today. My wife and I share the same plan (Family Plan) and she was eligible for an upgrade. So I just used her option. When the phone comes I will just pop in my sim card... And I am up and running(hopefully).
My phone now is an MPX 220. I hate this phone. It is a bear to use. I was waiting for the Motorola Q to launch but I think this phone will be better.
Did you try to just add another line for $9.99? The phone should be cheaper then.
Cingular doesn't give discounts to its existing customers because it proably already did to get you to becom a customer. When you signed with cingular you probably got a discount or maybe even a free phone. If you cancel and go with print they get your termination fee. If you pay full price for the phone, they get the extra money. They offer the discount to get you in, not to keep you.
Cingular doesn't give discounts to its existing customers because it probably already did to get you to become a customer. When you signed with cingular you probably got a discount or maybe even a free phone. If you cancel and go with Sprint they get your termination fee. If you pay full price for the phone, they get the extra money. They offer the discount to get you in, not to keep you.
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My corporate discount is $64.99 for the phone and an additional 2 year contract. I've been using cingular for 5 years already, so I'm going to go with it. I think I have to wait one more month until my contract expires, or I'm wondering if I can just extend it 2 years
So I am very much wanting to get this phone as my new business tool. I am ALL ABOUT having my contacts nearby, carrying docs and spreadsheets around, having caleder info at my fingertips. I also like real-time email and live browsing. However, I will be laying out the cash for this phone. It's alot of money.
Would you get it with NO contract for $450, the 1 year at $399 or the 2 year contract st $300? The phone will be outdated in a year.
For those of you that have the phone I'd love to know about:
1)Internet access speed? Painfully/uselessly slow?
2)The lockups and freezing up that I read about it. Is that an issue? How many times have you had to reset it?
3) Battery life? Terrible I assume?
4) Wi-Fi? Does it work in multiple wifi environments, each keyed differently?
5) PHONE quality? How's the phone itself? Decent? Good? What about the speakerphone
6) Synchronization? All good.
T-Mobile loses the race yet again. Is pricing available for the Cingular model (for comparison)?
Bout time! Love my Qtek 9100. For anyone who wants to overclock the OMAP in these things go here. But use at your own risk! ftp://xda:xda@ftp.xda-developers.co...pClock_v0.2.zip
can non-business people buy them? any word on price/availability/final specs?
May not be news, but prices ~250 USD (originally 450)from what I can see. Also they have an 8100 model sans camera, but same price. That said they now list the bb 8700c as originally $789, the treo as originally 899, and higher prices still for the HP.
I can get one for $225 ($449.99 -$224.99 "web" corporate discount)... kinda tempting really.
If it only had HSPA it would be a no brainer.
Originally priced at $449.99
On the B2B Cingular pricing that I get, they are selling for as low as $225 with 2 year agreement.
Here's a screenshot of the full spec on the Cingular B2B site...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tyler/96375039/
Specs from the cingular site:
Dimensions: 4.25 x 2.83 x 0.93 inches
Weight: 5.3 ounces
Battery Details: 1250 mAh Li-ion battery
Talk Time: up to 5 hours
Standby Time: up to 7 days
TI OMAP 850 200 MHz Processor
128MB RAM / 64MB ROM
Mobile versions of Microsoft software included: Outlook®, Word, Excel®, PowerPoint® and Internet Explorer
S/MIME support
Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC (will support upgrade to support Microsofts Messaging & Security Feature Pack when available)
Portfolio of corporate applications certified for use on the Cingular network - to learn more visit http://developer.cingular.com
Integrated sliding QWERTY Keyboard with backlight
Internal antenna with external antenna connector available
Voice
Voice memo
Voice recorder
Speakerphone
Voice commands
Voice dialing
Messaging
Email
Text Messaging
Instant Messaging
Multimedia Messaging
Messaging Applications, such as: GoodLink (sold separately), Xpress Mail™ (sold separately), ActiveSync, other 3rd-party applications, MSN® Hotmail and Instant Messenger.
Network & Connectivity
Technology: GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 class 10 multi-slot
Integrated Bluetooth
Integrated Wi-Fi (802.11b)
Infrared
Mini-USB
Mini-SD
Organization
Alarm clock
Calculator
Contacts
Calendar
Phonebook
Task List
Microsoft Office Mobile (Outlook/Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Internet Explorer)
Display & Imaging
1.3 mega pixel camera with fixed lens, camcorder and flash support
Portrait and landscape display modes
2.8 inch QVGA 320 x 240
64K color
Sensitive TFT LCD touch screen
Personalization & Entertainment
Windows Media® Player 10 Mobile - MP3, audio & video streaming
Polyphonic and MP3 ringtones
Games
Downloadable themes: animated screensavers, wallpapers and ringtones
Included Accessories
1250 mAh Li-ion battery
Stereo headset
AC charger
Leather case with belt clip
USB sync cable
Stylus
Might be a good replacement for the blackberry...
Can this thing run skype when using WiFi? or it does not have the CPU power to do so?