This one's a little difficult to explain, but it would appear that a Cingular developer's site of some kind is under construction at a design firm's domain, and in it they show with some accuracy their 2006 roadmap, including two new devices we hadn't yet seen coming to Cingular: the
BlackBerry Pearl 8100c (due Q4) and the Samsung Blackjack SGH-i607 (due Q3, which will be ending in short order). The specs on the quad-band Pearl look to be in place and
has that tweaked appearance, and the i607 pictured retains the
i600's front-facing camera, as well as quad-band GSM / GSRS / EDGE / HSDPA data, and Bluetooth; of course, we knew the Pearl was headed to Cingular, but the Blackjack will make a nice little addition to the
cadre of Q-killers making their way to the states.
P.S. -Oh, and the
8525 is listed as Q3, too. Big surprise.
[Thanks, Jaybo]
posted Sep 9th 2006 at 12:11AM
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
voinivich @ Sep 9th 2006 12:35AM
Woot for Cingular
Beanie @ Sep 9th 2006 1:06AM
What happened to the WiFi on the i607? the i600 has it. geez.
Luiso @ Sep 9th 2006 4:25AM
I like the blackberry, but in fact I think that I don't need this product, It has all the thigs that a freak want. But I'm all the day with the computer and I don't want other more.
Nate @ Sep 9th 2006 2:45AM
Does is strike anyone else as odd that the HP iPAQ hw69xx (40,20, 45,24,whatevers) doesn't show up on this list?
sam @ Sep 9th 2006 6:53AM
Im not happy with Cingular stripping off WiFi capabilities off new phones like the Samsung and the E61 - Cingular to carry the E62 Without wifi....
I understand they want people to buy and use their data but come on! first of all WiFi isnt available everwhere so most people would still add a data plan regardless..wifi is just not that reliable yet...cingular is not making smart moves..I just bought the e61 because I can still use EDGE and WiFi on it
WILLIAM @ Sep 11th 2006 1:54PM
i have to agree with everyone. yes its about time cingular starts to get new phones , somehow cingular screws up the launch but talking out some feature that everyother phone company has. they are so greedy that the company will fail in due time.
M-R @ Sep 19th 2006 9:54AM
William, dont you think Cingular knows what they are doing, to suggest that they will fail due to greed is absurd. The fact is you hate big business because you have to use them. Do you actually think any provider is greedier than any other? They are all greedy and that what makes them work. I agree that they should come out with product faster and wifi should have been left in the i607 but what is the difference if you have to buy a data plan anyway? HSDPA is supposed to be similar in speed to wifi and will be more widely available nationwide in a short time on the Cingular network.
fredhyke @ Sep 25th 2006 5:30PM
Anyone know if the processor will be 200MHz or 312MHz??
I am sick of 200MHz phones coming out. Time for a GSM, 850MHz-compatible 300Mhz+ UMTS/HSDPA smartphone!!
Me @ Nov 22nd 2006 4:53PM
Samsung SGHi607 otherwise known as the Blackjack is released.