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Nokia 6282 UMTS cellphone coming to Cingular?
We already knew the N80 was coming to Cingular, now our buds over at the FCC have slapped up some shots of a Cingular branded 6282. We pretty much figured, but it's nice to get a bit of back-door confirmation of this dual-mode GSM/UMTS multimedia slider all the same.[Thanks, Crossblade and Eric]
Cingular 8125 goes on sale B2B
Doesn't help the majority of us poor regular-consumer fools, but word has it Cingular freaking finally beginning to take orders on their version of the HTC Wizard, the Cingular 8125, but only to their Business 2 Business partners. No, it's not any different from what you get in T-Mobile's MDA (outside the case design and keyboard, of course), but this one's on the nation's largest carrier, so if your company uses Cingular and you've been looking for a new smartphone, looks like today's your lucky today. Everyone else? Keep your eyes peeled, can't be too long now before we get a general consumer release on this thing.[Thanks to Josh H]
Pantech's first US GSM phones inbound?
They ain't nothing too special, but if you're a Pantech fan and have been looking for, um, a low end GSM handset in the American market, your search may soon be over. Looks like the C120 and C300 GSM/GPRS handsets were just approved for use in the US, and will apparently be hitting Cingular no less. Something tells us this won't be the last we hear from Pantech when it comes to US GSM phones.[Via Phonescoop]Read - C120Read - C300
Nokia 9300i Communicator reviewed
Maybe we're a bit spoiled with our Treos and our HTCs, but when All About Symbian concludes that despite lacking a number of popular features Nokia's upcoming 9300i clamshell smartphone is a good device for business users on the go, it automatically gets knocked off of our short list. The 9300i is exactly the same as the 9300 in every way save for the addition of WiFi, which turns out to be a mixed blessing because the pokey 150MHz processor can't render pages as fast as the 802.11 can pull them down. Like its sibling, the 9300i lacks 3G data capabilities, a camera (which makes sense for the targeted audience), and a usable joystick/rocker, although it gets high marks for the rest of the keyboard ergonomics, the sharp LCD (albeit with an odd 640 x 200 resolution), and implementation of Symbian Series 80. This device also does all of the usual multimedia/office functions you'd expect from a smartphone, and sounds like it does them fairly well, but in the end it seems like it will probably be resigned to serve as a safe choice for Finnish corporate IT buyers.
Motorola SLVR L7 review roundup
Cingular began selling Motorola's SLVR L7 just three days ago, but critics have wasted little time checking it out, and the net is already being flooding with reviews. Not surprisingly, a lot of the reviews reach similar conclusions: stylish phone, so-so music player. After all, the SLVR L7's iTunes implementation is basically the same as the one on the much-beloved ROKR E1, meaning it's limited to just 100 songs. That hasn't stopped Cingular from promoting iTunes as the main feature behind the SLVR; promotional materials and the phone's retail box proclaim "iTunes Cingular" in big letters, with the phone's model name in almost invisble text. However, we suspect that most buyers will know what they're looking for. This isn't the ROKR, and people will be buying this as a SLVR first, and a musicphone second, no matter what Cingular says or does. Here are the reviews we've found so far. Be sure to add any others that you've found in the comments so we can keep the list up to date! Chicago Tribune The New York Times iLounge PC Magazine CNet Wireless NewsFactor
Cingular gets the pink RAZR V3
Yeah, yeah, 'nother day, 'nother (magenta, er, pink) RAZR. Now you can get yours (or your lady friend's) on Cingular if you're feeling dandy, fancy, or otherwise momentarily effeminate. Next time though, Moto? Hows about user-changeable faceplates, eh? Anywho, you can get yours now for $150 with a two year contract.[Via MobileBurn]
Cingular to smartphones: No QWERTY for you!
Cingular has been advertising its humptastic 2125 (HTC Faraday) as the first Windows Mobile 5.0 smartphone in the US. ZDNet columnist David Berlind, however, makes the argument that the Treo 700w was the first stateside WM5 smarthphone, and we would argue that we've been seeing WM5 smartphones for months now. John Kampfe, Cingular's director of Wireless Media & Industry Analyst Relations, responded that Cingular only classifies non-QWERTY handsets as smartphones, and that keyboard-sportin' phones are considered PDAs. Microsoft, on the other hand, makes the distinction by whether the device is running WM5 for PocketPC or WM5 for Smartphones. We'll leave this one open for the readers to discuss, but our two cents is that any cellphone running any flavor of Palm, Windows Mobile, Symbian, or Linux is "smart" and should be classified as such.
Cingular debuts 2125 Windows Mobile smartphone
It's been a "now you see it, now you don't kind" kind of relationship so far with Cingular's 2125, their WiFi-free version of HTC Tornado, but we can finally announce its availability at the Cingular store. The QVGA screen, Windows Mobile 5, and miniSD are all still here, and that WiFi is still notably absent, but the price isn't bad at all for a smartphone: $200 after a $100 mail-in rebate. So if you can live without all the perks of the Tornado, which are in full force in T-Mobile's forthcoming SDA, Cingular's 2125 is strong contender for your smartphone buck.
