LG CU500 HSDPA Phone Free with new Cingular Account

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Wirefly has the LG CU500 3G phone with HSDPA support available for $0 if you get a new Cingular Wireless account.

The LG CU500 clamshell phone features besides HSDPA an integrated MP3 player, Cingular Video, MobiTV applications, Bluetooth Stereo connectivity, 1.3MP rotating camera and external music/camera controls. Read more

Posted on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Apple iPhone available on Cingular in June

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The Apple iPhone will be available in June exclusively on Cingular in the U.S.

The iPhone comes in 8GB and 4GB memory configurations.
You can buy the iPhone starting in June from Cingular or Apple stores.
The 4GB iPhone sells for $499 with a 2 year contract. The 8GB iPhone is priced at $599.

This is not cheap, but if you consider that it is a iPod video wihth 8GB storeage with 3.5 inch wide-screen paired with a tiny Apple computer that runs Safari browser, push email and more, the price is very reasonable. Not to mention that there is nothing like the Apple iPhone on the market. The new UI is just amazing and it is only 11.6mm thin. Plus the details, like music fading out when call comes in - this is Apple.

Hey, I am raving and Apple did not even send me a free iPhone. Read more

Posted on Tue, 9 Jan 2007 12:35:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Aliph Jawbone with Noise Shield Available from Cingular

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Aliph announces that their new version of the Jawbone bone-conducting Bluetooth headset with Noise Shield Technology is available exclusively from Cingular Wireless still in time for the holidays.

The active noise cancellation technology used in the new Jawbone has been originally developed for the military. Aliph's Bluetooth headset separates your speech from the background noise and is therefore able to isolate only your words and reduce the background noise.

Walter Mossberg from the Wallstreet Journal already got his ears on the new Jawbone and published a rather positive review. Only in windy conditions the Jawbone Noise Shield fails. Read more

Posted on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Cingular 8525 Review

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Cingular offers the sliding 8525 Windows Pocket PC. Laptop magazine published a review of this interesting Pocket PC with QWERTY keyboard and HSDPA support.

Quote from the review:
"Over a couple weeks of testing, the 8525 averaged very good throughput of 872 Kbps using the HSDPA connection. When we were within HSDPA coverage, most Web pages loaded within 10 to 15 seconds.
But that wait more than tripled when we were out of HSDPA range and the device fell back to Cingular’s pokey EDGE network. This happened just 30 minutes south of Manhattan. "
Read the full review. Read more

Posted on Mon, 6 Nov 2006 08:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Cingular 8825 to Launch in Early November?

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It seems that the Cingular 8825, known in other parts as the HTC Hermes, is set for release late in October or early November. Being that it is currently late in October, perhaps we can expect this cool phone any time now.

The cool features to float your geek boat are; Windows Mobile 5.0, tri-band UMTS/HSDPA, push email and more. The display is a 2.8” LCD that looks positively gigantic compared to some phones on the market. Read more

Posted on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 12:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Cingular Blackberry 8100c and Samsung SGH-i607 Leaked

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Apparently Cingular is also getting the sweet Blackberry 8100 aka Pearl. They put a c at the end of the 8100 model number.

Additionally the Samsung SGH-i607 is supposed to come. The information about both phones leaked at a developer site. The Blackberry 8100c is supposed to be available in Q4. The Samsung SGH-i607 still to come in Q3. Read more

Posted on Sun, 10 Sep 2006 07:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Cingular To Charge People Who Have Old Phones

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If you've got Cingular and are still talking on that fancy brick-style 1980's cell phone, you may end up paying an extra fee each month. It's all part of a move for Cingular to try to get their customers to upgrade their phones so that they're all on GSM service. Older phones use either an analog signal or the antiquated TDMA technology.

At $5 per month, with millions of customers affected, Cingular's going to be pocketing $23.5 million a month just from this fee. Obviously people with phones old enough to be impacted probably can't afford to upgrade. It's kind of like taxing the poor, isn't it? Read more

Posted on Tue, 1 Aug 2006 05:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pantech C300 - World's Smallest Camera Flip Phone available at Cingular

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Cingular will offer the Pantech C300 in the United States.

The Pantech C300 fold style camera phone measures only 69x43x19.2mm and weighs 70.9g.

The Pantech C300 is equipped with a VGA camera with flash and zoom, as well as MP3 ringtones, SMS/MMS/IM client, organizer, speakerphone and e-mail messaging.

Amazon.com is already offering the C300 for $89.99 with Cingular Prepaid GoPhone.
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Posted on Thu, 1 Jun 2006 13:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Cingular Sues Sprint To Combat Own Legal Problems

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Cingular announced Friday that it is suing rival wireless network Sprint over its avertising claim that Sprint is the most powerful network. This is easily seen as just an act of revenge over the fact that Sprint recently filed suit alleging that Cingular's "fewest dropped calls" claim is misleading.

Cingular became under fire recently when the Boston Globe published an article about the questionable claim by Cingular, which may be what sparked Sprint to file its suit. Read more

Posted on Sat, 27 May 2006 11:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Cingular Launches 3G Network BroadbandConnect in US

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Cingular announced that it launched it's 3G network in the United States called BroadbandConnect.

Cingular BroadbandConnect delivers 400-700Kbps with HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) technology. HSDPA is the high-speed evolution of GSM/EDGE, and Cingular's 3G network is supposedly the world's first to use HSDPA.
Currently Cingular BroadbandConnect consists of a laptop modem card, Cingular's Communication Manager software and a Data Connect plan for use on laptops. There are no mobile phones available yet. Read more

Posted on Tue, 6 Dec 2005 10:52:55 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

iPAQ hw6515 Coming To Cingular with Rebate

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Dave's iPAQ found a rebate flyer from Cingular listing the HP iPAQ hw6515 and HP iPAQ hw6510 with $50 rebate.

The iPAQ hw6515 mobile messenger is also made by HTC (apparently the only company able to make Windows Smartphones on the planet).
It looks like the iPAQ hw6515 has a bit of a spotty availability. msmobiles reports that the HP smartphone was on sale in Germany, but now its discontinued. HP also only features the hw6515 only on its European site and not in the United States yet.
When exactly the new HP smartphones will be available from Cingular is not clear yet. But it looks like it will be soon.
More details on Dave's iPAQ. Read more

Posted on Sun, 7 Aug 2005 05:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony VAIO VGN-T350P with Cingular EDGE Review

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Laptop Magazine reviews the new Sony VAIO VGN-T350P notebook with built-in Cingular EDGE connectivity.

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"Freedom. That's what separates the Sony VAIO VGN-T350P from the ultraportable pack. This tiny three-pounder is the first notebook to feature a built-in EDGE cellular modem, which means you can connect whenever and wherever you want in the U.S. at speeds up to 160 Kbps.
In our tests, the T350P delivered good enough performance for those want to check e-mail and surf the Web on the go. "
More details on Laptop Magazine.

Find Deals for Sony VAIO T-Series!

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Posted on Thu, 12 May 2005 04:05:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony announces VAIO T-Series with Cingular EDGE Built-in

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Sony partners with Cingular to offer notebooks from its ultra-portable T-series with built-in wireless wide area network capability (WWAN).

The Sony T-Series was introduced last September. The new Sony VAIO VGN-T350P/L and VGN-T-350/L have now built-in SmartWi, that lets users switch from Wi-Fi connectivity to Cingular EDGE connectivity. The Pentium M powered Sonys feature also Bluetooth, DVD writer, 60GB HDD, 512MB RAM and a 10.6" WXGA screen with XBRITE.
The difference between the Sony VAIO VGN-T350P/L and Sony VAIO VGN-T-350/L seems only to be that the P/L has Windows XP Professional installed and the /L only the Home edition.

VAIO T-Series notebooks with a midnight blue chassis will be widely available in June starting at about $2,200. Silver and burgundy color options will be exclusively sold on SonyStyle.
More details in Sony press-release.

Find Sony VAIO T-Series Deals!

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Posted on Wed, 11 May 2005 04:30:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Star Wars z500a Mobile Phone from Cingular

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So the US also got its Star Wars mobile phone. We reported about the Orange Star Wars Phone Box-Set available in the UK. Cingular offers the Sony Ericsson z500a Star Wars Mobile Phone. This is a Limited Edition Star Wars Commemorative Phone with Fighter Sound Effects, C-3PO Ringtone, Star Wars Character Graphics and more. At Amazon.com the Star Wars z500a sells for Free with $130 cash-back. A1Wireless the Star Wars Phone comes free with $30 cash-back.

Posted on Wed, 27 Apr 2005 05:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Siemens CT56 - new from Cingular

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Siemens is providing GPRS phones for Cingular. The Siemens CT56 will most likely have a built in camera. Phone will be available around christmas. Get the details in the datasheet below.

CT56 Datasheet

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Posted on Mon, 21 Oct 2002 19:43:45 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr