Cingular launched 3G services in Atlanta. So now the city and surrounding areas can enjoy 3G services and Cingular Video without struggle. Cingular Video gives you plenty of weather forecasts and network options, most importantly Cartoon Network and Adult Swim. Cingular Video requires the $19.99 MEdia Net Unlimited data plan. If you want to watch the Sopranos on HBO Mobile you need to pay additional. Currently Cingular is offering 3G services on the LG CU320 and the Samsung ZX10 but says they will be adding more handsets in the next few months, including support for HSDPA. Cingular 3G service is available in 54 communites near major US markets the company expects to complete the network in order to relaunch 3G nationwide later in the year.
Cingular Announces MS Direct Push for Cingular 8125 and 2125
Cingular business customers will get acces toi corporate email starting June 19, 2006 with the addition of the messaging and Security Feature Pack (MSFP). The first phones to receive the push feature will be the Cingular 8100 Series Pocket PC (8125) and the Cingular 2125 Smartphone.
MS Direct Push allows for instant communication through your mobile devices to email, calendar, contacts and tasks as they arrive.
For the 8100 Series pricing is scheduled to be at $44.99, the Cingular 2125 data plan is $29.99 both prices are based on having a qualifying voice plan, and will provide you with unlimited web and email access.
Cingular puts 3G Sales on Pause
After receiving complaints from subscribers who purchased 3G (UMTS) phones in 2G (EDGE) areas, Cingular has decided to push the nationwide UMTS service back until October. By then Cingular expects to have 3G in more service areas. The decision came after users who purchased 3G phones (probably knowing good and darn well they were in 2G areas) started to access Cingular Video, which is geared for UMTS over their available EDGE network and started complaining about poor quality. Duh! What did those people expect? At any rate Cingular being the top flight organization it is will alllow those people smart enough to buy 3G phone in 2G areas the opportunity to return the devices up until June 30th.
BlackBerry 7130c on Cingular Wireless
Back in April BigBerries had a few sneak photos of the BlackBerry 7130. Only it April it was rumored to be going to Cingular, today it’s official. The BlackBerry 7130c, official street date with Cingular is June 12. The price $199.99 (US) with two-year contract. Competition is heating up as there are several variations of this handset currently being offered by other carriers.
Quick Specs
240 x 260 color 65k LCD display
Bluetooth
SureType
QWERTY
EDGE
Quadband
64MB Flash Memory
16MB SDRAM
Motorola H500 Bluetooth Headset in Pink from Cingular
Mothers Day is right around the corner and Motorola and Cingular think it would be fitting to give Mom a way to hear you clearly and keep her hands free at the same time when you are calling on her new Motorola Pink SLVR. The H500 Bluetooth headset in pink would be a perfect match.
For full specifications on the Motorola H500 Bluetooth Headset visit Motorola. Quick specs on the headset are below. The Pink Motorola H500 Bluetooth Headset will be available from Cingular Wireless for $34.99 after a $25 mail-in rebate until June 3rd.
Quick Specs
Omni-directional microphone
Weight: .55oz
Talktime: up to 8 hours
Standby: up to 200 hours
Distance: up to 30 ft
Motorola and Cingular Go Pink for Mothers Day
Are you a last minute gift-shopper? Well Cingular and Motorola are hoping they can provide the perfect gifts, offering Motorola SLVRs and Motorola H500s in pink for Mothers Day. Just to clarify that’s Bubblegum Pink!
Quick Specs
VGA camera
Video capture and playback
Weight 3.5oz
Bluetooth
512MB expandable memory
iTunes
The Motorola Pink SLVR is currently available with contract through Cingular for $199.99 (US)
The Motorola H500 Bluetooth Headset can be found here.
Motorola L2 for Cingular
Well they say it’s for business, but this really just shapes up to be a slim entry level candy bar shaped mobile phone. Maybe I never climbed high enough up the ladder where they said you can’t have cameras or music on your phone. As far as I’ve gone there seemed to be less concern about cameras and music and more concern for connectivity, with more memory being a plus. For the most part you get a Blackberry, a phone with Windows Mobile or some sort of Nextel.
Needless to say with company laptops and remote-network access, what risk does external memory on a phone pose when most office computers don’t even have SD cards? Let alone most offices according to Microsoft’s advertising campaign suggest businesses have yet to even upgrade from Microsoft Office 97 or 2000.
Quick Specs
NO Camera
NO External memory
NO Music features
Bluetooth
Speakerphone
Quad-band
Available in the US through Cingular’s B2B Sales starting at $116.99 with 2-year contract $206.99 without.
Samsung SGH-X507 Coming to Cingular
Source: engadget
The Samsung website is showing that the SGH X507, which was approved quite a while ago by the FCC will officially launch with Cingular Wireless.
The entry-level clamshell is a quad band GSM phone with EDGE, Bluetooth, and USB. Expected pricing is in the area of $100.00
Quick Specs
Quad Band GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
Size: 84 x 44 x 19mm / 3.30″ x 1.75″ x 0.75″
Weight: 82g / 2.9oz
Talktime: up to 5 hours
Standby: uo to 250 hours
Available Colors: Metallic Blue, Silver
120 x 160 65K Color TFT display (Internal)
Email functions (POP3, IMAP4, SMTP)
Messaging (AOL,ICQ,Yahoo!)
Calendar, to-do list, calculator, voice commands, speakerphone
Cingular and MySpace Hookup to Let Users Make Ringtones
Source: Mobiletechnews
Peeking around, it seems Cingular Wireless wants to offer better ringtones. I guess the best way to offer them is to solicit songs from users of MySpace.
Cingular Mobile Music Studio is the tool to use. The whole process is being trialed by 75 lucky acts picked from MySpace.
MySpace can’t keep secrets long because as of this writting there are already over 600 friends for cingular.
Blackberry 7130 Photos Leaked
Shown in the picture is the rumored Blackberry 7130. BigBerries is picking this story up from gizmodo. The Blackberry 7130 is expected to be the next additon to the 7100 series.
Much speculation surround the device, such as EDGE and Cingular as the carrier in the US. Mobileprototype says this phone may make it to Rogers Wireless as well.
