Bill Maher is known for cancelled latenight talk shows, Supahead and most recently wishing the VP was dead. BlackBerryCool is back online and is reporting that Cingular, for some reason will carry the Blackberry Pearl in red. What’s the common thread? They’re all utterly ridonkulous.

As expected the BlackBerry 8800 hit the Cingular website today, priced at $500 with no terms or $300 for 2-year commitment.

Specs haven’t changed since the last post, but just in case you’re new here and weren’t lucky enough to catch it, we’ve listed a few highlights again..

There have been price leaks and photos aplenty, but now the BlackBerry 8800 is finally here. recently announced in Barcelona, the 8800 is the newest must have device for mobile professionals from RIM.

The web has been fire hot with Blackberry 8800 news and rumors. After speculation and renderings swathed over the web for the past few weeks, the Blackberry 8800 is finally spotted, unveiled and fondled thoroughly.

Edit: This has been declared as not true and not happening.
Talk about big moves. This is bound to ruffle the feathers of pretty much every carrier. Not only does Cingular have the iPhone exclusive, rumor has it that the “largest wireless carrier in the US” will provide FREE service to users who jump ship from their current carriers and join the iPhone lovefest.

TV and video are the hot spots for mobility right now and Cingular ATT is looking to offer services catering to what is already commonplace abroad, in the good ol US of A. A demonstration of the one-way video calling technology is scheduled to take place during CES 2007. Cingular expects to launch the service sometime later in 2007.

The service allows users to send a live video stream to a recipient during a standard voice call. Beginning with a normal phone call, customers can hit one button to add a live video stream, allowing the called party to see what the caller is seeing while they’re talking. The service also allows customers to switch the direction of the video stream during the same phone call.

I wouldn’t call them spyshots, but somebody has been snapping up quite a few sneaky pics. Is this the 8800c or the 8900c? Well I’m not quite sure, though it seems to have been clarified that if this indeed the 8800, the first version of this upcoming BlackBerry device will have no camera and that later sometime near or in April, a version for you photobugs will be released.

. Stated to be the flagship of Cingular 3G, the SYNC from Samsung gets a good looking over from Eric Lin at PhoneScoop and others. After reading I get the feeling that Cingular is taking two steps forward and one step back with this handset.

Today Cingular released two entry level 3G phones into the US market. One of those models is the LG CU320 3G slider, the other phone being the Samsung ZX10. The phones share many of the same features such as the Bluetooth, Instant messaging functions (AOL, Yahoo!) and both are Quad-band devices. The Samsung ZX10 clamshell also has 50MB of internal memory and a 1.3 Megapixel camera with swivel so you can be in a few photos too!

Quick Specs
* 176 x 220 262k TFT color display (internal)
* Bluetooth
* 1.3 mega-pixel camera
* Media Player (MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA)
* Instant messaging (AOL, Yahoo!)
* Quad Band 850, 900, 1800, 1900
* UMTS Network 850 – 950 MHz
* TV and Video (via Cingular Video)
* Size:3.46″ x 1.89″ x 1.02″
* Weight: 3.07oz
* Talktime: Up to 5 hours
* Standby: up to 200 hours

The Samsung ZX10 and the LG CU320 will initially be available in select markets.Check Cingular Wireless for availablity in your area.

- BigBerries

Today Cingular released two entry level 3G phones into the US market. One of those phones is the LG CU320. (Pictured at right) The second model being the Samsung ZX10. The CU320 slider is the first UMTS phone from LG in the US.

Quick Specs
* 2-inch 176 x 220 LCD display with 262k colors
* Bluetooth
* EDGE
* 1.3 mega-pixel camera with zoom
* Media Player (Mp3, AAC, AAC+, WMA)
* Instant messaging (AOL, Yahoo!)
* Quad Band 850, 900, 1800, 1900
* UMTS Network 850 – 950 MHz
* TV and Video (via Cingular Video)
*Size 97 x 48 x 24mm
*Weight 122g

The LG CU320 will initially be available in select markets including; Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle , Tacoma and the District of Columbia. Check Cingular Wireless for availablity in your area.

- BigBerries