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Cingular Unveils Budget Smartphone Without 3G Support

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Posted by: CA

Here is kind of an interesting take on Cingular and it's phones.
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anuary 18, 2006

Cingular Unveils Budget Smartphone Without 3G Support



By Mobile Pipeline Staff Mobile Pipeline

Cingular Wednesday unveiled its Cingular 2125 Windows Mobile smartphone but the device does not support the company's emerging 3G network.

The company said its new privately-labeled smartphone was built by HTC and is based on Windows Mobile 5.0. It also has built-in Bluetooth but only supports the carrier's EDGE network and not its emerging, faster UMTS/HSDPA network. In a statement, the company indicated that this was its "value" offering and that more communications features would eventually be available for the device.

The device is a quad-band phone that will work in more than 165 countries with which Cingular has roaming agreements for voice and the 95 countries in which it has roaming agreements for data, the company said.

"The Cingular 2125 Smartphone gives our customers a cost-effective, feature-packed solution that meets their needs, whether they're a larger company engaged in global business communications or an individual wanting a superior, high-speed e-mail and Web browsing experience," Jeff Bradley, Cingular's vice president for business data services, said in a statement.

Bradley indicated, however, that more messaging features would be available at a later date.

"This sets the stage for Cingular to bring to market later this year a new and eagerly anticipated addition to its industry-leading e-mail portfolio, the Microsoft Messaging and Security Feature Pack featuring direct push e-mail technology," he said.

In the meantime, the company added, the device supports mobile e-mail technologies from vendors such as Good Technology.

The device weighs 3.71 ounces including battery, uses a 200 MHz processor and has 64 MB of SDRAM and 64 MB of Flash ROM. It has a 2.2-inch QVGA display and includes a 1.3 megapixel camera.

The device costs $199 with a two-year contract.



Posted by: Destiny Is Near

whats 3g? i never understood what that was


Posted by: CA

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Originally Posted by Destiny Is Near
whats 3g? i never understood what that was
It's a common term that has no definite specification. You can consider 1G analogue, 2G digital(higher speed for data), 3G higher yet and usually starts at ~200kbs(with a lot of latency). And next is 4G witch will compare compare to a fixed connection at around 1Mbs(with much less latency) and up.


Posted by: CeluGeek

I find something interesting about Cingular's press release. The phone has been up for sale since more than a month now, and in those areas where the phone hasn't arrived (mine included), the phone is still missing even after the big fuzz of the press release.

Could it be that Cingular found out about T-Mobile's release plans for their SDA and MDA phones, and with the possibility of T-Mobile releasing their Pocket PC Phone before Cingular can release theirs, Cingular decided to draw attention to themselves as in at least they hit ahead with the smartphone? Gotta love marketing.


Posted by: tuolumne

3G is EV-DO/HSDPA.


Posted by: SpacedOut

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Originally Posted by Destiny Is Near
whats 3g? i never understood what that was

Wikipedia has a really good article on 3G. UMTS, which is the next "GSM" and is what Cingular is in the middle of upgrading to, is considered 3G. Also, if you feel so inclined, on the right side of that article is a list of articles for the different G's, and their subset technologies... lots of good information.




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