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Old 10-13-2006, 09:08 PM
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Its the Cingular 8125


$400 retail. $200 when you renew your plan















Review and more info http://www.mobiletechreview.com/cingular-8125.htm

# Microsoft® Windows Mobile(TM) 5.0 Pocket PC Edition
# Camera with 1.3 mega pixels, camcorder and flash
# PDA with full QWERTY keyboard & slide-out design
# Bluetooth® wireless synchronization
# Windows Media® Player and MP3 capabilities
# EDGE High speed data connectivity
# Remotely access mail, calendars, & contacts with ActiveSync(TM) & Xpress Mail(TM).
# Easily create e-mail and view Microsoft® Office(TM) attachments
# Microsoft Outlook synchronization through ActiveSync(TM)
# Color touch screen with large 2.8" QVGA display
# Quad-band international phone (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
# Integrated WiFi, IrDA, Mini-SD, Mini-USB, & */MIME support
# Supports Pocket MSN & MSN Messenger
# Internet Explorer Mobile® full browser
# Speaker phone for hands-free conversations
# Multimedia messaging - send, pictures, text & sound
# 3-D Surround Speakers included plus external stereo jack


* Weight: 5.3 ounces
* Dimensions: 4.25x 2.83 x 0.93 inches
* TI OMAP 850 200 MHz processor
* Talk Time: Up to 5 hours
* Standby Time: Up to 7 days
* 128 MB SDRAM / 64 MB Flash ROM
* Quad-Band 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
* GSM/GPRS/EDGE Class 10
* Large 2.8 " QVGA TFT LCD screen
* Touch screen supports portrait and landscape modes
* Internal antenna with external connector
* EDGE average download speeds of 70-135 Kbps
* All talk, data and standby times depend on network configuration
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damn, i have never seen pictures of anyone actually posting from a phone.. thats cool!

far to big for my tastes, i could never take that thing to the bars!
Old 10-13-2006, 10:02 PM
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Thats a nice phone.....I have a question on it though....I own a computer consultant company and we have a guy that didnt want that phone after I recomended it to him cause the lady at cingular told him that the styleist is the main thing on the phone to use you cant use the keyboard for a lot. so I am wondering is this true and how well does it acctually run over wifi. Thanks
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It probably runs fine on WIFi, but only if it was capable.

It'* EDGE wireless, just like my RAZR. EDGE is about the same speed is ISDN 128k. 2 or 3 times 56k dialup at best.

My iPaq palmtop runs about half the speed of my laptop on WiFi. You can get hp iPaq'* from Cingular with phones built in, and they run on either EDGE or WiFi.

Bluetooth is too slow for internet, and was never intended for it. You can sychronize with the bluetooth, print to bluetooth printers, use a headset, communicate or transfer files between bluetooth devices, etc.

Looks like a nice unit.
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Yea I know about edge I have a Razr.......Thats the prob is he is got unlimited edge for uploading data to his xdrive account but he doesnt want to pay for it any more he just wants to up load when he gets into wifi... And we set his office up with wifi so he is really looking into the phone he just hates useing a stylist....I let him try out my palm life drive and he hates using it due to the stylist fact.
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Originally Posted by Manifest
Thats a nice phone.....I have a question on it though....I own a computer consultant company and we have a guy that didnt want that phone after I recomended it to him cause the lady at cingular told him that the styleist is the main thing on the phone to use you cant use the keyboard for a lot. so I am wondering is this true and how well does it acctually run over wifi. Thanks
nope you do not need to use it for every thing.

If i realy need it for somthing i just tap it with my fingure tip
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I thought V3'* didn't have EDGE? I know i'm not in an EDGE supported area down in mankato, but It was my impression the original V3 atleast, did not have EDGE support, only GPRS. :?

WIndows Mobile is nice, and I had a toshiba with the first X-scale CPU, but damn it was not a laptop relacement 3 years ago atleast. I dunno if i'd wanna give up the small form factor of a phone (let alone my V3) for the power of a WM5/phone device. How'* the integration? it'* been a while since i've used it..

But very
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Manifest, it'* "Stylus".

Jason, not only does the RAZR have Edge, but the V500 series (V551, 555, 557, etc) had it too. I used it on all 3 of the 500'* I owned.

GPRS and EDGE are the same thing. In fact, they called it GPRS/EDGE here for the first year.

GPRS is the protocol. EDGE is the trade name for the technology.
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Thanks for the info bandit I will be ordering 15 on Monday.......and I cant spell to save my life but I will be using http://www.spellcheck.net/ from now on....
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