http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/ Engadget Mobile Comments for Review: Cingular 8125 http://mobile.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://mobile.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/Feb 12th 2008 1:19AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/
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Nice to see some reviews of this sexxy sexxxxxxyy beast finally posted though! Thanks!

- Kiteless]]>Feb 21st 2006 12:49PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/
Can you do a broadband speed test?

My initial tests with a Qtek 9100 were somewhat disappointing.]]>Feb 21st 2006 12:51PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/Feb 21st 2006 1:20PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/Feb 21st 2006 1:23PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/Feb 21st 2006 1:38PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/Feb 21st 2006 1:40PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/
That phone is sooo sexy I might uncontrolably show it my OOhh face!! ]]>Feb 21st 2006 1:41PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/Feb 21st 2006 1:48PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/Feb 21st 2006 2:16PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/Feb 21st 2006 2:31PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/
I installed Microsofts VoiceDialing software (to use instead of the built in software) and this phone is practically perfect.

The keyboard is better than the MDA because the buttons are slightly larger and the backlight is somehow easier to view (white instead of blue).]]>Feb 21st 2006 2:34PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/May 25th 2008 4:28PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/
It's hard to take you serious when you say something like, "I could run down the specs but f_ that sh_."]]>Feb 21st 2006 2:39PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/

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Can anyone who actually works at Tmobile or Cingular etc... confirm or deny? ]]>Feb 21st 2006 3:01PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/
Giving one of those away too ? ;)]]>Feb 21st 2006 3:27PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/Feb 21st 2006 3:35PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/Feb 21st 2006 3:53PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/Feb 21st 2006 3:55PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/
USB - It's 1.1, not 2.0. But unless you're filling up 1GB+ to your MicroSD it's not really an issue as onboard you can only 64MB and that's after you gank the OS + default installation of apps.

The Bluetooth hardware however is 2.0, although it's still only working at 1.1 tx/rx rates. The real bummer is how horrible MS's bluetooth stack is compared to Widcomm's (Which I had on my previous iPaq 4355). Basicly you can OBEX push files/contacts to the phone, and that's it. Did I mention it's horrible? Sorry, that was an understatement.

Don't be fooled by the 200MHz of the CPU, it's OMAP 200MHz which is a dualcore cpu. You have two brains in that single 200MHz brain, and some of the variants of this phone shipped with Skype as part of their default software install (and it made the phone perform HORRIBLY according to most early reports).


Major differences between the TMO MDA and Cingular's 8125 are the obviously differences between the layout of buttons on each unit, and slightly different keyboard keys (MDA's are a bit more rounded, 8125's are a bit squarer - personally the spacing of the round keys is a plus for my poorly opposed thumbs)]]>Feb 21st 2006 4:00PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/ do any of you know the compatibility of these smart phones w/ Apple computers? I run a 12 inch G4 ibook. Thanks guys!]]>Feb 21st 2006 4:01PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/Feb 21st 2006 4:59PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/Feb 21st 2006 5:07PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/
While you are correct in that it's not 100% accurate to compare a 200 MHz OMAP processor to an Intel Xscale... you are incorrect about the "dual-core" meaning there are two brains.

The OMAP processor indeed has two cores, but only one of those cores is used to run the operating system, in this case Windows Mobile. The other core is a DSP used for communications.

This is a stark contrast to the dual-core that Intel and AMD are working on in the desktop and laptop areas. Those are _symmetric_ meaning there are two of the same core (used to run the OS).

The TI processor with two cores basically helps save space and make the phone smaller by not requiring a separate chip for a DSP. It doesn't do anything for the speed for such things as playing back video or etc.]]>Feb 21st 2006 5:08PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/Feb 21st 2006 5:17PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/
http://www.markspace.com/missingsync_windowsmobile.php

Unfortunately, Windows Mobile 5.0 support is not there yet, but should be ready soon.]]>Feb 21st 2006 5:24PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/Feb 21st 2006 5:38PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/
These complaints aside, it is a great device and probably trumps the Treo in the end (if you can live without one-handed operation). I still like and use the SMT5600 for its great phone characteristics..but it comes in 3rd, as the PDA functions jsut aren't as strong.]]>Feb 21st 2006 6:40PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/Feb 21st 2006 7:42PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/]]>Feb 21st 2006 7:58PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/Any body knows Cingular's price for 1 year contract?]]>Feb 21st 2006 8:04PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/
Yikes. ]]>Feb 21st 2006 8:09PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/Best, Ryan]]>Feb 21st 2006 8:30PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/
I learned more about the device from reading the comments from Nijabong and Benson Leung.

The review that NO ONE has done yet is a side-by-side Cingular 8125 / T-Mobile USA MDA comparison.

Also no-one has done a side-by-side Cingular 2185 / T-Mobile USA SDA comparison.

Maybe Engadget could be the first?]]>Feb 21st 2006 9:05PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/
#28-The phone is much much smaller than you would think. It easily fits in the hand. It's about half as big as I imagined it to be after first seeing the pics a couple months ago. The body is almost the exact same size as a Blackberry 7100.]]>Feb 21st 2006 9:27PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/Feb 21st 2006 9:59PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/02/21/review-cingular-8125/Feb 21st 2006 10:16PM