Cingular 8525 reviewed

So, Cingular's finally announced their 8525 -- what a relief. As we suspected, it'll set you back $399 (with two year contract -- sorry, no price yet listed with 1 year or no contract) when it launches November 16th but LAPTOP has the first official review of the unit, which resulted in a 4/5 star rating. There isn't really much to tell here that one didn't already know (except that the ok key underneath the wheel is now a deactivated Push-to-Talk button), but just in case you hadn't been following the Hermes, it's generally regarded as a pretty slick piece of kit. Outside of the usual software package, you can, of course, hook up with MobiTV, Good, and any other supported services on Cingular's network. We definitely take issue with the five hour talk time, though, our Hermes is lucky to get a couple (and with data, forget about it). Still, for your $400 you're unlikely to find a hotter Pocket PC phone on the US market.

Read - release
Read - LAPTOP review

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 6th 2006 1:01AM]

::cues up the Hallelujah Chorus::

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 6th 2006 1:24AM]

ABOUT TIME>. im already standing in line for one of these bad boys!

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 6th 2006 3:42AM]

Finally!!! A release date ,very surprised someone announced it!
however,Cant wait to buy asap!

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 6th 2006 10:10AM]

Get ready to see a lot more 4-to-5-hour talk times. GSM phones have always had much longer talk times than CDMA phones, and Cingular's high speed network is WCDMA. Translation: talk times are coming down to match what you see on Sprint and Verizon phones. I think I explain that in my review.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 6th 2006 10:44AM]

FINALLY! An early gift to myself. November 16th can't get here soon enough. I wonder how long until you will actually be able to walk into the store and pick it up...

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 6th 2006 7:53PM]

battery life may not be very good, but it has little to do with it being WCDMA in relation to CDMA.

WCDMA has little in common with the CDMA used by Verizon and Sprint, to the degree that WCDMA is more or less backwards compatable with GSM with a few equipment upgrades, and not at all compatible with CDMA.

common mistake though.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 7th 2006 4:38PM]

I just got the pricing for the 8525 today.. (I work for Cingular) And in the New England market it will be $449.99 with a $100 Mail in rebate..

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 8th 2006 1:09AM]

joey/ or anyone else... since you work for cingular... when are u guys gonna start selling this 8525?

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 8th 2006 8:59AM]

Press release, has noone seen this?

http://cingular.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=press_releases&item=1746


"The Cingular 8525 Pocket PC will be available exclusively from Cingular for as low as $399.99 beginning Thursday, November 16, in Cingular retail stores nationwide, select national retailers, http://www.cingular.com/, and through Cingular's B2B direct sales team. For more information, please go to http://www.cingular.com/8525."

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 8th 2006 10:54PM]

that link that u gave cingular.com/8525 is a broken link... thats why noone has seen it...

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 11th 2006 1:25PM]

I am going to purchase the 8525 but does it have an mp3 player built in? I really need to know. EMAIL me at [e-mail]

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 12th 2006 11:35AM]

The correct website is http://business.cingular.com/businesscenter/8525/

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 13th 2006 2:34AM]

Solid info on the cingular 8525 straight from cingular site they're holding back some links and photos though.

http://business.cingular.com/businesscenter/phones-devices/pocket-pc.jsp

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 12th 2006 11:56PM]

Hey guys the Cingular 8525 in finally on their website and ready for order.
http://business.cingular.com/businesscenter/8525/