Tag archive: Cingular

AT&T Wireless, err we mean Cingular, err, we mean AT&T, has unveiled what your neighborhood AT&T cellular products store will look like after they rip out all of the Cingular logos and dress their employees in new AT&T garb. The first AT&T Experience Store is open in Houston and coming soon to a strip mall near you. The new AT&T Experience Store, which AT&T said will be larger than a typical Cingular store was,… Read More

Soon we won't have Cingular to kick around anymore. Beginning Monday, a new advertising campaign will get underway in which Cingular—the largest wireless phone network in the U.S.—will see its identity taken away and replaced with that of the newly reconstituted AT&T. For a short time, the shift will be marked by a transitional graphic that contains both the AT&T and Cingular logos, but eventually the AT&T logo… Read More

Cingular Wireless today announced the immediate availability of MySpace Mobile, a Java application which enables MySpace fanatics to edit profiles, view and add friends, post photos, add to blots, send and receive MySpace messages, and more—so long as they own a compatible handset. "Not only are we excited about the ability for customers to stay connected to their MySpace community while they're on the go, we think this… Read More

Mobile broadband technology is the latest rage amongst business travelers and even computing enthusiasts who need the latest and greatest, and HPDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access), a data service component of the WCDMA standard which offers downstream transmission bandwidth of up to 8 to 10 Mbps (or up to 20 Mbps for MIMO systems), although real-world data rates are lower. Now computer makers Asus and Hewlett-Packard want users to be… Read More

As of today, Cingular Wireless is making the BlackBerry Pearl available to customers in select retail locations, with availability in most Cingular Stores scheduled to happen by December 4, 2006. And Cingular isn't offering just a generic Pearl: they've integrated Cingular Push To Talk features and GPS navigation into the consumer-friendly smartphone. “The BlackBerry Pearl from Cingular provides a winning combination of… Read More

Cingular Wireless today announced Cingular Music a new wireless service set to launch November 6 which will make music offerings from Napster, Yahoo Music, eMusic, and XM Satellite Radio available to Cingular mobile phone users with compatible handsets. Each service will be available on a subscription basis for a monthly fee, and together comprise the largest collection of mobile music services currently offered by any wireless carrier.… Read More

Ever watched an episode of Star Trek and loved all those cool-looking gadgets they had? Even if you didn’t, the Cingular 3125 is one slick phone that has a lot of powerful options in a thin, attractive package. The phone is actually made by Taiwanese-based manufacturer HTC, who have a history of making great Windows-based Smartphones. This week we got a little closer with the 3125 and learned more about it while drooling over its design. The… Read More

If you can't live without your podcasts—and podcasters assure us there must be one or two of you out there, at least!—and they're the only reason you're still lugging around a big bulky personal media player in addition to you cellphone everywhere you go…then Cingular Wireless has a deal which might let you ditch that iPod. Cingular announced today it has teamed up with Seattle's Melodeo to bring… Read More

Earlier this week we wrote about Cingular rolling out 3G service in Little Rock, and they seem to be standing behind their word of rolling our 3G into more U.S. cities with today's announcement. Cingular's BroadbandConnect service using HSPDA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) technology is available to nearly 35 million people in 52 "communities" throughout the U.S.. HSPDA is Cingular's own version of 3G… Read More

Cingular's 3G network provides average download data speeds between 400- 700 kilobits per second with bursts to over one megabit. The company currently provides 3G services in more than 80 cities and towns located nearby more than 20 major metropolitan markets. "People want mobile access to communications and information services wherever they are," said Larry Evans, vice president and general manager for Cingular Wireless.… Read More

Cingular Wireless really wants to standardize its mobile phone network on GSM technology, and to do so, it really wants to shut off old-style analog cellular service on its network. Of course, the Federal Communications Commission has mandated that analog service has to keep running under February 2008 (in part to provide service to rural and other areas for which digital cellular service is not available). So Cingular is doing the next best… Read More

Cingular Wireless today formally launched the LG CU500 cameraphone on its high-speed HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) network, currently available in 18 major markets in the United States with service in most major markets by the end of the year. Cingular's HSDPA 3G network offers downlink speeds roughly comparable to EV-DO systems (400 to 700 Kbps with bursts over 1 megabit), enabling users to download data and (of course!)… Read More

If you're a proud user of (and your employer is a proud owner of) a Cingular 8125 Pocket PC, today may be good news day: Cingular is now offering Microsoft Direct Push email service and new Direct Push rate plans for 8125 users. The service enables users to receive email, Outlook, and Office information while they're out galavanting in the real world, with the 8215 (or other Cingular-certified device) automatically notifying… Read More

Cingular Wireless today introduced the Motorola L2, a sleek, thin candy-bar phone with the slim form factor of the Motorola SLVR, but with most of the fun features taken out so the phone more easily complies with “stringent” workplace requirements enforced by many corporations and government agencies. The Motorola L2 offers Bluetooth connectivity for hands-free operation, up to 10 MB of data storage, a 128 by 160 pixel… Read More

Cingular, MySpace and InfoSpace yesterday announced the launch of a new platform for emerging music artists to create and market their self-produced music into ringtones. Dubbed Mobile Music Studio, the service is currently in trial with approximately 75 unsigned bands and artists who maintain Web pages on MySpace. Cingular's Mobile Music Studio, said the three companies, first guides unsigned artists, via a dedicated MySpace page,… Read More