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Review: Cingular 8125 Pocket PC By Mark Long May 16, 2006 10:15AM     The Cingular 8125 smartphone has been designed around a dual-core processor that bumps up the device's speed performance well beyond what one would normally expect from a 200-MHz chip.   Related Topics Cingular Smartphone PDA Windows Mobile Latest News New Pogoplug 'Cloud' Gets Social Chrome OS Team Aims for Speed FAA Glitch Causes Air Travel Delays Sony Ericsson Closes Sites, HQ Moves Palm Pixi Is Stylish But Sluggish The Cingular 8125 Pocket PC is a new smartphone from Taiwan-based manufacturer HTC that offers both high-speed EDGE connectivity and Wi-Fi capabilities in a stylish and compact case. Targeted at everyone from productivity-minded consumers to enterprise employees, the new Windows Mobile smartphone runs Microsoft 's complete portfolio of Pocket PC software applications right out of the box. Look and Feel Sporting a glossy dark-silver finish set off by light-silver accents, the Cingular 8125 measures 4.32 x 2.32 x 0.93 inches and tips the scales at 5.3 ounces with the battery pack installed. The large dome-shaped keys on the handset's spacious, Qwerty-style keyboard deliver ample tactile feedback and are attractively backlit. The handset's 2.8-inch screen offers images that are big, bright, and sharp. Moreover, the luxuriously large color display automatically switches to landscape mode whenever the keyboard is slid out from the casing. Features Cingular's new quad-band smartphone sports a 1.3-megapixel camera with flash and self-portrait mirror; a stereo headset jack; an infrared port; 128 MB of ROM; 64 MB of RAM; and a mini-SD expansion card slot for adding even more storage capacity. The handset also sports a full-duplex speakerphone and supports the conference calling, call forwarding, speed dialing, and call waiting features that handset customers have come to expect. Mobile workers will appreciate that the Cingular 8125 can be integrated easily with corporate e-mail applications such as Microsoft Office Outlook Mobile and Microsoft Exchange Server. Even better, the Cingular 8125 will be compatible with the new "push" e-mail technology that Microsoft intends to introduce later this year. The handset's Bluetooth radio, which offers support for wireless headsets and car kits, can double as a wireless modem for a Bluetooth-enabled laptop or PDA. The onboard Wi-Fi radio also provides mobile users with easy access to local Wi-Fi hotspots. The available Pocket PC software applications include mobile versions of Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Internet Explorer and Microsoft Outlook. PDF files also can be accessed by way of the handset's ClearVue PDF viewer. In addition, the Cingular 8125 features an integrated multimedia suite that includes Windows Media Player 10 Mobile, which supports MPEG-4 video streaming as well as multiple audio formats. (continued...) 1  |  2  |  Next Page >   Advertisement  Personal Tech 1.   Call of Duty Is Setting Records 2.   Watchmakers Turn to the iPhone 3.   Google Will Caption YouTube Videos 4.   Call of Duty Shatters Game Records 5.   Palm Tries To Find Smartphone Niche Frugal Twitter-Only Device Offered TwitterPeek doesn't need a data plan. Average Rating: Multimedia E-Reader Unveiled Creative Labs prepares Mediabook. Average Rating: AMD Unveils Processor Road Map Emphasis will be on graphics, video. Average Rating:

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