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[Airb330]

Originally Posted by Gideon H

We have that phone on tmobile...

We (Cingular) need something like the v360 on T-Mobile. You could read what I wrote a few different ways

[Fire14]

I saw in today's Best Buy circular that they have the LG CE500 as an exclusive thru Best Buy.
http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=778

And it looks like Samsung is coming out with some new phones for Cingular soon including a PTT version, see the news article from Samsung here on Phonescoop, it's down the page some for Wednesday.
http://www.phonescoop.com/

[Tony E!]

I used to like LG phones but lately i think they're falling behind style wise, i guess with their GSM versions that's always been the case imo..

Thanks for the update Fire14...

[bobolito]

I could've sworn I put the Samsung PTT phone pictures here already....anyway, here they are:


Samsung D357:

Cingular's second phone for the PTT launch. Supposedly everything is ready. It will launch this week!




SPECS:
Modes GSM 850 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900
Weight 3.46 oz (98 g)
Dimensions 3.40" x 1.80" x 0.96" (86 x 46 x 24 mm)
Battery Life Talk: 5.00 hours (300 minutes)
Standby: 200 hours (8.3 days)
Battery Type LiIon 800 mAh
Display Type: LCD (Color TFT/TFD)
Colors: 65,536 (16-bit)
Size: 128 x 160 pixels
Platform / OS (N/A)
Memory ?
Phone Book Capacity 1000
External Display greyscale LCD / 96 x 64 pixels
Alarm
Bluetooth supports headset and handsfree profiles
Calculator plus currency converter
Calendar
Custom Graphics
Custom Ringtones supports MIDI, MP3 formats
Digital TTY/TDD
Email Client Protocols Supported: POP3, IMAP4, SMTP
EMS / Picture Messaging
Games Yes
Headset Jack (2.5 mm) Yes
High-Speed Data Technology: EGPRS (EDGE)
Java (J2ME) Version: MIDP 2.0
supported JSRs: 120, 135, 185 / 300 KB max. application size; 2 MB total
MMS SMIL / 100 KB max. message size
Multiple Languages Languages Supported: English, French, Spanish
Multiple Numbers per Name
Picture ID
Ringer ID
Polyphonic Ringtones Chords: 64
Predictive Text Entry Technology: T9
Cingular Push-To-Talk (Kodiak)
Speaker Phone
Text Messaging 2-Way plus IM
Text Messaging Templates
To-Do List
Vibrate mode
Voice Dialing
Voice Memo
Wireless Internet WAP 2.0 / supports WML 1.3, XHTML, CSS

CINGULAR'S PRICE:
249.99 no commitment
199.99 1 year
149.99 2 year

50.00 mail in rebate as of 11/15

[bobolito]

Christopher Price of PCSIntel.com reports that four new UMTS 3G phones are coming very soon for Cingular's lineup. They could be out as early as December, but as we all know, things usually get pushed back so I would place a safer bet on seeing these early next year.

-Nokia N80


Nokia N80 specs:
UMTS 1900 / GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Size Dimensions 95 x 50 x 23 mm
Weight 133 g
Display Type TFT, 256K colors
Size 352 x 416 pixels
Ringtones Type Polyphonic (64 channels), Monophonic, True Tones, MP3
Vibration
Memory Phonebook
Card slot miniSD, (up to 2GB), hot swap
40 MB internal memory
Features OS S60 3rd edition (Symbian OS , Series 60 UI)
GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots)
Data speed 384 kbps (WCDMA), 236.8 kbps (EDGE)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Clock, Alarm
Infrared port
Games Java downloadable
Camera 3 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, video(CIF), flash
- Wireless LAN (Wi-Fi)
- UPnP technology
- Bluetooth
- Java MIDP 2.0
- MP3/AAC player
- xHTML/HTML browser
- USB port
- Stereo FM Radio
- T9
- Voice command/memo
- PIM including calendar, to-do list
Standard battery, Li-Ion
Stand-by Up to 200 h
Talk time Up to 3 h


-Nokia 6282


Nokia 6282 specs:
UMTS 2100/1900, EDGE/GSM 900/1800/1900, 2.2 inches" 262k color QVGA display, GPRS, USB 2.0, MiniSD, 2 megapixel camera, and apparently even Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR


-Samsung ZX10



Samsung ZX10 specs:
UMTS 1900 (non-HSDPA), GSM 850/1900?? 1.3 megapixel camera, microSD memory card slot, streaming video and MP3 player.



-LG CU230



SPECIFICATIONS:

Modes: GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/1900; UMTS 850/1900
Bluetooth
1.3 megapixel camera (swivels back and forth)
Transflash memory slot (up to 256MB)
MP3 Player

[ShoresGuy]

Originally Posted by bobolito

Christopher Price of PCSIntel.com reports that four new UMTS 3G phones are coming very soon for Cingular's lineup. They could be out as early as December, but as we all know, things usually get pushed back so I would place a safer bet on seeing these early next year.

-Nokia 6282


Nokia 6282 specs:
UMTS 2100/1900, EDGE/GSM 900/1800/1900, 2.2 inches" 262k color QVGA display, GPRS, USB 2.0, MiniSD, 2 megapixel camera, and apparently even Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR

Cool, the 1st quint band phone. I wouldn't have expected to see Nokia introduce the first UMTS 1900/2100 capable phone. I wonder how long it'll be until we see it here in Germany.

[Fire14]

I like the looks of the Samsung D357,(almost looks like a Moto V60) and being a PTT phone is nice, that's what they need to come out with is more then 2 phones for the release to get more interest in the service.
I do hope they release the PTT soon, I am real interested in seeing some reports on how well it works, in case it's something I would get if I ever migrate.

Thanks for the additional pictures and info bobolito, I like the looks of the future.

[bobolito]

Yep....it looks like Cingular is really building out a real wireless company this time. I think Cingular's phone lineup is definitely the best right now. And this is just the start! Besides phones, I hear several other surprises coming which many of you probably already heard of such as a new MediaNet interface, MobiRadio, AnswerTones, OLAM restrict, GPS, to name a few.

[Gideon H]

Wow... these phones really are tempting. Cingular has until July 2006 to become perfect so I can be confident about switching

[ShoresGuy]

I wonder how T-Mobile will respond to the Cingular introduction of the 6282 and to their new lineup in general. There are several models (especially the 6282) which you can bet will also be carried by T-Mobile.

[Gideon H]

Ok so UMTS 850 does exist? Why, exactly? Are the two going to be distributed equally throughout the markets or differently and thus the phones need both bands...

[CWick]

Originally Posted by Gideon H

Only Motorola can cause that much confusion...

agreed...they have about 74 version of the V60. Didn't they start using upper and lower case when they ran out of letters? V60Kc

[bobolito]

Originally Posted by Gideon H

Ok so UMTS 850 does exist? Why, exactly? Are the two going to be distributed equally throughout the markets or differently and thus the phones need both bands...

As always carriers will broadcast in the bands they are licensed to use. Just like GSM, TDMA, CDMA, etc. UMTS will be 850 where GSM is 850. At the same time, UMTS will be 1900 where GSM is 1900. And if GSM is both 850 and 1900 in your area, then UMTS will be both 850 and 1900 as well. So, yes your phone will need both 850 and 1900.

In the beginning, though, you might see UMTS in one band and then expand into the second band. But the plan is to have UMTS in both bands anywhere Cingular has license for both bands.

[Gabriel]

but can UMTS work on 850Mhz?

i mean, european UMTS systems work on 2100Mhz, if im not mistaken, because the higher number of cycles per second make it better for high speed data transfer.

besides, wouldnt UMTS 850 and 1900 interfere with GSM in those bands?

[ShoresGuy]

Why not? UMTS is just another add-on technology which will use existing GSM sites. UMTS in the US and Europe/Asia uses 1700-2025 Mhz (1885 Mhz-2025 Mhz) as the uplink frequencies. Europe and Asia have 2110-2200 Mhz as the downlink frequencies. The US downlink frequencies will be at 2100 Mhz but it's not available at the moment. So the FCC allocated 1910-1920 and 1995-2000 Mhz as the downlink frequencies in the former MSS (Mobile Satellite Service) slots.

http://www.unstrung.com/document.asp?doc_id=59120



The real limitation is the amount of available spectrum in the US. In Europe and Asia, UMTS is more flexible since they don't need to share the 2100 Mhz band with GSM 900/1800.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMTS#Technology
http://www.umtsworld.com/technology/frequencies.htm
http://www.umtsworld.com/umts/faq.htm#f4
http://www.umtsworld.com/umts/faq.htm#f11

[Gideon H]

Oh wow thanks for that, bobo

[bobolito]

UMTS will work on any frequency you put it on. You just have to clear out the space so that it doesn't interfere with GSM. For instance, UMTS 850 can be using a 10Mhz space of the 25Mhz total space allocated at 850Mhz. The remaining 15Mhz can be allocated for GSM. This way there is no interference.

[Gideon H]

Why do we have reseved space over in the 2100MHz range?