Cingular’s new website [Cingular.com]

Cingular’s MOTOKRZR launching first week of November? [Engadget Mobile]

SGH-1707, the latest Samsung SHDPA for Cingular [Akihabara News via Uber phones]

Treo 680 [Product Page]

Cingular took three telemarketers to court yesterday for making calls to their customer’s cellphones and for making their customer’s calling records private through “pretexting.”

Cingular said Sebell conspired with a Dominican Republic business Florida Vacation Corporation, to make the calls in June and July 2006.

Its second lawsuit alleges American Broadcast Systems Inc. of Seattle, Washington, used an autodialing system to send prerecorded messages about “free vacations” to customers.

In a third lawsuit, Cingular said that Go2Prepaid LLC of Miami, Florida, also made unsolicited prerecorded telemarketing calls to Cingular customers using a similar system.

Well, that is nice, though. That Cingular would care enough to stand up to those clowns is quite a feat. Why would they do it, I wonder?

Cingular sues telemarketers for unsolicited calls [Reuters]

Press Release [Palm]

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Looks like Gizmodo got more footage of another raucous party held in honor of a small piece of plastic and some wires. Boom-shaka-laka-ActivSync! Look for friend of CG, Vince, cursing his Vienna sausage at the end.

HTC 3125 Launch Party in New York: Enjoy the Decadence [Gizmodo]

actually introduced several days ago, but is now shipping, which is nice for those of you who actually want a physical phone. The BlackBerry-esque E62 totes a 320 x 240 screen and runs Symbian’s S60 Smartphone OS, an alternative to Windows Mobile and PalmOS that we don’t see as much in the States as we do in Europe. It also sports EDGE hi-speed wireless, a expansion card slot and Bluetooth.

The E62 is aimed directly at the Motorola Q market, and Cingular is selling it with its BlackBerry Connect service, meaning you can have your (BlackBerry) cake and eat it, too.

Nokia E62 [Cingular]

iPhone [Tao of Mac]

“4301.022″ = ” ^0 was not copied because the video format is not supported by the mobile phone ^1 .”; “4301.043″ = “Are you sure you want to manually manage music and videos on your mobile phone? You will need to manually eject your mobile phone before it can be disconnected safely.”; “4301.045″ = “Are you sure you do not want to manually manage music and videos on your mobile phone? All existing content on the mobile phone ^1 will be replaced with content from your iTunes library.”;
Significance of this? Either an iPhone is coming soon, or new phones that support iTunes video, music and pictures is on the horizon. iTunes 7.0.1 Has Buttloads of Mobile Phone Mentions [Gizmodo]

Look, I’d love an Apple phone. On this point, I’ll be delighted to turn out to be wrong. I think cellphones are as ripe for a radical rethink as the online music store was when Apple set up iTunes. But let’s not go all wiggy every time someone passes around an iPhone rumor on the Web. Odds are, it’s just there to get you riled up. iPhone Rumors [Pogue's Posts]

Meanwhile, insiders say Apple is internally estimating that shipments of the iPhone will top a staggering 25 million in 2007 alone. Motorola’s RAZR, by contrast, has sold more than 50 million units since its launch in late 2004. Apple is betting a phone with Apple’s iconic design, elegant interface, and iPod-matching functionality will be a strong draw for users who currently carry both devices on them. Apple iPhone to be Cingular-exclusive at launch [Think Secret]

Think Secret is reporting that Apple and Cingular have signed an agreement that allows the carrier to deliver the iPhone exclusively for six months in 2007. Other carrier will purportedly be able to carry the iPhone after the six month exclusivity arrangement.

They’re also saying the iPhone will be a candy-bar, have a 2.2-inch display and a 3MP camera. It will, of course, be fully integrated with iTunes. I wonder if it’ll have HSDPA support, because Edge is worthless. Oh, Apple is also estimating that 25 million units will be shipped in 2007 alone.

Apple iPhone to be Cingular-exclusive at launch [Think Secret]

Sony-Ericsson W300i [Cingular]

Cingular to get Blackberry Pearl [C|Net]

New Nokia 6200 3G Slider Phone [3G.co.uk]

Consumerist is running a story about an Alabama woman who is getting shafted by Cingular. The story goes that the woman owned three phones on AT&T, which was, of course, bought out by Cingular. Her phones are frequently used during long commutes. Due to this traversing, the phones are on the towers of other providers for more than 50% of the time.

Cingular decided that this was not economically feasible for them and sent the woman a letter requesting that she voluntarily withdraw from her contract. In return she would get to keep her phone numbers, which, as you know, is the law anyway. They didn’t offer to unlock her phones or anything like that. She refused and Cingular cancelled her phones anyway.

It seems a little heinous to me. If the woman had found that honoring her contracts was no longer economically feasible to her, I doubt seriously that Cingular would have given a damn. Grumble.

Cingular’s One-Way Contract [Consumerist]

New FCC documents posted [Hiptop 3]

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Here at CTIA, Sierra Wireless and Cingular Wireless have announced that they will be releasing the AirCard 875. The AirCard 875 is a 3G LaptopConnect card and also the first HSDPA 3.6 Mbps network card in America. The new AirCard will allow Cingular customers to have a mobile broadband connection in over 100 countries. The card will be retailing for $99.99 (after rebate) when Cingular customers sign up for a two-year unlimited DataConnect contract ($59.00). Not too bad of a deal if you’re always on the go.

Sierra Wireless also announced the embedded module. This USB modem supports EV-DO Rev A and comes with a dock that can can be used to plug the modem into your desktop if all your USB plugs have been filled.