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Another review of Cingular 3125 published September 25, 2006 [MS Smartphone] | By Edward J. R. If you are not a big fan of mobile phones with QWERTY keyboards, and instead you fancy stylish phones, and if you don't care about mobile Internet browsing and 3G, then Cingular 3125 may be something for you. Available previously in Europe, now it has arrived to USA to Cingular... For data, the Cingular has 2.5G EDGE and the old, slow GPRS standard should you find yourself in a place with no EDGE service. Alas it doesn't have 3G. Data speeds are good and we got an average of 110k on Cingular's data network (with and without their proxy server, for some reason it made less difference on this phone than on some others). The phone can be used as a wireless modem for a notebook over Bluetooth and the USB cable. Though we tested the phone with an account that has MediaMax, the Cingular Video option didn't appear on our MediaNet home page (as it does for the Nokia N73 using the same SIM). Cingular states their video service is for 3G phones only, so we're not too surprised. You do get MobiTV 2.0 which works decently over EDGE with some occasional hiccups and long buffer times. Should you wish to use MobiTV, it will set you back $9.95/month. To read the review click here. If you don't use your phone for Internet browsing, but just for making phone calls and listening to podcasts and music (that is easy and possible also in a closed state due to: A2DP support, external display and external control buttons for music player), then Cingular 3125 may be something for you, otherwise forget it: lack of 3G support is forgivable these days only in low-end phones.  Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 4 Comments ]
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