Cingular 8525 PDA Phone

by Cingular

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• ASIN: B000KFWUMG
• Item model number: 8525
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (79 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #90,632 in Cell Phones & Accessories (See Top 100 in Cell Phones & Accessories)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The award-winning Cingular 8525 3G Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0-based Pocket PC phone, with its compact size and ultimate connectivity, is truly the complete mobile office solution. Roam anywhere in the world and use the phone's high speed Internet access, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi capabilities. The 8525 gives you more control than ever over the way you work.

The Cingular 8525 lets you do things you'd typically need a PC to do, like email, text messaging, instant messaging and Web browsing--all from one integrated device. What's more, the phone's software is designed to sync seamlessly with email, contacts, and calendar information on your PC. The 8525 also offers great mobile music and video options, thanks to Windows Media Player. Other design features include a unique slide-out QWERTY keyboard that makes messaging, note-taking, and other writing tasks a breeze.

Design
Under the hood, the 8525 features 128MB of embedded memory and 64MB RAM, running on a 400 MHz Samsung processor. Up front, the 240 x 320 LCD touch-screen supports over 65,000 colors, while the rear of the device houses a 2.0 megapixel camera. The design of the 8525 is clean and uncluttered, with just a few buttons for mail, Internet Explorer, and contextual menus. Meanwhile, call answer and end buttons surround a five-way toggle that allows you to navigate and control the Windows Mobile interface. As mentioned, a full QWERTY keyboard cleverly slides out from underneath the screen. This allows you to hold the device horizontally, and the screen is automatically placed in landscape mode when you're using the keyboard. A side scroll wheel is conveniently tucked away on the side, making navigation when accessing the music player and other various applications a cinch when needed. A mini-SD memory expansion card slot is provided, as is an infrared port and support for a stereo Bluetooth headset. A mini-USB port is also included for wired data transfers and charging.

Calling and PDA Features
The 8525's phone and PDA functions are designed to provide an integrated, seamless experience. A single main screen summarizes all the important information you need to make it through the day. Here you'll get message notification, upcoming appointments, dialing functions, tasks, and more all in one spot.

As a phone, the 8525 features all the functionality folks expect from a cell phone, including a handsfree speakerphone, polyphonic ringtones, a vibrate mode, and picture and ringer ID. The unit comes stock with preloaded unique ringtones, while more ringtones can be downloaded from Cingular Wireless' MEdia Net service.

Microsoft Office Outlook Mobile combines email, calendar, contacts, tasks, and notes into a single application that seamlessly integrates with the 8525's phone functions. Meanwhile, headsets, car kits, and other wireless peripherals can also be paired with the unit via Bluetooth.

Staying productive on the road is made possible by the Microsoft Office Mobile suite, which includes Word Mobile, Excel Mobile, and PowerPoint Mobile. Meanwhile, the File Explorer application makes it easy to browse the files on your 8525.

Messaging and Internet
With the 8525, you can surf the Web with the bundled Internet Explorer application, or use MSN messenger to stay in contact via instant messaging. Plus, the inclusion of Wi-Fi capability in the 8525 allows you to surf the Web or check your email at blazing speeds when you're connected to a Wi-Fi network. No Wi-Fi network available? No worries; the 8525 is compatible with the latest generation of UMTS/HSDPA 3G data networks. With UMTS and HSDPA, you'll be streaming and downloading at speeds so fast your head will spin. And lastly, robust SMS and MMS functionality is built into the Windows Mobile interface.

Getting on the Internet with your laptop or PDA is easy with the 8525. When used with a Cingular data plan and the phone's Bluetooth or USB data capability, the phone can be used as a wireless modem for laptops and PDAs.

One of the most important tools bundled with the 8525 is Microsoft ActiveSync, which allows you to quickly synchronize your device's tasks, calendars, email, and contacts with your desktop. You also get Exchange ActiveSync, an application that lets you synchronize data with an Exchange server. Syncing can be done via USB, or wirelessly via Bluetooth or infrared.

Imaging and Entertainment
Another great feature of the 8525 is that it supports Windows Media playback right out of the box. With Windows Media Player, you can play streaming and downloaded video and audio content in a variety of formats.

As mentioned, the 8525 can take 2.0 megapixel pictures, and while the camera is great for taking stills, it can also function as a camcorder, allowing you to capture video to the unit's memory. An integrated media application organizes your captured photos and videos. For gamers, the phone supports Java-based and Windows Mobile games, and games are available for download via the Cingular MEdia Net service.

The Cingular 8525 also sports an airplane mode feature, which allows you to safely use the non-wireless functions of the phone (such as music, games or organizer functions) on an airplane during flight.

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Vital Statistics
The Cingular 8525 weighs 6.21 ounces and measures 4.43 x 2.28 x 0.86 inches. Its lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 4 hours of digital talk time, and up to 200 hours of digital standby time. It features UMTS with HSDPA capability, and runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE and 850/1900/2100 WCDMA frequencies. The phone comes with a one year limited warranty.

Product Description

The Cingular 8525 is Cingular’s first UMTS/HSDPA PDA. It is a full-featured Pocket PC and world-phone, allowing users to take advantage of the robust capabilities of the Windows Mobile operating system, while having a single device that allows users to be productive both during work and personal time. As a 3G device, the Cingular 8525 allows for simultaneous voice & data, which is a key differentiator over competitive EVDO products. Another key differentiator of the Cingular 8500/8525 is its support for Bluetooth v2.0. Bluetooth v2.0 allows for up to six active Bluetooth connections simultaneously. For example, a user could have a tethered connection to a PC via Bluetooth, while having a conversation on their Bluetooth headset, or use a Bluetooth GPS accessory for navigation while on a call on their Bluetooth headset.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

178 of 180 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I was a dedicated Palm user...., December 1, 2006

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John Kitchens "electronics and fitness fan" (Lexington, KY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cingular 8525 PDA Phone (Wireless Phone)

I am still a bit conflicted by this PDA-phone. Although, I will say that after trying this phone, the Motorola Q and having a pretty good hands-on with the Blackjack and the Treo 680... this is the one that I am going to stick with. On the upside, the processor is very responsive and rarely slows down even when multiple programs are running. The keyboard is easy to type on and if you are in a 3G service area you will have amazing internet access speeds. If you are not, the EDGE service is pretty darn slow. Another bonus is that you will be able to use this phone and search the internet/use it as a modem for your computer while recieving calls. The battery is actually quite good when you consider the processor speed. It will last every bit as long as a Treo or any other PDA-phone on the market. It also has WiFi and the device will use WiFi or EDGE or 3G (whichever is fastest) automatically. In additon, it is very well built (the keyboard does not loosen or "wiggle"). The phone can be charged from either the USB cord or the supplied power cord.
The only problems with this phone is the lack of internal memory (less than 32MB after the pre-installed programs are accounted for). If there is a good way to run programs off of the memory card (which there may be), then I would give this a 5 star rating. There is no included carrying case (the 8125 case fits this phone). The phone is a bit on the heavy side and is a little thick. The camera is good only for still photos and does well outdoors. The image quality suffers alot if the subject of the photo is moving or if there is poor lighting. Also (and no fault of the phone), it has been a bit of a transition to get used to the Windows Mobile 5.0 OS.
In my mind, this phone has a few advantages over the other phones in its class including the Treo 680 (slower processor, no 3G service, poor quality camera), the Blackjack (slower processor, battery life not as good, keyboard is harder to type on), Motorola Q (terrible battery life, slow processor) but it is larger and more expensive.

91 of 95 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth the upgrade!!!, November 30, 2006

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J. T. Armstrong (Atlanta, Ga) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cingular 8525 PDA Phone (Wireless Phone)

I've had this phone now for 2 weeks and it has met all of my expectations and exceeded them even. I upgraded from the 8125 and just about everything is a huge improvement!
The 3G(UMTS) is very impressive with it's speed. I even use this phone as a modem on my home pc and it's nearly identical in speed as DSL when surfing the net or downloading file/music etc.
Camera is very impressive with clear resolutions for a camera phone with the 2MP.
I also use a bluetooth headset 2.0 with this and mine works wonderfully with sony erriccson; it's quite intuitive and picks up the signal instantly. The 'blackberry' scroll wheel is a huge plus on this phone and I find myself using this feature more than any other buttons.
The mini cpu has doubled from 8125 so this baby is faster, stronger, and smarter!
I will also be using this unit as a GPS device thru Telenav($10 per month for unlimited use). This will just about meet all your needs if you like windows os and until we get improved 3G rollout here stateside which is still about 2 years away, this baby will satisfy all your technical needs! For other needs, your on your own!!!

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great phone it works with tomtom, January 11, 2007

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coolzaz "MRac69" (Texas USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cingular 8525 PDA Phone (Wireless Phone)

This phone has been a surprise I thought it was going to be a good phone but it's actually a great phone, from the 3G to the wifi to the software that came with it. but one of the things you don't hear about is the fact that this phone can handle two Bluetooth devices in the same time , and to my surprise I downloaded My TomTom navigator five software , that was great because I did not think it would work ,it worked fine in treo 650 , but I didn't think I would be able to download it on to my Cingular 8525 ,but it worked great , and that's how I found out, that I was able to use two Bluetooth devices in the same time , I have a BlueParrott B150TK RoadWarrior Bluetooth Noise-Canceling Headset , the best blue tooth I ever used ,maybe the most ugly Bluetooth I ever used ,I am a truck driver and it's very noisy this is the first one that works great on receiving and sending .but anyway back to the 8525 . I had my navigation system working with my Bluetooth receiver, and I was talking with my headset in the same time, you lose the vocal directions of the GPS when you talk But on your Bluetooth headset and that's it.

With excel I could keep up with my hours of work ,and you can download the things you may want that are not on the phone ,like in my case I downloaded (1-Calc - the Revolutionary calculator)This calculator has everything ,From Currency Converter to Unit Converter to
Scientific Functions and more, so basically this phone does a great job and everything I needed it to do, it does take a little time to get to know your way around, like any new phone you get a different brand, the buttons are configured differently.

Now all we need is a phone that could take out the trash. And do the dishes.