About Technology

By Peter Boston

Behind all the hoopla about the long anticipated release of the Apple iPhone, and the reports of people standing in line all night just to spend $600 to buy one, there are still a whole lot of other (better) smartphone choices out there.

The AT&T Cingular 8525 smartphone is one of them. For my money the 8525 is the hands-down business productivity handset champion. The 8525 has some bulk and is a little clunky to carry around. If your first consideration is a slim, easy-to-carry handset go with the Motoral RAZR V3xx, and KRZR K3. The latter are not productivity tools but they do share something in common with the AT&T 8525 - HSPDA.

HSDPA is the acronym for High-Speed Downlink Packet Access. Without getting geeky, HSPDA is 3.5G (G is for generation) protocol for mobile telephone data transmission. This new protocol provides download speeds on your mobile phone handset equivalent to the speed of the DSL line in your home. That means that with a HSPDA handset, like the 8525 or the RAZR V3xx, that you can surf the internet and download email attachments as fast as you can at home on your desktop computer. For many people that also means that smooth video and streaming music will be doable on your mobile handset. AT&T is offering an array of new video and music services to take advantage of HSDPA broadband speeds. The 8525's 400Mhz processor keeps the entertainment moving.

HSDPA is available in 134 markets with populations of 100,000 or more. AT&T is the country's largest cell phone service provider so when they say that they plan on expanding their broadband network we can believe them. Sprint and Verizon currently provide CDMA (an alternative broadband protocol) in more markets than AT&T. CDMA is not avialble overseas, however. GSM and HSDPA are.

Which brings us back to the 8525 smartphone. The 8525 comes equipped with WiFi which can connect to any of the thousands of WiFi hotspots across the country. If the WiFi connection drops out the 8525 will immediately connect with AT&T's EDGE data network, which is available everywhere in the US you can get GSM service. You can use your 8525 as a broadband modem that connects to PC and Mac laptops. Bluetooth 2.0 is a given. The point is that for connectivity the 8525 has you covered every which way. The iPhone, by the way, is not broadband (HSDPA) capable. Not yet anyway.

The 8525 has lots of other productivity features. The slide out keyboard is a real tactile keyboard. It lights up in the dark, which is very useful. You probably will not write a novel on your handset, but you could, or maybe you will just want to edit Word documents, and you can do that too.

The 8525 is a little more expensive than other AT&T smartphones, but AT&T runs promotions and sometimes offers refurbished 8525 handsets, which make this smartphone very attractive. Broadband connectivity, big screen, real keyboard, fast processor, the entire Pocket PC software library. There's more but you can see why the 8525 is my productivity champion.

By Caitlina Fuller

The Samsung blackJack is one of the best mobile phones in the market. It is known to be the best 3G- facilitated phone. It is one of the slim and sleekest mobile with a striking screen and comes with the support for video and music services. The Cingular 8525 is the best mobile pocket pc which provides access to the internet, email and also for your business applications, with the speed of broadband. And it also has the voice and data functionality so that you won’t miss a message or a call when you browse the net. Here you will come across the best and smartest phone comparison of the Samsung black jack vs. cingular 8525.

The Samsung blackJack is easy to use. There are more of entertainment features and the business applications the phone features lot of entertainment options like, you can listen to music, see video clips and also can browse the internet. The small jack has incredible color screen, and also wireless broadband facilities. It also contains 1.3 mega pixel digi cam which can record video and take pictures of your choice. You can also connect Bluetooth headset to this beautiful Samsung blackJack. Whereas the cingular 8525 has a built in keyboard, Wi-Fi, and 3G wireless networking. When compared to other phones the cingular 8525 connects to the net faster and its speed is relatively high. It has 2 mega pixel camera with the ample resolution. It gives you with the best connectivity service.

You can also get a clear idea seeing the comparisons of Samsung blackJack accessories. There are plenty of Samsung accessories for you to choose. From the Samsung memory cards, covers to protector cases you can find everything. The Samsung blackJack accessories also include Bluetooth devices and also audio connectivity. From the travel charger to the data cable you can find everything you want in the Samsung blackJack accessories. When you decide to buy cingular 8525 accessories there is a wide choice to make. That is from the cell phone and PDA screen protector to signal booster there is lot more of accessories available. From the car holder to the transflash memory car reader you can make your pick from these cingular 8525 accessories. You can also get the sim card information backup device. The cingular 8525 accessories also include pen stylus and also beautiful cases.

The BlackJack is slightly faster when compared to other Smart phones available in the market. But the cingular is the fastest in the connectivity. If you are used to other mobile phones then you will be surprised when you use the black jack. The application process is different when compared to other phones. The cingular 8525 is considered to be more potential than the blackJack. The other draw back is that the blackJack has only 1.2 mega pixel and it don’t have Wi-Fi and it has a small screen.

The 8525, is a PDA which allows additional programs it also allow you to work on Word and Excel. If you want to work on these applications then you have to make your choice of buying a cingular and not a blackJack. The blackJack doesn’t have touch screen. If you are interested in getting a phone with some extra features then the blackJack is your right choice, whereas if you want to buy one for your business and personal applications then the 8525 will be the right alternative.