Cingular Wireless to Sell First 3G PDA

Cingular Wireless will begin selling a new broadband PDA on Nov. 15, a company executive told eWEEK.

The new HSDPA/UMTS enabled Cingular 8525 includes a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a wide screen, and it also supports quad-band EDGE, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.

The device will sell for $399.00 with a two-year agreement. It supports tri-band HSDPA, so it should work anywhere in the world that the wireless broadband protocol is supported.

"This is the first 3G PDA that we've offered," said Mike Woodward, executive director of Cingular's Mobile Professional Solutions.
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