As announced by Hewlett-Packard (HP), Cingular Wireless’ UMTS/HSDPA-based technology is now integrated onto HP’s popular Compaq nc6400 series laptop. Customers can enjoy the high-speed internet access (up to 3.6mbps) in the U.S through Cingular Wireless BroadbandConnect or other high-speed EDGE services, as well as on more than 115 countries worlwide in which there are UMTS or GPRS/EDGE networks available. The Compaq nc6400 notebook itself will be the first laptop with built-in tri-band UMTS modem in U.S. It will be released on the market starting from late December with a price tag of $1,599 (base configuration). Customers also have to pay a monthly fee of $59.99 for subscribing onto Cingular BroadbandConnect service.

Regarding specs, the Vista-ready HP Compaq nc6400 laptop features a 14.-inch widescreen display, an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, and an Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 graphics engine.

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Cingular Wireless announced the availability of Samsung’s BlackJack, a 11.8mm HSDPA smartphone, in the U.S market. HSDPA provides various multimedia services along with a high-speed voice/data transmission at the speed of 1.8Mbps which is about 5x faster than existing WCDMA cell phones. Other features include a 2.3-inch QVGA LCD display, an integrated 1.3 megapixel camera module with video recording capability, MP3 player, file viewer, Bluetooth mobile printing, and Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone Edition operating system.

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Philadelphia Soul, a social organization for the local Philadelphia community, teamed-up with Samsung and Cingular Wireless, is currently holding an eBay auction (link below) for a special limited edition of the Samsung d807 cell phone. The exclusive slim slider phone will be embossed with the American Idol motif and is said to be the real replica of the embellished phones presented to Ryan Seacrest. As a bonus, the winner of the auction that runs from June 9th through June 16th will receive a special edition collector box signed by the rock legend, Jon Bon Jovi, and American Idol’s host, Ryan Seacrest. Jon Bon Jovi itself is the co- owner/co-CEO of Philadelphia Soul foundation.

Samsung d807 cell phone features a 2.12-inch 262K colors LCD screen, 1.3 megapixel camera module, integrated MP3 player, high-speed EDGE connectivity, Mobile Email, Instant Messaging (AIM, MSN, YM, ICQ), 18MB of onboard memory with MicroSD card slot, Bluetooth connectivity, and PIM (Personal Information Manager) functions. It measures 3.93 x 2.05 x 0.61 inches and weighs 3.4 ounces.

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