AT&T updates the 8525, includes XM
Wednesday, May 9, 2007 at 10:47 AM
Tags: 2, XM
In their ongoing rebranding effort, the Cingular 8525 smartphone now will be known as the... AT&T 8525. But the stellar namechange isn't the only news here, the 8525 is getting some added features, including XM Radio Mobile pre-loaded.
The AT&T 8525 still rocks many of the features that made it popular when it launched last year: like a sliding QWERTY keyboard, integrated Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0, a 2-megapixel camera and video recorder, WMP 10 Mobile and support for Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0.
Now, the AT&T 8525 also comes with AT&T Push to Talk functionality as well as AT&T Mobile Music - which includes XM Satellite Radio - pre-installed.
AT&T Mobile Music lets you download full-track songs, music videos, ringtones, music news, and MusicID. AT&T 8525 users can also access music chat rooms, streaming over-the-air music and AT&T is the first U.S. carrier to offer subscription music to the handset from services like Yahoo! and eMusic.
AT&T Mobile Music includes XM Satellite Radio, pre-loaded on the 8525. So the 25 commercial-free music channels from the XM Radio Mobile service is immediately available to subscribers.
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They're getting oh-so-close to my fondest wish... a combined Smartphone/Inno-like device.
Posted by: theicepik ? | May 9, 2007 12:13 PM
Yeah, it really needs to happen, but first-things-first: let's get satellite radio integrated into a MP3 player. Maybe Apple won't play along, but the Sansa is a good second choice.
Posted by: Ryan Saghir ? | May 9, 2007 2:00 PM
AT&T... isn't that the largest WCS licence holder thats been blocking anything XM/Sirius? So.. why have they been in bed with XM since the cingular days?
Potential suitor....... AT&T?
as for the InnoPhone. Its sucess all depends on how seamless it works from phone to XM.
Posted by: jeff | May 9, 2007 3:19 PM
Battery life for the phones would be hurt greatly if sat rad was integrated.
And maybe the zune could be a potential partner? Fuck Ipod, they abandonded us when we needed them teh most.
Posted by: dave | May 10, 2007 9:15 AM