Surprise, surprise: Cingular 8525 becomes AT&T 8525
Following new firmware to rebrand the handset's software, sources are reporting that the 8525 -- AT&T's variant of the venerable HTC Hermes -- has gone under the knife to get external branding to match. Though new branding in itself is barely notable, the move seems to suggest that AT&T intends to keep the 8525 kicking around for the long haul rather than replacing it any time soon with one of its fresher contemporaries like the Kaiser. That's all well and good considering that the Hermes is still a fairly formidable device by Pocket PC Phone Edition standards -- but boy oh boy, the Kaiser's flip-up screen sure is trick, is it not?[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
techgeekwill @ May 9th 2007 4:56PM
The Black Pearl is also rebranded inside and out with .73 firmware.
The red had been since launch.
Dipset @ May 10th 2007 3:33AM
And this is news worthy? Ok. May as well bring up the LG 225 and nokia 6102i as well.
GFish @ May 11th 2007 12:10PM
Will the Cingular/AT&T 8525 get the Windows Mobile 6.0 upgrade when it comes out?