[J]

Is that crystal case available somewhere for the 8300? I though that was kinnda cool.

[archer6]

Originally Posted by MooseBerry

My buddy is an assistant manager for cingy and he went to a RIM/at&t meeting in Times Square, NYC last week and got to play with the 8300. He told me it was at&t branded. Even the red pearl has the at&t logo and all the new sim cards show the carrier as at&t, not cingular. I would be very surprised to see it branded with the old company name.

I concur.

[Kyos]

Cingular @OS start up... Cingular branded.

[Sith_Apprentice]

Originally Posted by squill76

I find the Cingular branding odd as well. But a couple of there new phones still have that Cingular logo on them. Take the 8800 for instance, and even more recently the Nokia N75 (released last Friday). Rebranding could take some time, they still answer there phones saying Cingular (the new AT&T) and all there commercials say the same thing. So we'll just have to sit back and see what happens. Personally I could care less what logo is on it, I just want them to release it already!

Keep in mind that Cingular has a huge customer base and alot of name recognition. When cingular bought the old ATT they rebranded quickly for several reasons, not the least of which was the horrible customer experience with the old ATT. This time, another wireless carrier didnt purchase them, but their parent companies (which were not branded cingular) were purchased, and the name of the whole was changed to ATT. I would say the branding will take 6 months to a year or even longer. (think Sprint together with Nextel).