The Cingular 8125 surfaces (again)

We had a pretty good idea it was headed for Cingular, and it looks like we've got further confirmation on the 8125. The HTC Wizard is supposedly due on Cingular for launch between the 13th and 19th of this month for a little as $299 with 2 year contract + data, or as much as $450 without a contract — still significantly cheaper than the $600 PPC-6700 (HTC Apache), perhaps because it's not getting rebadged in between HTC and Cingular. Still, despite the tempting 128MB SDRAM and 64MB flash memory, quad-band EDGE, Bluetooth, WiFi, MiniSD, and 1.3 megapixel camera, you're going to have to put up with a 200MHz OMAP CPU instead of that slightly less anemic 416MHz Intel Xscale on the Sprint handset. Oh, and there's supposedly also a second model, the 8100, which is the same device but without the camera. No word on pricing there.

[Thanks, Myke]