Poking around on the Cingular Web site after someone asked me a question about insurance, I discovered an interesting list of phones hidden on their "Equipment Protection Plan" Web page. (I'm not the only person to have noticed this, either - the sharp wits at HowardForums seem to have picked up on this.) The page is full of unreleased phone models. When I asked Cingular rep Ritch Blasi about whether the carrier would release any of these, he was noncommital. "We look at and test dozens, even hundreds of devices over the course of the year," he said. But still, the appearance of these phones on Cingular's official pages must count for something, right?

SE Helen - aka the Sony Ericsson W810, a new Walkman phone designed for Cingular
HP iPAC hw6920/hs6925 (sic, and at left) - the latest version of HP's handheld iPAQ communicators
Motorola V3i - The next RAZR with iTunes

Motorola E680 - A Linux-based PDA/phone that was never released in the USA
Motorola A910 - Linux and Wi-Fi on this one

Nokia 7700 - A tablet-style PDA/phone that never made it in the USA
Nokia Texas - No idea (and I asked Nokia); maybe the 6282, Nokia's upcoming 3G phone for Cingular
RIM 7130C - A Cingular version of Verizon's high-speed Blackberry, so maybe with Cingular's 3G network on board?
Samsing D807 - A slim slider phone we saw at CES
Cingular 6500 - The next Windows Mobile phone, like the 2125 and 8125?