CORRECTION: Typo Error and it should be Cingular 8525! While HTC Hermes is available in many regions of the world, including Japan which was released as HTC Z, Cingular has yet to announce the availability of the HSDPA pocket pc phone. It is now spotted on their website, images and screenshot of the page has been posted on the howard forum, although there is still no info on the pricing.

The Cingular 8525 offers the ultimate range of connectivity options including: tri-band UMTS / HSDPA, which will allow users to roam in all regions of the world, plus GSM, GPRS, EDGE, WiFi, Bluetooth, and a mini-USB port.

Designed with easy messaging in mind, the Cingular 8525 features:

• Direct Push email technology available with Windows Mobile 5.0;
• Internet browsing;
• synchronization with Microsoft Outlook Calendar, Contacts, and Email;
• the ability to work on applications in the Microsoft Office suite such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and the ability to view PDF documents.

The Cingular 8525 comes equipped with a slide-out, ergonomic QWERTY keyboard and 2.8" color display with touch-screen. It is also a 2 Mega pixel camera with macro mode, on-screen controls and DSC (Digital Still Camera) functionality, plus a second camera for video telephony.

howardforum via engadget