Well,
If I go to the Cingular main page "http://cingular.com/indexc" there is a small link that wants me to buy the 8700. "Cingualr Exclusive" and all that. When click it, it asks again for my zip...and then takes me to the phone link, allowing me to buy it if I wanted. But still...the 8700 is not listed on the Phone and PDA's link...
Strange.