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In their push to introduce a CDMA equivalent to Nextel’s iDEN-based Push-To-Talk feature, Sprint has announced the first cross-network walkie-talkie call last week. The call connected a CDMA and iDEN phone, and represents a major advancement in Sprint’s efforts to integrate the walkie-talkie feature on the CDMA Rev. A network. The tricky part is emulating the functionality of a feature that was built into the iDEN network (from the ground up) on Sprint’s mobile broadband network.
If all goes as planned, and this latest test is a good sign, Sprint will be launching their new mobile broadband service in 2008. Once complete, CDMA and iDEN users alike will be able to get their “chirp” on.
[Via: Phonescoop]
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Will Park
Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
