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Sprint has officially released the Motorola r765IS, a beefy and rugged handset running on Sprint’s iDEN network for snappy, terse, and immediate push-to-talk communication. Up to 20 people can talk across the U.S. using the Group Connect function, but if you’ve got something a little more top secret to discuss, the standard one-on-one Direct Connect is also an option. The r765IS is certified for military-grade ruggedization, and offers text communication options for when the gunfire’s too loud, and GPS to make sure you’re outside the air strike zone. We first saw this one back in April; why the delay? Clearly it failed boot camp or something, and had to straighten up and flight right. I can only imagine what a cell phone drill sergeant looks like. If you want one, you better mean business, because it’ll cost a little under $2000 up front.
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
