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Sprint debuts Motorola Debut i856 for push-to-talk fans

By: , IntoMobile
Monday, October 12th, 2009 at 1:12 PM

If all those new-fangled smartphones and their high-end feature sets aren’t your cup of tea, Sprint may have a new PTT device for you. Sprint has just launched the Motorola Debut i856 as the first push-to-talk handset to sport a slider design and a focus on multimedia features. We’ve already seen the Debut go live on Boost Mobile, but now Sprint is offering the new Motorola Debut i856 with a 1.3-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, GPS, music player, and a microSD memory card slot for $99.99 (with new 2-year contract and $50 rebate).

One of the Debut i856′s headlining features is its ability to switch from PTT mode to voice call mode with just a push of a button. We’re not big on PTT around these parts, but for those that use push-to-talk features, PTT-to-voice could be huge. Imagine using the instant-on connection of Sprint PTT service combined with a traditional voice call connection. Sounds like a good combo to us!

Find out more about the Sprint Motorola Debut i856 here.

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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...