It is said that Motorola will keep supporting Sprint/Nextel’s iDEN network for the time being. The handset maker is the only company with an iDEN-based Android smartphone – i1, and now they’re out with another similar product.
Like many of Nextel Direct-compatible handsets, the “we knew it’s coming” Motorola i886 is a rugged device that meets military 810G requirements for dust, shock, vibration, low and high temperature, low pressure and solar radiation. However, it’s also an Android smartphone that packs both a regular numeric keypad and side-sliding QWERTY keyboard. In addition, the i886 comes with a somewhat small 2.2-inch QVGA display, 2-megapixel camera, GPS, Bluetooth, 1380mAh battery and a microSD memory card slot. Nextel Direct Connect features are also on board, group messaging included. Size wise, we’re talking about a phone that measures 116.3×51.1×18.5 mm and has a weight of 141.2 grams…
The Motorola i886 is available for $79.99 after $50 rebate and with a two-year contract.