Motorola has already thrown in its few remaing chips with Android, with solid pictures of their first device bubbling up recently. Apparently wholly-owned Israeli subsidiary, Mirs, is working on the Android-powered Opus 1, which will be fairly limited in that data access will only be via Wi-Fi, and voice will be supported through iDEN networks.…
Hipvoice Offers Cross-Platform, Cross-Carrier Push-to-Talk for BlackBerry
A service called HipVoice is mixing up the push-to-talk scene by using voice-over-IP rather than traditional means – that means you can communicate directly with people across any cellular or Wi-Fi network without incurring your standard voice charges. This also challenges PTT offered by carriers, such as Sprint-Nextel’s and Telus’ Mike, which are locked to…
iDEN-Packing iWOW i976 Due for Nextel International
The iWOW i976 isn’t much to look at (Bluetooth, a 2 megapixel camera, and a GSM/iDEN hard switch), but push-to-talk really trumps just about everything else in an iDEN phone, including style. Nextel tends to stick with Motorola, with the occasional BlackBerry thrown in, for their iDEN needs, but it’s interesting to see a new…
Verizon Launches Flippy PTT CDM8975
Although it’s not much to look at and could stand to have a catchier name, Verizon’s newest handset, the CDM8975 has all the fixings you could ask for in a push-to-talk-enabled flip phone: GPS, 3G, and all the usual V CAST services. Not a bad little number for an entry-level phone, and push to talk…
Motorola Launches i9 on Sprint’s iDEN Network
Motorola has launched the much-spied-upon i9 iDEN handset, officially dubbed the Stature. Of course push-to-talk over the Nextel network is a given feature, but the i9 will also be packing a 3.1 megapixel camera with flash and autofocus, GPS, expandable microSD memory, haptic feedback, and ModeShift, which will which will highlight different keys on the…
BlackBerry 8350i Tidbits Leak
A few key points have surfaced about the upcoming iDEN BlackBerry due to land on Sprint-Nextel on December 1st. For starters, it’ll only have a 2.5mm headphone jack, rather than the standard 3.5mm that all BlackBerry Curve models have enjoyed up to this point. Second, this one is a bit bulkier than previous 8300-series devices,…
iDEN BlackBerry coming to Telus’ Mike service?
RIM’s long-overdue BlackBerry 8350i has been locked into Sprint’s Nextel iDEN network, but we haven’t heard about many other international releases aside from Latin America. Well, word has is Telus’ push-to-talk service, Mike, will also be hosting the new BlackBerry Curve in the near future. No word on release date, but they say that this…