When will a new Windows Mobile 5.0 device be available for Nextel?
When will a new Windows Mobile 5.0 device be available for Nextel?
The i930 has been awhile and was almost on the right track if you want to blend windows mobile, a rugged flip phone, and push to talk features.
It falls short of a few things though that are show stoppers.
1) It's running the old Windows Mobile 2003SE instead of Windows Mobile 5.0
2) It doesnt have bluetooth
3) The battery level is poor
[url]http://reviews.cnet.com/Nextel_i930_by_M otorola/4505-6452_7-31522356.html[/url]
The good: The Nextel i930 by Motorola syncs seamlessly with Microsoft Outlook and supports iDEN and GSM networks for world roaming. The smart phone has excellent call quality, a speakerphone, and an SD expansion slot, plus it automatica...
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The i930 has been awhile and was almost on the right track if you want to blend windows mobile, a rugged flip phone, and push to talk features.
It falls short of a few things though that are show stoppers.
1) It's running the old Windows Mobile 2003SE instead of Windows Mobile 5.0
2) It doesnt have bluetooth
3) The battery level is poor
[url]http://reviews.cnet.com/Nextel_i930_by_M otorola/4505-6452_7-31522356.html[/url]
The good: The Nextel i930 by Motorola syncs seamlessly with Microsoft Outlook and supports iDEN and GSM networks for world roaming. The smart phone has excellent call quality, a speakerphone, and an SD expansion slot, plus it automatica...
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Probably never. Since Sprint is looking to consolidate its networks over the next few years. I really doubt Motorola is going to bother developing one for a dead network.
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The iDEN network is not going anywhere. But there will not be any new smart phones for it.
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if any new Windows smartphone is gonna come out its gonna be for Sprint on the CDMA side, it seems like Sprint is treating their IDen network like a niche for ptt users and they dont look at it as a fully capable network like Nextel did
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renardlee said:
if any new Windows smartphone is gonna come out its gonna be for Sprint on the CDMA side, it seems like Sprint is treating their IDen network like a niche for ptt users and they dont look at it as a fully capable network like Nextel did
Newsflash, Sprint is looking to phase out iden, why in the hell would they want to put any more work into it, especially since the CDMA network is leaps and bounds better and faster then aging iden. iden is good for one thing and one thing only PTT. Don't expect any more fancy data devices to be offered for it.
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i think i knew that already, in fact i did, but it is still gonna be supported until 2010, and i know it doesnt make sense to heavily invest in it, but then again this doesnt affect me
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