CTIA 2005
Motorola also had some new iDEN phones on display in their booth. All of them are fairly modest updates to existing models, adding slightly larger displays, VGA cameras, etc. None were as impressive as the new i930 or i605 shown off at CES (although those models were in the booth at CTIA as well). We have heard some unconfirmed rumors of some really exciting iDEN phones slated for this year, but none of those models were on display at CTIA.
All of the new models have SDGC - Selective Dynamic Group Call - which lets you create PTT (walkie-talkie) groups on the fly, right from the phone. (Older iDEN phones require special advance configuration of PTT groups.) Many of the new phones also have MotoTALK, the new off-network feature that lets you use the phones as walkie-talkies even when you're out of range of an iDEN network.
The i760 is an update to the i730 / i740 that steps up to a larger display:
The i850 is the i760 plus a camera:
The i560 is simply a ruggedized version of the i740:
The i275 is basically an i265 with a camera added:
And finally, the i355 is the new super-rugged iDEN phone that meets MilSpec (military specification) standards. It's pretty similar to the i315, but with a color display, or the i325, but with a retractable antenna. The color display is also larger.
CES 2006
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