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Sprint Outs Two iDEN Phones, Recommits to iDEN

Dec 21, 2010, 11:55 AM by Eric M. Zeman

Sprint and Motorola today announced that the two companies will continue to support Sprint's iDEN network with devices and services through 2013. In addition to the commitment to iDEN, Motorola announced two new iDEN-based handsets with push-to-talk. Though details are few, Sprint says the Motorola i886 is a rugged phone that has the first-ever side-sliding QWERTY keyboard and corporate email on an iDEN device. The Motorla i686 will be an update to the existing i680, which is a rugged flip phone. It will add better moisture protection. Sprint said more details, including pricing and availability, will be provided at a later date. Sprint also noted that it is still planning to transition PTT users off its iDEN network with a CDMA-based replacement PTT service that has yet to be announced.

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maokh

Dec 27, 2010, 11:38 PM

Sprint still seeking a PTT replacement after 10 YEARS?

Wow... it is embarrassing that it has taken sprint this long to come up with a properly working PTT replacement for iDEN... It will nearly be 10 years in 2013.

ReadyLink...QChat...now some TBD PTT?

Cellular Phone

Dec 21, 2010, 4:59 PM

Sprint, what is the point?

If you are going to shut down iDEN by the end of 2013, then what is the point of releasing new handsets and selling a service that costs you money? Granted, I love NEXTEL when I had it, but then I moved to an area where Sprint has poor coverage in general so I switched to VZW, but that's beside the point.

If you are going to shut down iDEN, Sprint, then do it now and stop wasting what money you have left.

AndroidRules

Sprint is so phuckin retarded I swear. It's no wonder they have the highest churn in the industry. They have no money and Clear is b*tching about lack of funding. They need to get their priorities straight and stop supporting an old outdated technolog...
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Azeron

They cannot simply shut off the iDen network (even though they never should have bought Nextel in the first place). They have to have a migration path for those iDen customers to go to. As long as they are keeping the network up they may as well lau...
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lte

Dec 21, 2010, 3:54 PM

Sign a 2 year contract in 2011...

So yea, sign a 2yr. contract say feb 2011, and watch them shut down your area jan 2013 hmmm then pay the ETF LOL...

Why would anyone sign a contract in 2011/2012 for 2 years just to have the network gone b4 the contract is haha.

I'm sure the salespeople won't mention the shutdown even in dec 2012... 🙂

landmarkcm

Im sure they wouldn't make there iden customers pay the etf if THEY shut down the network that would make no sense. Im assuming they would offer to convert them over to the Cdma side

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acdc1a

Dec 21, 2010, 12:07 PM

WTF?

Can't they just stop kicking this dead horse?

Black_Beard

i think its funny 😁

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