Motorola i580

I'm going to be so happy when all of the indirect dealers are finally able to do their own upgrade laters in FDT cause I have a feeling that these are going to be big sellers cause those of us over here in sales support cant stand doing them

I currently have U.S. Cellular and want to switch to Nextel. My USCC plan expires on 7/2.

The plan I want is the Fair and Flexible Family Plan and the offer for the plan expires on 6/18 which is the same day that the i580 is said to be released.

My question is: Can I buy a cheap phone with the plan I want before the plan expires and then when the i580 comes out somehow be able to buy it for the 2-year contract price? Is there some loophole that I can use?

The i580 is in FDT today, so maybe it will be pretty soon that it is available.

I just recieved a new updated 3 month release grid, and it now states that the i580 may not be available until 7/2/06 instead of 6/18/06 as a reported earlier. This is due to the lack of sales on the i860 which is what this phone replaces.

Ok, so we've probably all heard of Sprint/Nextel's supposed release of a dual-mode phone.

I would like to table this thought - TDMA/GSM dual-mode (gait) phones failed so miserably that carriers dropped them as fast as a habitual roamer...

Essentially, we are looking at the same frequency split: 850/1900 Mhz. So what makes the new Sprint/Nextel think that this will work?

Press release from the company suggests that there will be no cross-technology PTT in the near future. It is my understanding that the CDMA ch/fq will carry voice and data whilst iDEN will carry PTT. Is this correct? And what ever happened to the rumor of the DoD and select Gov. agencies (via the FCC) taking over the iDEN technology for their communication...
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I had noticed that when phone scoop did an article on the i580 and the i670, they had compared the i580 to the i560 and it was so much bigger. Is that because of all the components that they had to stick into the phone and then rubberize it? I don't think that will make a difference to the people who want all those features in a rugged phone. I was just wondering.

Just was wondering if anyone had any idea on what the price might be for this phone? If you have heard anything please let me know. 🙂

I HAVE RECIEVED THE 3 MONTH OUTLOOK FOR SPRINT NEXTEL HANDSET RELEASE DATES

IDEN I580 6/18/2006
IDEN I670 6/18/2006

CDMA TREO 700 5/28/2006 ORDERABLE 6/4/2006
CDMA FUSIC 550 5/28/2006

is it possilbe to use the PTT with a bluetooth headset on? I am assuming that you would just push the ptt button and it would send the audio to the bluetooth headset like if the DC speaker was set to off.

Thanks in advance!

I can't wait for this to come out, it has everything the 530 and 560 have needed, with th esame durability. I am stoked.

this phone is bigger than the i930 😳

Anyone have an exact release date for this phone other than Q2?

Have they released any information as far as to the release date for this phone?