FCC Approves Windows Mobile Smartphone for Nextel

[Mike Temporale]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='https://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/oet/cf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&RequestTimeout=500&calledFromFrame=N&application_id=649700&fcc_id='AZ489FT5843' target='_blank'>https://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/oet/cf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&RequestTimeout=500&calledFromFrame=N&application_id=649700&fcc_id='AZ489FT5843</a><br /><br /></div>It's been a long time since we <a href="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4165">first mentioned the Nextel i930</a> back in October of 2003. Despite the long delay, it looks like the <a href="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7302">summer 2005 launch date</a> that Kris reported on, might just happen after all. The FCC has just approved the Motorola i930, which typically means a couple more months until the phone hits the streets. The real question is, are any of you still waiting for this?

[rdecker]

Ha!
I dumped Nextel about 2 years ago because of their bad selection of phones, poor battery life, high price and terrible coverage outside of major metro areas and highways.

My wife is still on Nextel; for 29 more days (when her contract runs out) and I switch her to cingular. The latest with these guys is network congestion and Text Messaging that is unreliable.

Best of luck to Nextel on this....

[cesarfong]

here in Peru Nextel is well know for his bussiness orientation... and "not for games, not for ringtones, not for party" phones... despite the fact of it, a major group of business use it ... this kind of phone close the circle of cover the major variety of mobile phones and coverage... :)

[buggyman92]

Hello all. After the FCC released the exhibits on their page, they also rreleased permissions to view the grant that Motorola sent to the FCC and along with that a summary list of the exhibits reports. For those who have read the confedential letter by motorola it says to block exhibits 3 and 6 which show the external and internal photos of the phone. On the following summary page, https://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/oet/cf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Sum&amp;calledFromFrame=N&amp;application_id=649700&amp;fcc_id='AZ489FT5843'
you can see that Motorola gave permission to the fcc to release these exhibits on 07/03/2005. That gives us a clue that the phone might be released on that date or earlier. So I guess we can throw out another rumor saying that the i930 Smartphone by Nextel will be released on July 3, 2005.

Exhibit Summary Link
https://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/oet/cf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Sum&amp;calledFromFrame=N&amp;application_id=649700&amp;fcc_id='AZ489FT5843'
Grant by Motorola Link
https://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/oet/cf/tcb/reports/Tcb731GrantForm.cfm?mode=COPY&amp;RequestTimeout=500&amp;application_id=649700&amp;fcc_id=AZ489FT5843