It's Official Now, Sprint to Launch Nextel i930 Smartphone in October

[Kris Kumar]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www2.sprint.com/mr/news_dtl.do?id=8480' target='_blank'>http://www2.sprint.com/mr/news_dtl.do?id=8480</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Nextel i930 by Motorola Is the Industry's First Wireless Phone to Combine the Windows Mobile Smartphone Platform with Nationwide and International Nextel Walkie-Talkie Services and International Voice and Data Capabilities. Sprint and Motorola Inc. today announced plans to offer the i930, a compact clamshell device from Motorola featuring the Windows Mobile Smartphone platform. Packed with domestic and international voice, data and walkie-talkie capabilities, Sprint's newest Motorola iDEN® technology Smart Device for the Nextel Nationwide Network helps mobile professionals take care of business in more places than ever before. The Motorola i930 will be available nationwide next month in select Sprint business sales channels, Sprint Stores and online at <a href="www.sprint.com">www.sprint.com</a> for a suggested retail price of $499.99 before discounts and promotions."</i><br /><br /> <img src="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/images/Kris-sept05-i930-2.jpg" alt="User submitted image" title="User submitted image"/> <br /><i>Nextel i930 Photo: Courtesy <a href="http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?ContentId=5266">Geekzone.</a></i><br /><br />The wait is over for Nextel customers, Sprint is launching the Nextel i930 Smartphone. :clap: Not sure if the product page is available on the Sprint.com site or not. I could not find it. The press release does not state the Windows Mobile version. It will have SD card slot. And of course it will be the first Windows Mobile Smartphone to have the walkie-talkie functionality. :-)

[freitasm]

It is running Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition. I was shown the phone while in San Francisco, a day before its launch and took the pictures.

[Mike Temporale]

This phone was a long time in the making, and after all that time, it's going to be released with Windows Mobile 2003 SE? While the Walkie-Talkie features sound pretty cool, one has to wonder if this is going to turn into another Voq - too little, too late. :?

[Jerry Raia]

Another home run for Motorola! :roll: I'm sorry but this phone looks like it was found in a dinosaur bone quarry.

[freitasm]

It took sometime (first announced in 2003 to enter the Sprint lineup in 2004, but actually launched in 2005 on Nextel).

PTT is nice, but the main feature is really iDEN/GSM/GPRS - American users can roam on GSM networks overseas, while pure iDEN phones can't do that.

I am sending a PM to you Mike. Or see you at the Summit?

[Omega2008]

That phone looks like a brick! Jebus.....

[Mike Temporale]

I am sending a PM to you Mike. Or see you at the Summit?

I'll be at the summit. Leaving for the airport in about 8 hours. :D

[trog]

The phone is actually small. It is roughly the size of the I860, only a little thicker. Great reception and a decent battery.