Sprint Makes Motorola i886 Official
Jan 10, 2011, 10:48 AM by Eric M. Zeman
Sprint today announced that the Motorola i886 iDEN-based push-to-talk handset is now available online and in retail stores for $80 after rebates. The i886 is the first rugged PTT device from Sprint that has a side-sliding QWERTY keyboard, and it meets mil-spec 810G for protection from dust, moisture, shock and temperature extremes. In addition to the standard PTT feature set, the i886 also has a 2 megapixel camera with video capture, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, Exchange and POP3/IMAP4 email support, and compatibility with microSD cards up to 32GB.
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Comments
Going to Miss Milspec
I own a Motorola i1 (One of the few post-paid users of the phone and proud). I only hope that when Sprint finally closes down iDEN, they keep the Nextel name around and keep making robust phones that can survive being in your pocket. Even if they're CDMA. Where as Push-To-Talk may not have as much of a following as it used to, there will always be a Market for phones that don't care if you sit on them.
Nice
Other than the IDEN part 😕 , this really is a nice phone.
I abuse the crap out of my phones and a texting phone like this would be a great addition. 🙂
I abuse the crap out of my phones and a texting phone like this would be a great addition. 🙂
Mark_S said:
Other than the IDEN part 😕 , this really is a nice phone.
I abuse the crap out of my phones and a texting phone like this would be a great addition. 🙂
I thought the very same thing. I like a rugged p...
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Missed the biggest feature!
It has MO-SMS instead of the text service other Nextel phones use. Allegedly, it should be just as instantaneous and reliable as texting is on the CDMA network.
