Sprint bringing Samsung Transform Ultra, Kyocera DuraCore to life November 13th?
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Motorola Admiral to directly connect with Sprint on October 23rd for $100
We all knew it was coming, it was just a matter of time — that, of course, is the Motorola Admiral that Sprint sure had a difficult time keeping a secret. But no matter now, as the fleet captain is ready to hook you up with the Now Network’s CDMA-based Direct Connect service online starting October 23rd (November 13th for all sales channels) for $100 on a two-year commitment and after a $50 mail-in rebate. Summing up the specs: the Admiral features a 1.2GHz CPU, 5MP rear camera with 720p HD video capture, rugged 810G mil-spec design, 3G Mobile Hotspot for up to five devices at the same time, a 3.1-inch VGA display and Android 2.3. For a smartphone that you can kick the trash out of, that’s not too shabby. Check out the full press release below.
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Sonim brings a trio of rugged devices to CTIA E&A 2011, we go hands-on (video)
Sonim doesn’t crank out smartphones. It’s too busy flooding the earth with uber-rugged featurephones that would most likely withstand an actual flood, and it’s darn proud of that fact. That’s the impression we got, at least, after visiting the company’s booth at this week’s CTIA Enterprise & Applications. We had the opportunity to play around with Sonim’s three new devices: the XP1301 Core NFC, XP3340 Sentinel and XP1330 Core PTT. Announced on Monday, the first two phones are already available in the US while the third is targeted squarely at Latin America over the next two months. Quite frankly, the new GSM / EDGE lineup looks so similar that it’d be incredibly easy to forget which one was which — aside from having an appearance not unlike a tank, all three devices seem to come from the same mold. As similar as they are, each one has its own specialty: the XP1301 offers a Near-Field Communication tag reader, the XP1330 takes advantage of Push to Talk and the XP3340 Sentinel throws in a customizable man-down sensor that triggers an emergency alarm when something is awry. But we’ll tell you what won’t require emergency assistance — viewing the galleries and videos below.
Zachary Lutz contributed to this report.
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Sonim introduces trio of rugged phones, including one with NFC support
Sonim’s established a rather solid reputation in the rugged phone genre, with its XP3300 Force claiming the Guinness World Record for surviving the longest freefall this past February. Now it’s branching out by announcing three more mil-spec devices at this week’s CTIA, two of which will be available in the US starting today. First at bat is the XP1301 Core NFC, a device that lives up to its name by supporting a tag reader optimized for the workforce. It was announced for European availability last month, and is now ready to be sold in the US. Next up is the XP1330 Core PTT, a Push-to-Talk device shipping to select areas in Latin America over the next two months. Finally, the XP3340 Sentinel offers an emergency panic button and a man-down sensor capable of monitoring your phone for any freefalls or impacts, and can make an emergency call in your behalf. All of the above devices include quadband GSM / EDGE radios — don’t expect to use them for hyperspeed browsing — and have been drop-tested at least 24 times from over six feet. They may not do your laundry, but at least you won’t freak out when it drops a story or two. Head to the press release for more specifics.
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Motorola Admiral spied in the wild, waiting patiently for its turn to sail out of harbor
We can’t imagine this Admiral wants to stick around in the docks for much longer, yet its date of departure from port is still unclear. Fortunately, the Motorola Admiral — the device that we presume will become the fearless leader of the Direct Connect fleet — is one nautical mile closer to the sea of finished products, now that we’ve been handed some pics of the skipper itself in the wild. It’s exactly as we’ve expected, as it looks rather close to the version we saw in the now-pulled “official” video. According to the image snapper, the Admiral is “awkward to hold due to the bottom being so thin and the phone being very top heavy.” It’s also known as the XT603, and unsurprisingly runs on Moto’s proprietary UI (formerly called MotoBlur). We didn’t hear of any change in the specs, so for now we’re still expecting to see the military-certified handset come with a 1.2GHz single-core Qualcomm MSM8655 CPU, Android 2.3, 3.1-inch VGA display, a 5MP rear camera with 720p HD video capture and a 1,860mAh battery. One more pic of the sides below. Sound off, loose cannons — is this Admiral going to command your next two-year contract?
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Chirp — testing the Direct Connect functions on the Motorola i1 [video]
Chirp! — whether you find it annoying, or rely on it every day at the workplace, when Push-to-Talk (or DC, or chirp, or beeps — whatever name you tag it with) made it’s debut on Android you know we had to check it out. You’ve seen the first quick look at the Moto i1, and while we’re waiting for Jerry to get in gear and give it a proper review, we can have a peek at one of the phone’s biggest draws. Check out the video after the break.
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Sprint Motorola i1 PTT Android phone now available
The Motorola i1 — the first Android smartphone with Nextel’s Direct Connect (aka push-to-talk) service — is now available at Sprint for $149.99 after two-year contract and $50 rebate. [Watch our hands-on demo.] It’s available online, business sales and telesales only for now, and it’ll be available in stores come Aug. 8.
What do you get? A fairly rugged smartphone sporting Android 1.5, a 5-megapixel camera, the Xora Time Track system which includes barcode scanning and signature capture, TeleNavTrack, which uses barcode scanning to track inventory, and Sprint Mobile locator, which can help track workers. [Sprint]
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