Clear as crystal images have surfaced for Motorola's first iDEN phone with a full QWERTY keyboard. The i465 will be heading down the low-tech route by offering the full keyboard on a dumbphone. continued »

Just after seeing a few of Motorola's new 2009 handsets we are privileged to see a few more that are coming to Verizon Wireless. Boy Genius Report always seems to get the scoop on these leaked Motorola renders. These renders are more mainstream feature phones rather than the Smartphone's we saw earlier. More code names are being piled on with these ... continued »

Sprint have confirmed that they will be releasing a new version of the BlackBerry Curve smartphone.  The Curve 8350i will feature Nextel Direct Connect for push-to-talk, be first BlackBerry on the network to support Group Connect - which allows up to 20 people to talk at once - and have both WiFi b/g and GPS.  continued »

The Samsung Z400 is a push-to-talk phone recently released with Sprint.  It is surrounded by a rubber coating to help reduce scratching and improve the grip. The Samsung Z400 measures 3.7 by 1.9 by 0.96 inches and weighs in at 3.5 ounces. The Samsung Z400 is a military-grade - durable phone, which had to pass rigorous test to receive this title. ... continued »

The expansion of Nextel Direct connect will be giving Sprint customers more ways to get things done instantly with industry-leading push-to-talk and fast data speeds. Sprint customers in over 40 markets will soon get Nextel Direct Connect with 4 new broadband phones. These Phones include: LX400 by LG(R) - The LX400 by LG is packaged in a slender form factor and enables ... continued »

Sprint's upcoming QChat service is definitely something to get excited about, as it will finally enable seamless push to talk between Nextel and Sprint subscribers. So it only figures that Sprint announcing 40 new markets for the service, and four new phones, is some big news. QChat will have comparable latency to iDEN, which makes it the perfect technology to ... continued »

Sprint and Verizon have always been bitter rivals, engaging in price wars, coverage wars, and device wars. The two use CDMA, and both have the same technologies, and they both have the same pool of phones to choose from to carry. So when Sprint announced they would be using QChat to provide the next generation of push to talk service, ... continued »

There is quite a bit of hype surrounding the launch of Sprint's QChat service. Sprint has been talking about QChat for some time now, and several QChat phones have been seen lately for Sprint's upcoming service. The service is set to launch on June 15th, according to one source. QChat is going to be Sprint's next generation of Sprint's Push ... continued »

Sprint will be providing the communications support for the Pope's visit to New York. Each of the 600 phones Sprint is providing, will be equipped with Direct Connect, a la Nextel. Sprint is providing these phones at the request of the Archdiocese of New York. The phones will provide instant communication between the staff during the activities of the ... continued »

While it might be easy to forget Nextel in the face of overwhelming iPhone, Instinct and Vu shaped competition, there are still legions of users enjoying push-to-talk with the carrier.  Since Sprint bought the company out, they've been promising to deliver QChat: an upgrade to PTT that uses EV-DO Rev.A rather than the iDEN Direct Connect system currently in place.  ... continued »