EXCLUSIVE: Pics of Motorola's new i930 Smartphone
posted June 30th 2004 12:16AM
While the rest of the gadget world was looking at the MPX and MPX 220, Motorola snuck out the i930 for the folks at
JavaOne. We went to the show expecting the same old story and the same old phones, so we left the good camera at home.
Stumbling into the Motorola booth, what's the first thing that catches our eye but the long rumored Microsoft
Smartphone for iDen networks like Nextel.
As expected not only will this be iDen's
first smartphone, it will also be the first iDen phone to have a camera. Motorola didn't tell us the resolution but we
know it's VGA or less or else they would have made special mention. It's also the first iDen phone we've seen (possibly
the first Microsoft Smartphone we've seen) to have a HUGE external display. It's gigantic, and color. Like all iDen
phones it has Push-to-Talk, Java, and aGPS. sadly, like other iDen phones, it lacks Bluetooth or IR. It looks to be
running Smartphone 2003 second edition, which seemed pretty stable on the model we tried, but there's still no word on
when this handset will be launched.
UPDATE: Just got this from a tipster who wishes to remain anonymous: "Actually, the i930 will be the second iDEN camera phone. There will be an i860 released before the i930 that is almost identical to the current i830, but with a camera. The Nextel MMS implementation is just about ready to roll out to all markets."
I THINK THAT THIS i930 PHONE IS MAD NICE...IM DYIN 2 GET IT...ON OVER INTERNET OR EVEN AT NEXTEL STORES.....ILL PAY THE MOST $600 FOR ONE FONE...I NEED 2 OF THEM THOUGH....I REALLY HOPE THEY ARE CCOMING OUT VERY VERY SOOOOON!!! I THINK ITS A HOT FONE........IF ANY ONE HAS INFORMATION ON HOW TO GET THEM PLEASE HIT ME UP AND LET ME KNO......ON THE INT. GIVE ME A SITE AND ILL GET IT THROUGH INT. OK.....I WANT THIS FONE NOOOOOWWW!!! THANX- BYE.....
~FLACA~
....this phone has been "launching" for like half a year now. I've been holding onto my damn i730 for so long now because the 930 was supposed to come out months ago, and i didn't want to waste money on a i860 for no reason. It's getting ridiculous...is the phone EVER coming out? Anyone have PROOF?
OF COURSE THE BIG TIME PLAYERS HAVE THE NEW PHONES FROM NEXTEL. JUST TAKE CLOSE LOOK AT TEH SHOW LAS VEGAS ON NBC EVERY MONDAYS AT ABOUT 8:00 PM YOU SEE THAT THE MAIN CHARACTERS HAVE THEM . THE OLD DUDE HAS THE I930 AND THE YOUNG DUDE HAS THE FONE THAT WE AT NEXTEL CALL THE FERARI PHONE BECAUSE IS THE THE COMPANY THE DESINGS THE FERRARIS DESING THAT SPECIAL EDDITON PHONE I THINK IS CALLED THE I836 ANY WAY I THINK YOU CAN SEE THAT PHONE AT MOTOROLA.COM ALSO ANY WAYS I KNOW THAT NEXTEL IS COMING UP WITH 10 NEW PHONES AL OF THEM WILL BE COLORED SCREEN, ABAOUT 3 OR 4 PHONES WILL BE WITH CAMERA. THE ONLY INFORMATION ON WHEN THIS PHONES ARE COMING OUT IS THAT IS GOING TO BE THIS YEAR SO JUST BE PATIENT
Why Buy The Nextel I930 If It Does'nt Have A BlueTooTh in it ....
Well many of us are waiting for this phone, but not me anymore. After I have been told my so many people on so many dates of release. You can only hype up a phone so much before you eventually say screw it. By next month I am switching to sprint and getting their Sanyo 5600 w/the MP3 player in it. It has all the things I was wanting in the I930. And if I want the 930 Later I can get it when the merge happens, or by then they will probably have a newer model out. But enjoy the wait, I am not anymore.
I agree with alot of people about getting pissed about the hype of the i930.. I am one of them.. If nextel will officially say the release date i would be fine with it and wait.. But like everyone else that has called and got the i don't know or what model is that makes you wounder if it will ever come true.. I am going to wait till the first week of april for the phone or a release date or i am going to switch services.. I really need a phone like the i930 to cut down on carrying my laptop for work (which is a pain sometimes) Sorry everyone but i am just venting.. lol
I have worked in Cellular for 5 years and I cannot remember a time when a cell phone actually launched on date. And if it ever launched on date there were so many repricussions. Having to credit accounts for errors pay out motorola to have all the phones exchanged send out new soft ware, recalls, etc, etc. Face it people IT IS JUST A PHONE. I work for Nextel and yes this phone will do a lot but I'd rather wait for it to be done right.
It's not a marketing ploy holding off the release date. The release is with Motorola itself when it goes full scale. If I could tell someone a true release date I'd do it. I ALWAYS shoot for end 1st Quarter 2005. Corp has never OFFICIALLY given it's employees a release date.
Nextel Partners has grown HUDGE and continues to. In the last year our consumer to business ratio has taken a major change. Ergo More consumers not in need of construction Grade phones =
A lot of hype cause now there are more cool, less klunky phones.
Sometimes a new phone model gets leaked WAY too early. It was leaked because of a convention. And conventions show products that are usually launching in the next year.
Sorry Folks But It's not here yet.
But face it you've waited this long.
If you were that unhappy you would already be somewhere else. Nextel is one of the only carriers I have EVER seen that allows you to upgrade after 6 months of service without paying retail price. Verizon = 18-22 months (I use to work for them) US Cellular...good luck if you dont only have 2 months left...
drop me a line if you have more questions Ill be happy to answer them.
shark_vs_tarpon@hotmail.com
LIKE I SAID BEFORE, JUST BE PACIENT PEOPLE THE I930 IS GOING TO COME EVENTUALY, AND FOR PEOPLE THAT NEED I930 FOR WORK WE HAVE THE BLACK BARRY THAT HAS BLUE TOOTH AND ALOT OF GOOD HELPING TOOLS. NOW WE'VE JUST RECIVED THE I265 ITS A MONOLITH (not a flip phone)PHONE BUT HAS A 65K COLORED SCREEN AND MULTY MEDIA CENTER. SO YOU SEE NOBODY TOLD US EXACTLY WHEN THIS PHONE WAS LOUNCHING, WE JUT GOT IT AND ALL IT SED WAS NOT TO SEEL IT OR DISPLAY IT TIL APRIL FIRST. SO BE PANTIENT. PERSONALY I THINK THAT NEXTEL IS LOUNCHING AT LEAST THREE OF THE NEW PHONES THAT I MENTION LAST TIME, BEFORE THE I930, BUT WHO KNOWS. ANY WAYS THERE IS THIS PHONE FROM MOTOROLA THAT SPRINT OR CINGULAR OR OTHER BRAND CARRIES, I THINK IS CALLED THE V400 IM NOT SURE. YOU CAN CONVERT THIS PHONE TO A NEXTEL PHONE, FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL NEXTEL CARE AT 1800-639-6111 SO THERE YOU HAVE IT PEOPLE, GO CHECK OUT THE NEW I265 AT NEXTEL RETALI STORES ON APRIL 1ST.
Hey all,, its a shame that each and everytime there is a new toy out there most of us me included CHASE the technology.... This is a bad sign of the future anyway I have the blackberry 7520 and if you want and all purpose hard working bluetooth phone from nextel with push to talk this is the only phone that matters......
nextel and sprint have merged and EVERYONE should realize that sooner rather than later we all will be able to talk to each other on our two-ways..... Boost mobile ?????? kill that its a waste of money and credit , you could build your credit up with the amout of money you are spending in calling cards ? I mean you pay X amout of dollars a month and then they charge you .25 to make a call and they take that money from the money you already paided them ??????? where does this make sense ? think about it people if I pay you money for phone use should'nt I have to pay extra when and if the money I used runs out ,,,, 500 free min with BOOST ? 500 free min that you are paying .25 to use .....
BOOST means to STEAL people ? thats what shoplifters do all day ....... then they sell the merchandise to unknowing people ... sound familiar BOOST USERS ......
ok ok back to the point this phone by nextel is there way of keeping up. The phone might be great or might suck moose d%$k but either way its just another way for the cell phone companies to make up CHASE TECHNOLOGY !
I am sure that I will get beat to hell for my comments but thats ok ,,,, maybe someone out there will understand and agree but if not I was bold enough to put my thought out here then I should be bold enough to take the thoughts back!
Respectfully
Justasking
Listen everybody, I HAVE THE I930 PHONE and it is really not a big deal, i got it from this guy in New York and i also have the i860 and i compared them and the only big diff. is that the i930 has windows and mini apllications of outlook, word and some other work related applications, but really for all yo people who are DYING for this phone, it is really not a big deal
this guys is an idiot, the i265 or something released today and it is friday...
Srd
120. Posted Mar 3, 2005, 11:40 PM ET by X-Nextel District Manager
nobody listen to theres idots, the i930 is not comin out on the 25th, ill be willing to put a 100 bucks on it, nextel does not release phones on friday, theres contract with motorola states taht all phones be released on monday and the 25th is a friday, the 25th is bull people, get real
I DONT KNOW IF THAT X-NEXTEL DESTRICT MANAGER REALY KNOWS WHAT HE SAS HE KNOWS BUT WE DID RECIVED THE I265 ON MONDAY BUT RELEASED IT ON FRIDAY BUT HE DID SAY HED PUT 100 BUCKS DOWN SO IF ANYBODY TOOK HIS BET HE BETTER PAY UP.
Ok, no one including Nextel employees knows when the 930 is coming out. My boyfirend worked for them for 7 years. They relase phones on the first of the month. They release them and the stores don't even have them yet. It is quite funny. I spoke to a friend yesterday that still works for Nextel and they still don't know, but I am figuring by the summer it will be out. I have a 730 and have personally been waiting for it to come out for myself and my son. When it gets here, we will know. Look at their history relaeasing phones. They may even hold it until around October when everyone will start buying it for the holidays!
Bluetooth may not be main stream. But if you you travel as mush as I do. Is sure as heck is nice to not have to be fumbling with wires.
Someone mentioned that Moto will maybe have that as an optional card. Sure hope so. After all Nextel caters to the Business client not your family.
When are they ever going to make cell phones that we can choose to buy with fetures we need to use. So that it can be used with a carrier of choice. My home or office phone dosen't require me to by proprietary phones from the phone companies. Why should cellular be different? Stand up and be counted!
The i930 will not be released till maybe late this year. Rumor has it that it might just be scrapped period. The phone is running an old version of windows mobile for starters and also they said they are trying to slim down on the product. I am not saying i don't like the phone and want it to come out but i heard it was lacking in some of the features. Just giving you an inside tip.
1. wait till phone gets fcc approval
2. wait till windows mobile Magneto comes out
Also more reasons why phone might be scrapped or pushed back till 2006 is because CDMA AND GSM technology's are able to use PTT technology. Which means that motorola is going to have some comp with other leading cell phone providers. So if anybody is able to wait and be patient, u can expect some pretty cool phones now that cdma and gsm sell phone carriers are getting involved in the demand for ptt and expect other pt* services.
I worked on the design of project #23459301 better known as the i-930. This project has been scrapped. Do to many programing and spoftware issues with the push to talk and our network. We are working on other phones and i will try to update you
I have been able to get my hands on 4 i930 cell phones they are alot better then the i860 due to the many apps they have added to the phone if I were you Id wait for this phone because I bought 4 from jersey city and it wasnt a large merchant so they should hit stores soon contact me at tji6ix@gmail.com for more info on these phones.
I was wondering with the merge and all and if ever the i930 comes out. Will the ptt work with the sprint two-way. Thats the only reason (and having some word processing would be a plus) that i would upgrade my i860 to the 930. And the fact that i like to upgrade
o.k we all know about the wait so far
I've been with your service since 1992 and I seen lots of phone come and go. But what about your other new phones that no one is talking about yet. i960 & i980 & i99
we really want to know? Do the "i" have it
remember Nextel your peoples "Don't"
Hay all, My boyfriend wrote to nextel asking about the I930 and when they were coming out with it, we got a response from a nextel service rep that they had no more release dates for any new phones, so i dont know whats really going on w/ the I930.
Personally i dont think da i930 is comming out and that project has been scrapped by nextel. nextel still had to upgrade some of their services and merging w/ sprint was a quick/efficient fix. Am right i called nextel today n they told me nothing bout a smart phone in the works. n from all that i read it seems that after this merger and the long time it took to make the i930 that now da i930is not up to date and has to go back to the drawing board. n now we have jc mixon over here talking about i960,i980 and i99 damn those must be only still be ideas that that havent even hit the drawing board yet. but yea im happy w/ my i730 in a clear case w/ a flashing battery :)
i was in las vegas last week. i stopped in to the "Nextel Central." a rep there told me that the "release date" is scheduled for november, but with the software problems they are having don't be surprised at all if they scrap the phone. I know, i know, take it for what its worth. :)
Alright. Let us set somethings straight. NEXTEL is a company that wasn't built on speculation or by Tim Donahue pulling at little tech-geeks heart strings. The i930, it very well may never be released. The very reason companies like NEXTEL do not give a release date for equipment is to keep this sort of thing from happening. All this hype has been built up around a phone that was shown at CES. I didn't see people get so fired up about a prototype. It has been said that NEXTEL tells their employees different release dates and there is no truth to that. Everyone has someone who knows someone or is someone or has a helper monkey that works for someone that is indirectly assocciated with the people that are directly assocciated with the i930. HELLO! Even Mr. X-DM for NEXTEL, c'mon, you think there maybe a connection as to why he is a quote/unquote "X-District Manager". The DMs don't get special info and that goes for Store Managers or Wireless Consultants too. Regional Managers may be kept in the dark as well. It's all about damage control people. If people at NEXTEL knew release dates, it could very well hurt sales as people will generally wait a month or two to get the latest and greatest and secrets about really cool gadgets just cannot be kept in the dark, so NEXTEL doesn't tell anyone. The funny thing is that most of the pictures you see are NEXTEL internal dated from 2003. Those are artistic rendering for Motorola's design team. A rough draft if you will. They are for sale on ebay, they pulled it because the camera didn't make a noise, WMPC '02 is buggy. These are all speculation. Well the later of the two are. There are a few on ebay but I think you would be happier if you invested in some oceanfront property in Arizona. Oops, did I jusat say that? Oh I'm sorry. What did I say about that in the first few sentances. OK, good. Now that my rant if you will is over. NEXTEL is coming out with new phones. Verizon is coming out with new phones. Cingular is coming out with new phones. ATT is NOT coming out with new phones. Sprint is coming out with new phones. I also heard that T-Mobile was coming out with new phones, one which can control a low orbiting laser satellite to scratch your @$$. Just kidding, saw that on Family Guy. But on a serious note, The i930 may very well be a phone that never made it to final production or it may be waiting for a realease date or it maybe that is has deployment issues that would greatly impact its success. Whatever it be, I like all of you, can't wait for something of this caliber to come out. Time will tell. Oh and it is Monday, hehe! Maybe they will release it today. Sorry if I offended anyone but I really needed to get that off my chest.
God bless
Just wanted to say while everyone is waiting for this i930 to come out, (Whether it be on a Monday, or Fridays, or what ever), Make sure you know what the phone looks like. Because the i930 shown at the very top of this page is no i930, it is just the i860 with a different face plate on it. You want the real pics of it email me at: odizzleru@yahoo.com
Holla
yo my boy work at nextel and he said the phone anit come out till Aug oright stay up 5
Odizzle here,
Its me again folks. I heard a scoop from an anonymous informant that the i930 is not coming out till some time october 2005. So if i were you, and your plan is going to expire long b4 then, i would just go with the i860, unless you really need a computer on the go. Also when the 930 comes out the 860 is gonna be cheeper, so stay cool.
ODIZZLERU@YAHOO.COM
Holla
ok this i930 looks amazing but i have pictures that no one has ever seen before and information on new phone models such as i850,i530,i760 if you want more info email me and i will send you pictures oshietitzlongjon@yahoo.com
Alrite cats,
it time for the weekly update. I believe one of my informants gave me some wrong information (not too sure yet). But apparently the phone above is the new i930 and not an i860 with a face plate. I just heard that the scrapped the old one and yes, infact the phone above is what the new one looks like. I apologize.
The new information is that the i930 that is comming out in Octiber (hopefully) is more prone to identity theft. Since it has the features of email, internet, micrsoft, and even a memory card, of some sort it opens the capability for people to hack into your phone and personal information. Remember the hacker that got into Paris Hiltons phone book? Similar, except more information, and easyier.
Now kids, I am not trying to scare you I am just saying if you are going to wait till October for this phone, just make sure it is what you want, and limit the info that you put on you phone.
Again, if you still want the pictures of the i930 above (different views), just email me at ODIZZLERU@yahoo.com
Signing off.... but will be intouch
~ODIZZLE
Hey did you guys ever think to try the internet..I found the phone on google for $130.00 so look it up you guys do know it's out in other countrys you don't have to wait until October....guys....guys????
Hey did you guys ever stop to try the internet I found the phone via google for $130.00...you guys know the phone is out in other countrys right.....you know you don't have to wait until October right?......guys....guys????
Try google you don't have to wait until October for the phone it's already out in other countrys, hell it's already out in this country I found the phone for 130.00 so take a look.
A yo one of my boyz in New York has the phone and he says it is not even all that he said it is just like the i860 with like 2 or more differnt things on it so don't even get ur hopes up that much and just claim down the phone will get here when it gets here 5
HEY ITS ME AGAIN AND LIKE I SAID BEFORE BE PATIENT, AND TAKE YOUR EYES OUT OF THE I930 FOR A MINUTE OK. AND YES NEXTEL DOES NOT TELL US THE RELEASE DATES ON PHONES OK. SO IF ANYBODY TELLS YOU THEY WORK FOR NEXTEL AND THAT THEY KNOW SOMETHING, WELL THEY ARE LYING OK. NOW IF YOU NEED A BLUETOOTH PHONE WE GOT IT, YOU NEED A CHEAPER CAMERA PHONE WE GOT IT, YOU NEED A RUGGED COLOR SCREEN PHONE WE GOT IT.
THE I605: BIG COLOR SCREEN, BLUETOOTH, GREAT FOR BUISINES PEOPLE (NOT A FLIP PHONE),
THE I355: COLOR SCREEN, SAME AS THE 305 BUT WITH DIRECT TALK (A OFF NETWORK WALKIE-TALKIE),
AND LAS BUT NOT LEAST THE I275: IS THE SAME PHONE AS THE NEW I265 BUT WITH CAMERA AND ALSO INCLUDES DIRECT TALK.
ALL THEESE PHONES ARE ON SALE AS OF MAY 2 OK.
SO GO TO YOUR NEXTEL RETAIL STORE AND CHEKDTHEM OUT . AND LISTEN WE RECIVED DEMO PHONES A WEEK EARLY OF THERE RELEASE DATE, BUT CORPORET DOES NOT TELL US BEFORE THAT. SAME THING HAPEND WITH THE I265 OK. SO, WE RECIVE THE PHONES A WEAK EARLY BEFORE THEY ARE TO BE SOLD ON STORES AND THAT IS IT . NOW WE STILL GOT 6 MORE PHONES TO GO ON THIS YEAR, LIKE I TOLD YOU BEFORE NEXTEL IS RELEASING 10 NEW PHONES THIS YEAR, 4 ARE OUT NOW 6 TO GO AND THE I930 IS INCLUDED OK.
Isn't the 930 what they're using on the show Las Vegas now?
Yes, It has been on "Las Vegas" for the last few shows
i seen the i860 phone on the nbc show las vegas a few weeks before it came out and on monday when we saw the show one of the guys was using an i930 just a quick glimps but it was the exact phone so there is hope for the i930 following. u gotta think its a new episode so why would nextel pay to promote their phone on a hit show if they weren't coming out with it?
nextel has changed the data on this phone just about as many times as microsoft has information on the 'longhorn' platform we've all been waiting for. i've seen half a dozen or better designs and pictures of what this phone supposedly will look like. one consistent thing i have heard is that it will follow the i860 (which i carry, and love) as the second domestic iDen phone with a camera; will likely be capable of bluetooth, despite the many naysayers who would lead us to believe otherwise. those who say that no iDen compatible phones have gone the way of the BT, may have overlooked the popular business savvy model Blackberry 7520, with native BT support. SDIO is a very promising addition as well. all this is hearsay for now until we actually have a final edition model in our hands. until then, we'll all keep guessing i'm sure! sadly one thing is true of the Moto/Nextel handset offerings - day late, and a dollar short. all the technology most other manufacturers and carriers offer now, iDen users can hope for in the next six months to a year, if we're lucky! i must say that when the handsets do finally come out, they are solid, dependable, and normally all they are hyped up to be....once they finally come out! who knows, maybe this is Moto's new business strategy for the iDen market. Bear in mind that iDen is built primarily for business and construction, with a recent upturn in the public service sector (fire,ems,law). most of these users don't demand cutting edge features such as smart phones, bluetooth, camera, etc.
Once again it looks like the strategy for the i930 is hurry up and wait! Despite my despair, i am looking forward to a new handset offering from Moto iDen sector. perhaps the recent merger with Sprint will spur things in the right direction. Alas another rumor for the i930 - potentially to be the first cross network compatible phone for the new conjoined Sprint-Nextel team!
I've worked in the wireless industry for many years and have seen crazier things happen. guess we'll just have to wait and see!
Hello, Hello:
Its time for the update again. The i836 is out, its hot. Take a Look. @Nextel.com
Odizzle
I930 has been approved by the fcc.
Check it out.
http://www.mobiletracker.net/archives/2005/05/22/motorola-i930-nextel
So the questions that is on my mind once again is ? where can I get the I930 or the I960 ? alot of talk on the web but no talk from the retailers ,,,, I think that for the business person there is nothing better currently than that of the Blackberry 7520 ( which I carry ) but that I930 or I960 is making me eat my own previous words about chasing technology...
Yee folks,
Nextels website (Phone section) is "temporarily unavailable", does this mean they are adding the i930. Dont want to get anyones hopes up, but October is not to far.
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i got a friend that works at a nextel store and he say that the i930 will be out this year so that will be good and the only thing differnt between the i860 and the i930 is the smart phone with is the enternet and email..
hey the i860 is awesome but i am getting the i930 next week june 3rd wanna me 2 hook u up e-mail me at phillbutton187@hotmail.com and we'll talk
Look at the heading of this .pdf, page 2
http://www.nextel.com/support/user_guides/MAM_EndUser_CQS.pdf
Is that for real?
Does anyone have info on the i890 or i960?
this is fact. Expect the i930 in August.
I've heard that the i930 will be IDEN and GSM (using the 900/1800 frequencies). Is this true? I've also seen some i930 phones 'for sale' on e-bay right now. Have these been released early or is it a scam?
Do not buy ANY phones from Nigeria without getting something in the mail first they are scamm artist....trust me I've dealt with them for the I930 and they will take your money and not send your phone do your research or just wait till August.