Samsung preparing new PTT phone for Verizon?

Please take this information with a grain of salt -- It it looks like our pals over at Samsung are getting ready to launch a new PTT (Push to Talk) phone with The Network sometime soon. We thought Big Red had given up on walkie-talkie style communication until we heard that a relaunch was forth-coming with the introduction of Rev. A networks. Other than the picture here, it's pretty much WYSIWYG, so if anyone would like to share the details, please drop us a line.

[Thanks, anonymous tipster]

[elgee02 Posted Feb 6th 2007 4:31PM]

That looks almost exactly like the A930 with a PTT button on the right side of the phone just right of the right soft key... VZW desperately needs a new PTT phone too.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 6th 2007 10:34PM]

VZW is actually down to 1 phone that supports PTT. LGVX4700 is really the only one that is available in ready quantities. The KX444 and V60P are very hard to find at this point.
~JMD

[PeterB Posted Feb 12th 2007 11:30AM]

They better put a normal front display in that thing if they want the target market to even think about it. The sideways oled display thats on the a930 this phone appears to be based on singlehandedly keeps it selling less than the other phones in its class.

Putting PTT on a feature setup instead of the moronic required plan stuff would help a lot too, VZW.

[DaveHazard Posted Feb 10th 2007 1:26PM]

...it would also be amazing for sprint, since they're trying to switch the iDEN users over to CDMA without taking away their PTT service, and sprint's commitment to EV-DO and mobile WiMAX means there will definitely be enough bandwidth to do that on a high-speed CDMA phone.

if verizon knows what they're doing, they are gonna pay immense exclusivity fees, just because this phone, if sprint gets it and grabs the right software, could be the bridge between ready link and Nextel Direct Connect that could once and for all end VZW's chances at having the country's biggest PTT service.