Motorola Q9c, i335 / Blackberry Pearl 8130 on sale at Sprint
By Darren Murph 
posted Nov 24th 2007 5:42AM
posted Nov 24th 2007 5:42AM
Read - Motorola Q9c / i335 on sale at Sprint
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what is that abomination at the right of that picture! who wants THAT for $49? any takers?
OOOH!
prices seem half decent for some pretty good phones.
I can't believe that Motorola are dumping such appalling phones on the American public. The one on the right (I think the i355) would fail dismally anywhere in the world that has any taste or style. Amazing that the land that produced the iphone can produce such a seventies looking device.
whoa settle down Beavis
It's a nextel device, you know, radio frequency 2 way radio? You know they have some limitations to work around, right? You know the core base is not college kids, right?
You know I've noticed that Nextel phones are very crappy, feature and looks wise. Why is this?
because when you run a construction business, you want phones that work, your employees dont need the web, downloaded app crap and other junk...you need two way radio and cell service only...oh yeah, and it needs to withstand massive amounts of abuse...thats generally why nextel phones looke like crap, becuase there made to stand up to tons of crap
Also why do you need 2-way radio? Can't you just call them?
For end usersn2 way radio makes NO sense just use MtoM BUT for business users like constructions folks it makes PERFECT sense. what would take many dozens of minutes even an HOUR can be done in SECOND with 2 way radio. IE one person sending out a voice instructions to MANY. Say I "chirp" 15 of my employess. Hey guys come into HQ for a meeting. Takes just a few seconds. How long would it take to DIAL UP 15 numbers wait for them to answer and speak the instruction to them. Repeat 15 times :-)
I'm looking at the i335. Isn't all I want it to be (it could have better rugged features), but it is an improvement over my i305. You have to keep in mind that Nextel's core business has been government, industrial and services businesses that require rugged communication-focused devices, not pretty phones with cameras that may break if sneezed on. Oh, there isn't anything from the 70's that remotely looks like the picture. :)
I paid full retail for a Pearl yesterday at the Sprint store ($500+tax, because I didn't want to sign up for another 2 year plan and I only get $75 to replace this current phone and not all the rebates)
It is a pretty cool phone... but I think I am going to take it back hold out for a 3G iPhone then switch to AT&T
Hrm, wouldn't it have been more fiscally sound to have signed the two year contract and have paid the $175 early termination fee on the mere possibility that you might have to cancel with Sprint in those two years.
I've played with that Moto Q9c and I love it, I don't even like smartphones (lack of touchscreen) more a a PDA-phone guy but this kinda warms me over.
I ordered mine at 12:08AM yesterday when it was released :) I am excited about the Q9C
speaking of 'trio', why get any of those if the treo centro is only $99?
Does anybody know if any of these phones have integrated wi-fi?
Yea it does.
Really? Which ones do?
why is the linked webpage (phonearena.com) so damn slow?
I Would love to win this! Oh Pleaseeeee!!!!!!!!
this isn't a contest...
Pleaseeeeeeeeee Pick me !!!! Oh Please I could really use this !!!!!
What are you, a nose? ("Pick me")...
It's *snot* a contest.
(Whahahahahohohoheeeheeheehee...couldn't resist).
UH No!! ha.ha. yuck
When will Sprint come out with a slider phone that isn't a PDA?
Heh, I called sprint today and complained about how i've been mistreated over the years and threatened to disconnect. I got it for $200.
Wish the whole Nextel crap would just die. No wait. I wish the idiots who beep beep beep each other would die. Slow awful deaths.
Like I want to hear your f*c*ing conversation. Fu*king mouth breathing, beer swilling, cousin screwing, wife beating rednecks.
I can tell you've never used the walkie-talkie feature. For Nextel's target market (construction and government), the beep is very, very useful. And as far as calling people names, there's no real need to do it. Have a nice day. :)
I thought that too... until I started using it in our office. It's surprisingly useful. Nextel has done a pretty horrible job doing marketing though, there is a lot more you can do than just push to talk, you can also... direct connect to: send contacts' information, send images, and on top of that it's fast. I take back all the mean things I've said about nextel users over the years.
Fine. Keep on the job site. Keep it in the office. I don't need Bubba and his beeping damn phone behind me in the grocery. Sorry about the name calling. I'm not the one who decided that Nextel should go after the redneck demographic.
but will they blend???
so they left out the q9h's keypad to go with one that has no hard keys for web, calendar contacts or music.... 3 of those are pretty essential. Also still no MMS for sprint. and still poor battery life.. to the point they include the extended battery that sticks out 5mm. So really they fixed none of the problems the original sprint Q had.