Motorola's Android-powered iDEN device to be called i1?
By Chris Ziegler 
posted March 5th 2010 3:27PM
posted March 5th 2010 3:27PM
posted March 5th 2010 3:27PM
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i1home?
Who the f**k uses iden except for Sprint a few mvnos of Sprint and emergency services
@Xoy I do. I used to rely on Boost iDEN in previous years due to its' low-cost low-speed data for a monitoring system. So what if it's 19.2K when all you need it for is an absolute emergency in the datacenter?
And iDEN is the ONLY push-to-talk network that's actually reliable. Sprint/Verizon's QChat and AT&T's push-to-talk abomination don't come anywhere close to the service iDEN can handle. Only reason there were so many issues over the years with SMS and data were because iDEN wasn't originally created with those purposes in mind, but instead for rapid dispatch and coast-to-coast push-to-talk networking.
@Xoy
I use iDEN Data while roaming in Mexico because you can't beat FREE. You should look at Canada and NII Countries and you see that there is no charge for iDEN Data Roaming. Who cares if you wait for an email a bit longer. In addition, if you have the International Direct-Connect active you can connect home for free
@Xoy
Well here at Mexico Nextel's iDen network has the biggest ARPU of any carrier and it also has plans to launch a 3g network, not sure if it'll be wimax or evdo. Also we get free data roaming in US, Canada and all NII countries. So i think iDen can still have a good future.
@nishikawa7863
sorry wimax is 4g. iDen +WiMax would be very interesting
data on this thing is going to be unbearable at 19.2kbps. glad its at least gonna have wifi
@clos1084
Speed is not everything and emails are mostly text. If you want to download videos on the go, iDEN might not be your network of choice in the first place. iDEN networks are reliable and were designed not for data hungry consumers.
I have Sprint and Nextel and I use both quite heavyly for data. My I-930 works very well for a quick look at some sites and to launch Google Voice while my Sprint device is pulling the heavy data load (about 20GB per month)
i1 more share of the smartphone market?
a moto rep came by my Sprint store last week and told us about this. he showed us a picture on his phone, and it looked a little like a devour but more rubbery.
Its has WiFi....its on a extremely cheap prepaid service....I could care less about accessing the iden network for data lol. Hell I might get this phone to wait out my last year with sprint.
@InfDaMarvel
I have been with Sprint for about 14 years (ever since they launched service in the OC/LA market. I have Nextel for ages as well and I would not switch to another carrier. Why would I pay more money for Verizon or AT&T? Sprint gives you lower prices and Verizon Network Coverage (with Roaming). I am in SoCal and Sprint has been fixing a lot in their network and you can't be happier. Nextel still could see some improvement but it works well in Downtown LA in most of the High-rise buildings. Verizon and AT&T have still issues.
I'll take one. Sprint iDEN is all I can get for Sprint and I'd gladly pay out the ass for one unsubsidized to use it on Boost's iDEN networks.
That is, if they don't tarnish it with BLUR.
I see Apple's lawyers coming...
Wonder if they'll run into problems, given that there's a spectrophotometer called the "i1", by X-Rite.
http://www.xrite.com/product_overview.aspx?ID=1161
@gtaylor Depends. They may or may not sue citing user confusion.
I think the average Joe would see the difference between an i1 telephone and an i1 color correction system.
I can confirm that we've seen a "Motorola i1" show up in our Motally analytics stats for our Android Dilbert reader (iLbert), and it is even detected by Motally as the "Opus One".
Bad news for iDEN users though: it runs Android 1.5 :-
i1 more opportunity for a Lawsuit from APPLE...LoL
Or maybe the 56K reflects the reliable download speeds you will be able to get. Its like I am on AOL diaup up all over again.
Why do so many Android phone names end with 1? Are they just constantly attempting to reboot themselves?
Anyone noticed that these devices never seem to materialize? They're perpetually 6 months off and we never see them. What gives?
u lost?
People still use Sprint?
If it goes to Sprint/Nextel or Boost, I might, might think about this.
Wait, people still use iDEN?
@jgp hell yeah man, iden is great for the services industry. Im the IT manager at a local large landscape company. we give our field workers standard motorola iden phones with the cellular service turned off. our managers are carrying around Blackberry 8350i's they get corp email and cell service on their 8350i, and can keep in touch with their cellular restricted crews though the nextel radio. I cant imagine the abuse by your average field worker if we gave them all unrestricted cellular access. you also cant beat nextel's ability to remote admin phones, ie, turn cellular restrictions on and off. weve talked to other providers and they all respond back that to make adjustments to cell restrictions or approved calling lists, we would have to get the phone back from the field worker, make the changes though the phone's menus and then give the phone back. what a waste of time
I wish sprint nextel would release a blackberry on the iden network for radio and possibly cell, and also be on the sprint network for cell and data so we can get 3g speeds. I know its possible to have the 2 radios in once device, they did it for awhile with that motorola buzz phone. used iden for radio, sprint for cell calls.
why not, it's a 2 way radio where 1 side remains silent to hear the other side and vice versa and it's also effective for group broadcast
@jgp yeah man, iden is great for the services industry. Im the IT manager at a local large landscape company. we give our field workers standard motorola iden phones with the cellular service turned off. our managers are carrying around Blackberry 8350i's they get corp email and cell service on their 8350i, and can keep in touch with their cellular restricted crews though the nextel radio. I cant imagine the abuse by your average field worker if we gave them all unrestricted cellular access. you also cant beat nextel's ability to remote admin phones, ie, turn cellular restrictions on and off. weve talked to other providers and they all respond back that to make adjustments to cell restrictions or approved calling lists, we would have to get the phone back from the field worker, make the changes though the phone's menus and then give the phone back. what a waste of time
I wish sprint nextel would release a blackberry on the iden network for radio and possibly cell, and also be on the sprint network for cell and data so we can get 3g speeds. I know its possible to have the 2 radios in once device, they did it for awhile with that motorola buzz phone. used iden for radio, sprint for cell calls.