We're shmoozing with Motorola's team and Mike Rowe -- yes, the Dirty Jobs guy, who's been fittingly selected as the rugged
i1's spokesperson -- and we're starting to get our first fleeting moments with Motorola's first Android-powered iDEN handset in the flesh. Believe it or not, it might be the best-feeling Android phone from Motorola to date, besting the
CLIQ XT and Droid with a tasteful mix of black chrome and rubber around the edges; if it weren't for the lack of bona fide 3G, we could realistically see putting this in our pockets over, say, a
myTouch 3G,
Hero, or
Behold II. We've been able to confirm that they've basically taken the UI look and feel introduced by
Blur and subtracted... well, the things that actually make it Blur, namely the integration with Blur servers that brings social service aggregation into the fold. Will it appeal to the iDEN demographic? Hard to say, but Mr. Rowe certainly seems amped on it. Check out the gallery below!
posted March 22nd 2010 9:11PM
The new motoblur wallpaper looks way better than the old one
All I gotta say is that the pictures made me hungry. That's some gourmet shit they got there!
Motorola buys the gourmet expensive shit because when they eat it, they want to TASTE it. But you know what's on my mind right now? It AIN'T the arugula salad on the table, it's the smartphone in his hands.
(Well, not really. It's actually whatever device HTC is gonna announce.)
I dig the form factor. I wish they would put some serious guts ie snapdragon and a amoled into a small pocket-able phone like this.
@Proverb Yeah I like it too. Its funny that Moto finally designed a good looking small Android handset that happens to met the military's standard for toughness. On the other hand their "mainstream" handsets like the Cliq, Devour, Backflip are all ugly bezelly bastards.
@Proverb
Really?
I find it repellent.
Truly horrid.
@Proverb It looks good except for that bulge around the side, there'll be a lot of android phones to come this year, I say, just wait. Btw, the i1 phone is called the Moto Opus in its first concept: http://bit.ly/moto-opus-is-the-i1
I'm a Nextel customer, as is everyone else inside the huge warehouse I create art in, and I will definitely be getting this phone.
"…Motorola's first Android-powered Android…"
Is Commander Data the power source for the phone? Or vice versa?
"Motorola's first Android-powered Android"
Pretty sure there's something wrong there. Motorola's First Android powered anything? I don't think so.
"Motorola's first Android-powered Android set" wtf lol
@Alexpeegs
its motorola's first android push to talk android device
Oh hey there, Noah
@pbp8ntballer LOL I was gonna say the same thing, what's Noah doing there?
@pbp8ntballer
haha I also noticed Noah from phonedog! I really like that guy. He's cool and reviews phones really well!
@al3d
He's eating dinner!
Mike Rowe is my hero!
What, no i1 poses with Mike Rowe?
OMG its Noah from Phonedog :) he's the best tech reviewer
Fat Hands
I kinda want to get this just because of Mike Rowe
Video would be nice...
General Engadget commenter:
"Nark this isn't the new iPhone 3GS2 why would I care?"
Seriously, not a Nexteler, but had a job prior where we did Nextel and this would be fantastic. Direct connect is still important for dispatch style businesses, see factories, logistics, construction, you know jobs that Apple doesn't even think exist in America in 2010. Its great to see an actual smartphone on iDEN, I'm sure email and light surfing will be all that its used for besides the PTT and phone, so this seems perfect.
i see Noah Kravitz from phonedog.com is smoozing it up in the first pic. Whata douche
@nwhat
Do you expect him not to schmooze the people who lend him phones? His site would have /so/ much more traffic if he didn't get his hands on new hardware.
For entrees tonight, I have swordfish meatloaf with onion marmalade, rare-roasted partridge breast with raspberry coulis in a sorrel timbale, and grilled free-range rabbit with herb french fries
@Agent007 I looked at the salad more than the phone...
@Agent007 And what wine will you have with that, Sir?
@Agent007
God, I hate this place. It's a chick's restaurant. Why aren't we at Dorsia?
@Agent007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZWCdW_WaqU
Hey, its noah from phonedog.com lol
Hey its Noah, (did you know this is engadget... not phonedog)!! hahaha
Reviewing phones looks like such a tough job, I would so love to do it for a living.
I SEE PHONEDOG NOAH IN ONE OF THE PICTURES =D HECK YEA!1
new cellphones EVERY SINGLE DAY -_-"
can this be used on boost mobile?
I would so totally get this on Boost but I don't think those guys care to know that, just cuz your service is cheap doesn't mean you shouldn't have cool phones to go with it.
What are you guys eating???
How about eyes on. I can't see anything.
Really weary of these small or blurry or crap shots of new phones.
http://gadgetsdna.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/motorola-i1.jpg
ok then
Wait... it's runs Blur... but without Blur. Blur - Blur =/= 0? Huh?
that is a very attractive phone.
so, what processor is in this thing?
99% of the members of this board have no clue about the Nextel customers that will buy this phone. Loyal Nextel subscribers are a different breed. Mostly blue collar workers who use the radio feature for work and pleasure...because most of their colleagues also have Nextel radios. Yes, they call the radios. They use them all day to call out commands and give quick 'yes' 'no' answers while 1500 yards away from the person their talking to. This phone is for them.
@txbrandon can't a foreman or, say, a delivery supervisor also communicate to multiple handsets at once?
There are a lot of andorid phones comming out. There comming out with such force faster then winmo phones come out and they can be who they want to be. I am guessing its also because google does not make the manucafuctires pay a licensing fee. I do wish that google would ask people to stop making 1.* pones and have people make 2.* and talk to developers about 3.* so there in one moation. It makes it hard for programers to code for 1.* and 2.*
LOL.. Grab life by the Calls (Background advertisement in the first picture).
Where's Mike Rowe? He's the only reason I clicked the link. :(
I LOVE MIKE ROWE...REVIEW HIM AND HIS EQUIPMENT!!!
@monkeychef23 You sure you want his equipment "reviewed"?