http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/ Engadget Comments for Motorola's rugged i1 coming to Sprint: July 25 for $150 on contract http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/Jul 19th 2010 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/
does this thing even have WiDen? that web experience has to be awful even with Opera browser]]>Jul 19th 2010 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/Jul 19th 2010 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/Android 1.6?
Shame. Shame.]]>Jul 19th 2010 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/Jul 19th 2010 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/That deserves another "shame."]]>Jul 19th 2010 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/Jul 19th 2010 10:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/Jul 19th 2010 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/Jul 19th 2010 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/
Perhaps this phone isn't intended for people who read tech blogs? Push to talk has always been marketed towards blue collar/construction types.]]>Jul 19th 2010 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/
Right? I mean seriously, there is absolutely no reason 1.5 should be the shipping firmware on that. What the hell is Motorola thinking? Google outed 2.2 over a month ago (not that I expect this to ship with 2.2) and they are using a firmware that wasn't even cool anymore last November. ]]>Jul 19th 2010 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/Jul 19th 2010 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/Of course I can only say so much simply because I'm an EVO 4G owner]]>Jul 19th 2010 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/
Dude I feel the same way cause I work in construction n I wanted that phone but I also own an EVO n wow HTC set the bar high ]]>Jul 19th 2010 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/Jul 19th 2010 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/
Well said...some people need to read the posts better. If a phone with the size and specs of a EVO4G was made into a rugged version, it would cost a mint. Just have a look at the cost of Panasonic Toughbooks compared to your average lappie.]]>Jul 19th 2010 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/Jul 19th 2010 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/Jul 19th 2010 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/Jul 19th 2010 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/Jul 19th 2010 10:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/The positive side: it does not have any of the blur-crap]]>Jul 19th 2010 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/
Actually, it DOES have MotoBlur. It's just toned down big time. It's actually similar to the same MotoBLUR that is on the Droid and Droid X.]]>Jul 19th 2010 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/Jul 19th 2010 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/Jul 19th 2010 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/Jul 19th 2010 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/
It does look nice.]]>Jul 19th 2010 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/
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Why is everyone blaming Motorola? Did the original Droid come with 1.5? No. Did the Droid X come with anything less than 2.1? No. The same WOULD have been true here, BUT instead Sprint insisted that anything more than 1.5 was "overkill". Really? Because Sprint (which continues to lose 500K post-paid iDEN subs every quarter) somehow suddenly knows and understands the iDEN culture and user base? No.

Trust me, the Android 1.5 is all because of Sprint, and only Sprint. Simple as that.]]>Jul 19th 2010 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/
"The planet's first Android-equipped smartphone with Nextel Direct Connect...bringing military spec ruggedness, push-to-talk capabilities and a certain ability to withstand all sorts of death grip"

like a commentator mentioned, these phones are probably going to appeal to the person who more then likely works at a job where they need A) push to talk capabilities and B) needs the phone to be rugged enough that when they happen to drop it at the site they're at, it wont break into delicate little pieces.

if you have to use Nextel's push to talk and dont want to use those ugly bulky nextel phones, then this would be the perfect match between solidness and modern technology.
haha im sure the contractor isnt goign to worry too much about which OS update he/she running.

]]>Jul 19th 2010 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/
Ugly, bulky? Wow...that may have been true of Nextel phones in the past (say pre-2009), but wake up already. There have been some seriously nice Nextel phones launched in the last year or so...the BB 8350i for one, the i9 Stature for another. And even the i890 is a great phone, with a very slim form factor. If you're going to criticize anything, it's the lack of 3G data speed, but NII Holdings is already fixing that with upgrades to the iDEN network by upgrading to HSPA+. Sprint could (and should) do that too, but then how do they explain the superior speeds on iDEN when the company clearer only wishes to promote its own CDMA network?]]>Jul 19th 2010 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/
As far as them shitting it out as android 1.5 it makes no sense, it all goes back to "old world" thinking in terms of carrier/manufacturer/retailer.. They are still living in a world where things move at a glacial pace, where OS is either not relevant (featurephones/dumbphones) or where updates are widely spaced and largely designed around new/different hardware (windows mobile/symbian/blackberry)

This is the same deal as samsung getting deer in headlights look when questioned on the behold2 firmware updates etc. None of these manufacturers where ready for "moving target android" hell not even HTC who has been the most responsive (i know i know not saying much) in terms of smartphone makers.. has largely failed to deliver updates in a timely fashion..

All because in the carrier/manufacturer world.. these are not "updates" but rather "upgrades" and reasons for you to buy a NEW SHINY PHONE rather than update your old one.

That said.. at some point in time google, the hardware vendors, and the carriers are gonna have to make a decision on updates/timeframes/supported versions of devices.. or the entire android bubble will rapidly burst and become "the dumbphone OS of choice for carriers who like to brand things" rather than a *cough* smartphone OS *cough*

Someone posted that the "contractor wont care what OS version he is running" that is likely true, however he will care when he cannot download any apps at all because App vendors refuse to support outdated phones and 17 versions of the android stack just because moto is lazy.]]>Jul 19th 2010 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/
This is available prepaid on boost mobile. It is sold at best buy currently.]]>Jul 19th 2010 12:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/Jul 19th 2010 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/
LOL, stupid. It's not ugly at all.]]>Jul 19th 2010 7:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/Jul 19th 2010 1:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/Jul 19th 2010 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/
http://nextel.com.mx/Equipos/i1.htm]]>Jul 19th 2010 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/
Only Sprint insisted on putting 1.5 on it because, and I quote here from a Sprint employee, Sprint "didn't want the i1 to take away sales from the HTC Evo 4G." Really? They appeal to two completely different sets of users! Why would Sprint even begin to think that the i1 would compete with the Evo 4G and vice versa? Because they're both Android? Give me a break. Sprint purposely took its time releasing this phone and has given no real reason aside from it wants to see iDEN post-paids leave. It's as simple as that.]]>Jul 19th 2010 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/
Business as usual.]]>Jul 19th 2010 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/


Apple listen the phone cost 350.00 prepaid . ]]>Jul 19th 2010 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/Jul 19th 2010 8:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/motorolas-rugged-i1-finally-lands-on-sprint-july-25-for-150-on/Jul 20th 2010 1:50AM