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Motorola lets loose TLKR T3 / T5 walkie talkies
Leave it to Motorola to unleash yet another completely corny prefix to label its newest two-way radios. Yes, we wish we were kidding about the "TLKR" part, but sadly, it's very real. Nevertheless, the TLKR T3 touts eight channels, up to 20-hours of battery life, around five-kilometers of range, a sleep mode, channel scan / monitor, an LCD screen, and comes in blue, orange and red colors schemes. As for the T5, it boasts a six-kilometer range, a backlit LCD, handsfree functionality, five call tones, slightly worse battery life, and arrives in red, blue, or black. Currently, pricing details haven't been nailed down, but you can snap these up (if you can get over the name) next month.[Via Pocket-Lint]
Motorola's MOTOTRBO does up walkie talkies all fancy like
Call 'em "digital two-way radio systems" all you like, we know you still want to shout codified field instructions to harried troops with 'em, no matter how many frills Motorola packs into its glorified walkie talkies. The all-in-one MOTOTRBO radios combine a two-way radio with local area text messaging, which does away with the delays and inconsistencies of cellular networks for good ol' industrial grade communications. The MOTOTRBO tech is dual-mode, so it'll work with new digital gear and older analog radios, and the system includes portable and mobile handsets, a repeater, data apps and other accessories to help businesses deploy MOTOTRBO at their own pace. Of course, this is enterprise stuff, so none of this is much to look at, but for the organizations that rely on this type of stuff, we're sure Motorola will be glad to take their monies and set 'em up right.
