You know how you aren’t supposed to make phone calls while you’re filling up your car with fuel? Well, there is a new handset from Motorola, the i356IS (“IS” stands for “intrinsically safe”), that was built with exploding fuel pumps in mind. Sprint Nextel will be carrying this handset which won’t release “enough electrical or thermal energy to ignite fuel and cause a fire or explosion.” That’s nice to hear, but will Sprint Nextel also educate all the pump attendants and station owners out there that this handset can be used? Features found on the i356IS also include Nextel’s Direct Connect push-to-talks service, a speakerphone, messaging, GPS, Bluetooth, organizer features, and support for Nextel’s second line feature. Not a looker, but it ought to work just fine.
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