Motorola Android-powered PTT i1 Goes Official On Sprint

on 03/22/2010, filed in Home > CellPhones

We caught glimpses of this phone before, and now the Motorola i1 has gone official, and Sprint should be quite happy being able to offer the world’s first Push-to-Talk Android-powered smartphone. The Motorola i1 will be available in the summer, and will require an Everything Data plan in order to purchase and activate this phone. Features of the Motorola i1 include:

3.1-inch HVGA capacitive touchscreen display
Wi-Fi
Bluetooth
Certified body for resistance to shock, vibration and rain
Microsoft Document Viewer
Swype virtual keyboard
5-megapixel camera with Flash
microSDHC card expansion
Opera Mini 5 preloaded
GPS

Press release.

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Android: Android is the mobile operating system from Google. The software was originally built by a company called Android Inc, that was purchased by Google in 2005. From its modest debuts, Android has become a powerhouse that powers not only smartphones and tablet, but a host of other less high-profile devices and gadgets. Although Android is not a community-driven project, Google does release the source code as open-source under the Apache license. You can follow Ubergizmo on Android with Google Currents.

Motorola: Motorola is an American telecommunication company that has been split in two: Motorola Mobility (now a Google company) and Motorola Solutions. Motorola Mobility now focuses on handsets and set top boxes, while Motorola Solutions works on infrastructure and enterprise products. Motorola Mobility's best products are the Motorola RAZR M, RAZR HD, and RAZR Maxx HD. In Europe, Motorola has partnered with Intel to build the Motorola RAZR i.

Sprint: Sprint is one of the major wireless carriers in the USA. It uses a mix of CDMA, WiMax and LTE Networks as the backbone of its infrastructure. The company's network is also used by third parties and mobile virtual operators like Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile, and Assurance Wireless. Sprint has about 55M subscribers.

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