Nextel now has it’s very own Smartphone the Motorola i930! There has been online talk about Nextel and Motorola releasing a Smartphone for at least two years now.
But now it’s no longer talk, the Nextel i930 for Nextel is reality. Well, it’s almost the perfect Nextel phone. (not to be overly critical, but we got to remain objective, right!?) For sure, this is no ordinary cell phone.The Motorola i930 lacks two essential features that most leading PDA’s usually have like Bluetooth and a backlit QWERTY keyboard. Ok, call me spoiled (I love Bluetooth and my Treo 650 has a touch screen need I remind?)
One could make a strong case indeed that the Motorola i-930 for Nextel doesn’t require Bluetooth as a necessary component because I-930 has Nextel’s famous walkie-talkie features and supports Nextel Direct Connect and Direct Talk Services and that’s just for appetizers. This Smartphone (not PDA) from Nextel has a ton of great features going for it that will make it a very popular Nextel phone.
Anybody planning to travel soon? Well if you are, this cell phone could be a very useful companion because it’s designed for use in over 100 countries around the world (i930 has some real serious network compatibility as it works with iDEN 800, 900, GSM 800, and 1900 ! ) without changing the SIM card, now that’s a lot of convenience! Add to that, the fact that this Nextel Smartphone operates on Windows Mobile software, has near WiMax high speed downloads, plus includes Pocket Outlook, Pocket Explorer, ClearVue document viewing software and Windows Media Player software!
What more needs to be said, the majority of typical Nextel customers don’t need a QWERTY keyboard and Bluetooth. With a Windows Mobile SE operating system, a 180Mhz processor along with the Windows Media player to play MP3’s and a VGA Digital camera to boot it’s obvious that Motorola and Nextel pulled out all the stops on the i930.
