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Motorola Clutch has QWERTY smartphone style, PTT, military-grade toughness, no contract [review]

Motorola Clutch has QWERTY smartphone style, PTT, military-grade toughness, no contract [review]My girlfriend just got this phone.QWERTY keyboard is great, definitely better than the crapshoot that is my pearl. I think the problem most people will have with this phone is that it looks like a blackberry so they will...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Qwerty-keyboard, military-grade toughness, Motorola Clutch, QWERTY smartphone, toughness, PTT, smart phone, QWERTY, phone, Motorola Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-10

Cobra BT 200 Heavy Duty Handset with Bluetooth Wireless Technology

The Cobra BT 200 is a heavy-duty Bluetooth handset that features a fairly limited list of features. It makes calls, and that's about it. During our time with the BT 200, we encountered a few inconveniences, such no automatic contact-list importing and an unintuitive interface for advanced features like inputting...

Tags: Cellular phones, handset, Bluetooth, BT 200, British Telecommunications, PTT

Product reviews 2009-05-01

Motorola Renegade V950 (Sprint)

Photo gallery:Motorola V950The Motorola V950 is the fifth QChat phone that Sprint has released this year. We've seen the Sanyo Pro 200, the Sanyo Pro 700, the LG LX400, and the Samsung Z400, and now we come back to the company that pioneered push-to-talk PTT in the first place ....

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, phone, Renegade V950, Motorola V950, PTT, Motorola Inc., rubber, Sprint Communications

Product reviews 2008-09-22

Polycom @ Interop: Cisco may have PTT over VoIP, but we did it first and we're better

Polycom @ Interop: Cisco may have PTT over VoIP, but we did it first and we're betterWhat's the thing about "push-to-talk"?What's the point?Actually the 7921 does support 802.11bThe Wi-Fi certification for the 7921 (here: http://certifications.wi-fi.org/wbcs_ViewCertificate.php?product_id=5040), shows that it supports 11b. This isn't surprising, since 11b's CCK encoding at 11mbps...

Tags: Telephony, Wireless LANs, PTT, Polycom Inc., VoIP, Cisco Systems Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-05-25

Poker Tourney Tracker 1.0.2 (Windows)

Poker Tourney Tracker makes your poker tournament life easier by calculating important statistics, like ITM% In The Money and ROI% Return On Investment. With a very easy to use, yet efficient interface, PTT is a must have for the poker tournament player, online or live.

Tags: PTT, Roi/Tco, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Software

Software downloads 2006-07-18

Samsung SGH-D407

Cingular Wireless may have been somewhat late to the push-to-talk PTT party, but since it joined the fun last December, America's largest carrier hasn't been shy about introducing new PTT models. The first two handsets, the Samsung SGH-D357 and the LG F7200, did not offer cameras, but the third model...

Tags: Samsung SGH-D407, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., PTT, telephone

Product reviews 2006-06-16

Samsung SGH-D357

After a long absence from the GSM world, push-to-talk technology PTT is gradually creeping into new territory with the recent rollout of Cingular's new PTT service. Now, Cingular customers can chat away without using calling minutes and having to lug around a clunky Nextel phone. Take the Samsung SGH-D357: As...

Tags: Samsung SGH-D357, PTT, Cingular Wireless, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Product reviews 2006-02-23

LG F7200

The LG F7200 marks Cingular's first foray into push-to-talk PTT technology, making it the first phone from a GSM network to feature such a service. Long the domain of Nextel and the CDMA carriers, PTT has increased in popularity among consumers lately, and Cingular has clearly recognized that potential with...

Tags: Cellular phones, PTT, LG F7200, telephone, LG Electronics Inc.

Product reviews 2006-02-09

Speaking of ARPU economics, Schwartz does Sprint-Nextel ("Sprextel") math

Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Sprint and Nextel were in merger talks. Now USAToday.com and other news organizations are confirming that Sprint's acquisition of Nextel, valued at more than $35 billion, is almost done. Meanwhile, Sun's Jonathan Schwartz did the math to approximate how much that makes...

Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Cellular phones, WIRELESS, Wi-Fi, Nextel Communications Inc., PTT, CDMA, Sprint Communications, merger

Blog posts 2004-12-13

U.S. cell phone users pick up on new features

U.S. cell phone users pick up on new featuresIn the latest studyWireless phone users have completely perplexed the wireless industry by requesting a feature that is unknown to their upper managegment and marketing departments. They, amazingly, would like to use their wireless phones to make phone calls. This...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Wi-Fi, Now IT, PTT, phone, wireless, cell phone

Discussion threads 2004-06-03

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Nokia Mural 6750 (AT&T)

Photo gallery: Nokia Mural 6750Nokia has given U.S. carriers an interesting selection of cell phones over the past few months. We've seen quality music phones, quirky square models, and basic handsets just for making calls. The newest device to land on our desk, the Nokia Mural 6750 for AT&T, falls...

Tags: Engineering, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, AT&T Corp., Mural, Nokia Corp., phone

Product reviews 2009-10-16

Motorola Barrage (Verizon Wireless)

Photo gallery:Motorola BarrageMotorola has a long history of creating durable cell phones, but with the occasional exception, they've ended up at Nextel. As we've long encouraged Moto to spread the rugged love, we were glad to see it launch the Motorola Barrage for Verizon Wireless. So named (or so we...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, feature set, Motorola Inc., Verizon Wireless, Motorola Barrage

Product reviews 2009-10-08

Motorola Debut i865 (Boost Mobile)

Most iDEN push-to-talk phones are quite bulky, and come in either a clamshell or candy bar form factor. The Motorola Debut for Boost Mobile, however, bucks that trend. It is the first ever iDEN push-to-talk phone to come in a slider design, which gives it a rather svelte appearance. Aside...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Motorola Debut, push-to-talk, phone, Motorola Inc., Boost Mobile, push-to-talk phone

Product reviews 2009-09-18

TrueTTY 2.76 (Windows)

A program for amateur radio digital communications via a sound card. Supported modes are RTTY Baudot code, ASCII (7 or 8 bits), PSK31 BPSK and QPSK, BPSK63, QPSK63, BPSK125, AMTOR-FEC (SITOR-B, NAVTEX), MFSK16, MFSK8. HF-PACKET and UHF-PACKET (AX25) are supported in KISS-TNC emulation mode. SELFEC SITOR, AMTOR-ARQ (SITOR-A) and DTMF-code...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Audio Card, DXsoft

Software downloads 2009-09-02

News to know: AMD; Windows 7; Chrome OS; 'Slow IT'

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: AMD rounds out six-core Opteron lineup Joe McKendrick: In praise of 'slow IT' Mary Jo...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Information Technology, Operating System, Microsoft Windows, Photograph, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., PecoBOO, Microsoft Windows 7, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-13

Motorola Clutch has QWERTY smartphone style, PTT, military-grade toughness, no contract [review]

The Motorola Clutch is a fascinating hybrid of a phone. At first glance, it looks much like a BlackBerry smartphone: it's got a full QWERTY keyboard and its profile is a bit of a hybrid between that and a candybar phone -- meaning...

Tags: Phone, Smart Phone, Camera, Motorola Inc., Motorola Clutch, User Experience, Telecom & Utilities, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-07-10

In an economic downturn, prepaid mobile is big business

Why pay $100 or more each month for a two-year cell phone contract when you can pay $50 and keep yourself off the hook? At least that's the thinking behind the latest ad campaign by Boost Mobile, a prepaid, or "no-contract," mobile service provider whose parent company...

Tags: Segment, Mobile, Handset, Boost Mobile, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-07-09

If everyone bets on Android does anyone get an advantage?

If everyone bets on Android does anyone get an advantage?The ones who will have the best advantagewill be the ones who contribute the most and the best software. You reap what you sow in the F/OSS world.HTC already has a pretty big head start, and has already has learned a...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, OPEN SOURCE, Smart phones, Android Market

Discussion threads 2009-07-07

Motorla Clutch i425 (Boost Mobile)

Photo gallery:Motorola Clutch i425If you like Nextel's features, but can't afford the services plans, you'd be wise to consider Boost Mobile. Sort of a Sprint Nextel younger brother, Boost offers similar phones and services at a cheaper price. And now with the new Motorola Clutch i425, Boost also gets its...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, battery cover, multipage, Motorola Clutch, phone, Boost Mobile, i425

Product reviews 2009-06-16

Spracht Aura BluNote

Spracht is a small acoustic division of ODI that makes Bluetooth speakers and voice conference products for offices. The last Spracht device we reviewed was the Aura Mobile BT, which is a Bluetooth speakerphone designed to fit on a car's visor. Now the company has released the Spracht Aura Blu...

Tags: Engineering, Digital media, Digital music, Blu, speaker, Spracht, Aura Blu Note, Trance, Bluetooth

Product reviews 2009-05-21