Sprint Defines Walkie Talkie's Future on CDMA
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Aug 16, 2007, 10:24 AM by (staff)
Sprint today also announced that it will launch CDMA handsets with Nextel Direct Connect early next year. This is not a hybrid CDMA / iDEN technology, but rather a compatible Push To Talk technology using the CDMA network which Sprint successfully tested late last month. Sprint said these handsets will come in a variety of styles, from ruggedized to sleek, and a variety of manufacturers. Sprint will continue branding their walkie talkie service Nextel Direct Connect as these new CDMA handsets will be able to work with iDEN handsets as well as each other. Sprint will also add new features to Direct Connect with these phones, including a single number for voice and PTT as well as PTT voicemail.
in other words........
motorola finally loses their patent and other cell phone manufactures can finally tap into the IDEN network.....
No patents have been "lost".
New CDMA phones with the new PTT feature won't work on iDEN at all, but rather a new CDMA-based PTT network, that will be interoperable with the PTT part of the old iDEN network until iDEN is phased out.
no.... only sprint can ptt nextel. you need a fast enough network and thats what sprint has. cingular cant because well look at thier coverage and its not as fast. verizon technically could but doubt they would because sprint wouldnt let it happen. an...
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That is not true at all. They are actually talking about Qchat, which was developed by Qualcomm, Motorola and Nextel. Sprint now has exclusivity to that so no one else in this country can use Qchat.
does this mean that Qchat is coming out?
is this Qchat or hybrid nets on one hpone? 🙂
Qchat is going to be on phones. It will come out.
QChat will be branded Direct Connect. That's the gist of it.
I just wanna know if CDMA Direct Connect is gonna "chirp" like iDEN Direct Connet.
The Chirp sound is soooo cool. 🤣
phones don't chirp darn it. Birds do.
i just wish
That att's ptt and the rest of the walkie talkies were compatable, then i might have a use for the stupid feature
That will not happen. Companies like Sprint do not want to get rid of that edge and some other PTT products out there are just awful so customers would not want that. We already see the issue with the problems with other PTT products out there with la...
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QCHAT is finally hear and running well
this allows you to ptt nextel and spint handsets using sprint towers all on the sprint mobile broadband network. noone has a more powerful network (wheres livingston? lol)
so no more need of a nextel phone. its a sprint phone with sprint coverage and roaming included but with direct connect. all with 1 number
i couldnt for the life of me remember the new system. thanks for reminding me. yeah qchat is what the next ptt evolution. what we need is more PTT PDA phones. i have alot of customers who still need that system and do not want the OLD blandberry....