Sanyo PRO-200
Directalk
That's a great question.
I'm 95% sure the answer is no. That feature used technology unique to iDEN and a special frequency band that I know these phones don't support.
The FCC rules for the PCS band might even explicitly prohibit that kind of function in these phones. (Assuming there were even a CDMA-based technology for it, which I don't think there is today.)
Anything these phones do has to involve the network, which basically means no DirecTalk.
I'm 95% sure the answer is no. That feature used technology unique to iDEN and a special frequency band that I know these phones don't support.
The FCC rules for the PCS band might even explicitly prohibit that kind of function in these phones. (Assuming there were even a CDMA-based technology for it, which I don't think there is today.)
Anything these phones do has to involve the network, which basically means no DirecTalk.
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Rich Brome said:
That's a great question.
I'm 95% sure the answer is no. That feature used technology unique to iDEN and a special frequency band that I know these phones don't support.
The FCC rules for the PCS band might even explicitly prohibit that kind of function in these phones. (Assuming there were even a CDMA-based technology for it, which I don't think there is today.)
Anything these phones do has to involve the network, which basically means no DirecTalk.
That's what I was thinking.
Too bad. This is a GREAT feature to have. ☹️
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According to our Sanyo rep that gave us a working demonstration of these phones PTTing eachother and another Nextel phone, he said DirecTalk is NOT available with these phones, but he did claim that future models will have that feature...
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erc said:
Anyone care to que me in what direct talk is?
It's like having a Moto talkabout built into a cellphone.
It's an off-network digital walkie with about a six mile range.
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Even if they do manage to create a direct talk mode for CDMA -- which would be a MAJOR technological advance, just like the fast PTT QCHAT that runs over the internet on the Rev A network is a major advance-- direct talk users on CDMA frequencies would still not be able to scan for channels in use by emergency personnel during a disaster when the national network is down, which is one of the main attractions of Nextel Direct Talk, because emergency responders using Direct Talk would still be operating on the iDEN frequency.
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