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Cingular Pushing PTT

Posted by Staff on Dec 11, 2006 2:41 pm 5 comments
Filed in AT&T, EDGE, Exclusives, GSM, HTC, Handsets, Palm, RIM, Sections, UMTS

I know I am not the only one who has noticed Cingular finally getting some decent push-to-talk phones for a change, but has anyone noticed that most of the top data devices are supporting PTT?  The recently released Blackberry Pearl was launched with push-to-talk as a Cingular exclusive feature.  The same applies to the 8525 which has a push-to-talk button with Cingy promising functionality due Q1.  Recently we found out that the Treo 680 will be receiving an update to include push-to-talk in its feature list, and the long awaited 4.2 OS upgrade for the 8700 can also be added to the pile. Should we expect the Blackberry 8800 to have it as well?  I guess we can get our emails and bleep it too.

5 comment(s) for this post.

  1. On Dec 12, 2006 @ 9:45 am, Eyerone Said:

    i went to a local cingular store the other day and noticed that PTT button on the 8525 and thought it was pretty cool addition to the ppc. i have a friend who is manager at one of the stores and they mentioned how they were going upgrade the rom of the 8125 so that the “voice dial” button functions as a PTT..which is something i wouldnt doubt, but i dunno if i believe them tho..

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  2. On Dec 12, 2006 @ 8:10 pm, LDCMobile Said:

    I thought the PTT feature was going hand in hand with their upgrade on bandwith and additional 3g features. Also with fewer “Brand New” subscribers available the carriers will really need to focus on additional sources of revenue besides locking folks into contracts

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  3. On Dec 13, 2006 @ 2:38 am, Charles Douglas Said:

    PTT has been around for over a year and doesnt really have anything to do with the 3G network. Cingy just didnt have any really good hardware available till now to support it.

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  4. On Dec 13, 2006 @ 4:20 pm, John Doe Said:

    I have also heard from you that love cingular video or hate to love it because it isn’t on limited phones, in any case, the 8525 should be privaladged to that in Q1/2007 also, at least that what my rep told me

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  5. On Dec 17, 2006 @ 9:29 am, JG Said:

    The pearl is a great place to start with this PTT push…

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