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Motorola i9 for Sprint-Nextel gets FCC approval

Posted by Zach Epstein on Oct 22, 2008 2:33 pm 9 comments
Filed in Handsets, Motorola, Sprint

The FCC strikes again. Sprint customers who still get their iDEN on should be happy to learn the upcoming Motorola i9, first seen back in May with the name Motorola i890 “CABO”, has just made its way through the FCC approval process and it’s ready to go. Actually, the i9 is something a little new from Moto - no, Motorola isn’t dropping the RAZR form factor anytime soon but this time they’ve thrown some ModeShift into the mix. Yep, the cool backlit buttons found on the ROKR E8 and other models can also be seen on the i9. If you’ve yet to play with a ModeShift-enabled Moto, it’s actually pretty cool. Button labels are displayed via the keypad backlight and the labels and function of certain buttons changes according to the area of the UI you’re in. Toss some haptic feedback into the mix and you’ve got ModeShift. Other i9 spec highlights include a 3.1 megapixel camera, integrated GPS and stereo Bluetooth. No word yet on when the i9 might drop or where pricing will be but smart money is on a pre-holiday release.

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9 comment(s) for this post.

  1. On Oct 22, 2008 @ 2:50 pm, Graham Said:

    Now that is one ugly phone…

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  2. On Oct 22, 2008 @ 3:12 pm, xxco Said:

    form factor looks like a skinny kickstart (pearl flip)

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  3. On Oct 22, 2008 @ 5:10 pm, EPS Said:

    Looks like they’ve figured out how to make iDEN phones without the antenna stub- I thought that was a requirement to get any halfway decent reception.

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  4. On Oct 22, 2008 @ 5:12 pm, werd Said:

    the kickstart is an ugly phone also…

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  5. On Oct 23, 2008 @ 2:24 pm, bmurf Said:

    This phone is not ugly what so ever. For an IDEN phone, this is really, really nice.

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  6. On Oct 23, 2008 @ 4:07 pm, pete Said:

    somebody please tell me this thing has wimax, as rumored previously. that would kick ass since iden data blows.

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  7. On Oct 24, 2008 @ 10:25 am, BJatSprint Said:

    Thanks for posting this article. There has been a lot of inquiry about the i9 so we appreciate you beating many news groups to the punch. The i9 will be great addition to our current line of phones. Also, those buying the phone will now be able to utilize our Ready Now program in any of our Sprint stores, where our staff members will show users how to fully understand all the features that their phone can do. We’ll keep you posted on the release date!

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  8. On Dec 9, 2008 @ 8:30 pm, chris Said:

    does it work like a nextel phone or a sprint phone?

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  9. On Jan 8, 2009 @ 2:30 pm, 0fss1110 Said:

    Nextel

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