Moto’s iDEN Opus One is the i1, will have MOTOBLUR
Remember the Opus One, the Android-powered iDEN handset from Motorola we scooped and then spec’d just before Christmas? Well apparently it’s going to be made official sometime in the next few weeks (hello, CTIA!) and will feature one added but obvious goodie: MOTOBLUR. Since we know most of you don’t have encyclopedic memories, here’s a bit of a refresher on what we’ve been told this phone is all about:
- 3.1″ hVGA 320×480 capacitive touchscreen display
- 3 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash
- Accelerometer
- Proximity sensor
- Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
- Bluetooth
- microSD card slot
- 2.5mm headset jack
- Home, Menu, Back, Speaker buttons are capacitive buttons with haptic feedback
- iDEN PTT & PTX
- Android LBS which is integrated into the iDEN GPS engine
- “Enterprise email”
- Plastic-molded housing with some rubberized texture finishes
- 58mm in width, 118mm in length
- 100g weight
- 512MB Flash / 256MB of RAM
- 64k and 128k iDEN SIM card support
- A-GPS
- Motorola dual-mic technology noise-canceling for noisy environments
- Flash Lite v3.1.x
- Some of the preloaded apps include: corporate email client with ActiveSync support, MOTONAV navigation app, barcode scanner, and document viewer.
Obviously without being official it’s not possible to confirm carriers, but naturally Sprint’s Nextel and Boost are going to get on board while TELUS’s Mike is said to be getting it in Q3.
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You can turn of Blur ##motobluroff
Still waiting to see a Sprint Motorola Android device, but this looks like a good phone for the Nextel/Boost customers. CDMA for Voice/Data would be a wiser option though.
Smh, how the first person to comment negged out, and all he did was help post up a video of the device? I don’t get this point system shit.
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I forgot about this phone.
Aren’t download speeds really slow on iDEN networks??? I wonder how long it’ll take to download apps on this thing, or worse firmware updates…yiikes
Since it has Wifi you’d like want to use that for epic application/firmware sessions.
Like the specs but what an ugly phone!
This is called a Cliq XT. am I correct?
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Could it possibly be a mix of iden for walkie talkie and cdma for data/voice?
This is NOT the Cliq XT and it is a iden phone with wi-fi, no cdma.
that’s good…CDMA sucks and is for people that live in the country
could this be sprints next phone then.
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Definately for Nextels network
doesn’t really make sense to obligate a Sprint Nextel subscriber to $30 monthly data plan but not be able to provide the 3g speed on the the iDen network….
According to NII Holdings, they’re deploying 3g over iDEN so this phone might be enabled for 3g. Hopefully!
What is wrong with Motorola? Looks like they want return to the era in which nobody care about their phones. Its a Horrible looking phone.
its made for construction jobs and such. This phone can be dropped stepped on and even submereged in water and not break. Thats why its so damn ugly, its prob tougher than you alex…
Are you sure this is a rugged (i.e. IP54 or IP67 type) device? Just because it has Iden PTT doesn’t mean it is rugged. That said I would really be interested in a ruggedized smart phone. I have no interest in paying $200 or more for a phone that I will carry with me everywhere everyday yet might break if I happen to sit down with it in my back pocket.
Did you watch the video? LOL
Dude “found” the phone on the beach.
As a cost cutting measure…I am all in, provided it ships with at least android 1.6.
2.5 mm jack ? really moto this is 2010 !!!
Looks like a good phone! I guess my question is why can’t this be a hybrid phone CDMA/iDen?
Its appleblur, not motoblur. steve jobs invented it and moto stoled it. keep posted for upcoming lawsuit.
Lol you say that like apple should be pround the blur feature is such a piece of crap and I would never own a phone that has motoblur or similar feature on it unless it can be completely removed as its useless and kills your productivity. I am excited to see new iden phones but I use boost now and you can use sprint cdma fast phones on boost now instead of just the iden phones so really now iden is pointless. i dont even know anyone who uses PTT anymore was big around 2000 or 2001 but after that was pointless
I didn’t know iDEN could handle Android. Seriously, I cannot image surfing on the web with iDEN. :S
OK, So I’ll admit it’s not the nicest looking phone but for the Nextel user it’s a welcome addition. Yes you can say whatever you want about IDEN but afterall it was designed for only one purpose in mind: Direct Connect. If you really do need and rely on direct connect (both for local and international “calls”) you learn to live with the limited phone options , afterall this IS a workphone not a playphone. When the Blackberry 8350i came out i thing every white collared Nextel user was overjoyed even though its non-direct connect equivalent had been out for years and I am sure it is the same feeling now that we await the release of the Motorola i1.
Bottom Line? Yes it’s not great but it’s as good as we’ll get for (based on Nextel/Sprint’s history) quite a while.
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100225-722872.html