Artillery-grade Motorola i580 relased on Sprint-Nextel
By Darren Murph 
posted Jul 11th 2006 8:20AM
posted Jul 11th 2006 8:20AM
Continuing on a trend of newly unveiled everything-proof devices, we present Motorola's i580 phone. This beast is made to withstand the everyday abuses a cell phone takes and pretty much everything else you could possibly subject it to. Dust, steep falls, extreme temperatures, rain, and solar radiation won't harm the iDEN-capable device released on the Sprint-Nextel network. Aside from being one of the most resilient phones available, this clunker actually has a surprising array of features for its class. You'll get a 176 x 220 pixel screen, 1.3 megapixel camera (with video capability), Bluetooth, GPS, microSD, and the modern convenience of PTT that utilizes Direct Talk for off-network usage while exploring. The actual talk time, however, is lacking; you'll only get 2.75 hours of talking in on a full charge. The built-in insurance that comes with such a rugged phone doesn't come cheap: it's available now for $229.99 when purchased with a 2-year contract.[Via Mobile Whack]
Being a Nextel subscriber, I'm happy this news was worthy of it's own article, but that's definately a picture of the i850...not the i580. But I can understand getting the digits reversed :-)
***D'oh! Darn Moto and their numbering system...it's fixed, thanks!*** -DM
No problem DM!
This phone is flippin' awsome. If I hadn't wasted my bi-annual updrage already, I'd order this bad boy for sure.
Wicked!, i break phones like they r Plastic or something, this sounds like its goinna be what i buy after my v551 breaks, prolly very very soon
Stress, try google for i580 shots. this new i580 seems great.
hey guys, forget those cheapo razrs, get your girlfriend this! i'm sure if you paint it pink, put enough rhinestones on it, and buy her a case, she won't give a crap. and she'll be able to download tunes onto it even after she "accidentally" "dropped" (more like threw) it on the ground in a hissy fit. a razr will be reduced to pieces, but this thing will keep a tickin'!