This makes no sense whatsoever. Sprint offers another PTT service that works over CDMA, why would they invite another iDEN phone to market. The sooner they switch all iDEN users over to feature compatible CDMA phones, the sooner they can start getting profitable again. iDEN users are leaving in droves to other carriers, obviously they aren't married to the platform.
You have obviously never been a Nextel user. So far there is not a compelling successor to the iDen PTT network. Last year I had to switch from Nextel to AT&T because the new office is so high up (69th floor) you can't get any service from any carrier. Sprint wanted $150,000 to run a micro tower to our office and AT&T offered to do it for $125 mo. I got the BB 8800 with the PTT service. With AT&T PTT you first have to log in to access the feature (takes about 60 seconds to load) then once you are logged in you have to add PTT ontacts by searching available users which means if I already have your PTT name but you are not logged in (it disconnects randomly on me) you will have to try again when they are logged in to add them. Once they are added you can see if they are logged in or not. Once you select the contact and press the PTT button you must wait (about 15 seconds) for the service to sync with the person on the other end and the connection remains active until you "hang-up". Nextel.....just punch in the PTT number you want and Press the PTT button. Your connected or not and talking right away. For all the work and time it takes to get the AT&T PTT connected I could have dialed the cell number and carried on a complete conversation. If I could get the Curve and service at this location I would go back in a heartbeat and many of my colleagues feel the same way. We're not fanboys we just know what we like and nobody beats Nextel at PTT. Sprint just didn't get this when they bought Nextel.
because PTT on iDen =s Teh BEST. PTT on anything else is nowhere near as good, for the simple reason that its just not implemented and integrated like it is on iDen. Sadly, PTT is the only thing Nextel has going for itself, because Iden is just so freakn obsolete when it comes to everything else.
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This makes no sense whatsoever. Sprint offers another PTT service that works over CDMA, why would they invite another iDEN phone to market. The sooner they switch all iDEN users over to feature compatible CDMA phones, the sooner they can start getting profitable again. iDEN users are leaving in droves to other carriers, obviously they aren't married to the platform.
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You have obviously never been a Nextel user. So far there is not a compelling successor to the iDen PTT network. Last year I had to switch from Nextel to AT&T because the new office is so high up (69th floor) you can't get any service from any carrier. Sprint wanted $150,000 to run a micro tower to our office and AT&T offered to do it for $125 mo. I got the BB 8800 with the PTT service. With AT&T PTT you first have to log in to access the feature (takes about 60 seconds to load) then once you are logged in you have to add PTT ontacts by searching available users which means if I already have your PTT name but you are not logged in (it disconnects randomly on me) you will have to try again when they are logged in to add them. Once they are added you can see if they are logged in or not. Once you select the contact and press the PTT button you must wait (about 15 seconds) for the service to sync with the person on the other end and the connection remains active until you "hang-up". Nextel.....just punch in the PTT number you want and Press the PTT button. Your connected or not and talking right away. For all the work and time it takes to get the AT&T PTT connected I could have dialed the cell number and carried on a complete conversation. If I could get the Curve and service at this location I would go back in a heartbeat and many of my colleagues feel the same way. We're not fanboys we just know what we like and nobody beats Nextel at PTT. Sprint just didn't get this when they bought Nextel.
because PTT on iDen =s Teh BEST. PTT on anything else is nowhere near as good, for the simple reason that its just not implemented and integrated like it is on iDen. Sadly, PTT is the only thing Nextel has going for itself, because Iden is just so freakn obsolete when it comes to everything else.