We broke this sucker in its codename form of
"Cabo" at some point before the last ice age -- our memory's kinda hazy going back that far -- but it's just now getting around to reality, and it's looking every bit as good (by
iDEN standards, anyway) as it did back in the day. The i9 (as it turns out the official branding will be) features a 3.1-megapixel cam, GPS, morphing touch-sensitive keys on the front that change based on the current application (say, cam or media player) and the phone's orientation, and of course, push-to-talk -- in other words, this could end up being the ultimate execution in Moto's long, storied iDEN line. A last gasp, perhaps? An opportunity to go out with a bang? No word on a release timeframe yet, but we're figuring Sprint is going to make a big stink about this one when it materializes, so we're not too worried about it sneaking under the radar.
posted Oct 22nd 2008 4:02PM
3.1MP? how seemingly random...
bout time a super sleek iden phone was on the horizon for sprint/nextel.
looks neat though.
Looks like an iDEN version of the RAZR2 V9. I guess that's why it's called the i9?
It's true then!
Motorola really is stuck in 1990'
Right now I can think of at least 3 dozens phones better, smarter and generally much more desireable than this little turd
So can I, but they all come from Japan or Korea.
so you mean to tell me that this would not be desired by some current iden users? I can think of nearly a dozen people right now that would pay stupid amounts of money to have this phone in their possession.
for an iden user wanting something thin and svelte, best you got was the i830, which was still fairly small, but no comparison to the v8.v9m
What, no nub antenna?
someone please tell me this thing has wimax, since iden data blows. Im hoping only because the first rumor for this phone said it would have it.