Motorola's i365IS is intrinsically safe, intrinsically ugly

Oh, brother. If you're worried that Motorola's already brawny i365 just isn't robust enough to withstand the pressures of your daily life, there's the newfangled i365IS. If you're curious as to what the "IS" means, here goes: "intrinsically safe." Seriously. The handset, which would obviously play well in a recreated episode of Saved By The Bell, is a GPS-enabled push-to-talk device that is "safe to use in hazardous areas that may contain flammable gasses, vapors or dust." Obviously, the mobile will tap into the Nextel Direct Connect network in order to keep up with comrades, and its rugged chassis is certified for "military specification requirements including humidity, blowing rain, dust, shock and vibration." Further specs include a paltry 130 x 130 resolution display, Bluetooth and a talk time of around 300 minutes. There's no mention of a price or release date, but real men can wait, anyway.

[Via Mobiledia]

[Piper975 Posted Feb 8th 2009 3:28PM]

This phone, the Motorola i365IS has been for sale in Canada on the Telus/MiKE network for at least 4 months if not longer. It is an ugly phone and I can only see it being used in commercial/construction/hazmat situations due to the excellent standards it is incorporating with the Military specs.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 8th 2009 6:12PM]

Will it blend?

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 8th 2009 8:20PM]

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[(Unverified) Posted Feb 8th 2009 9:00PM]

Usually the target market for these phones is construction workers who don't care if it is "ugly". Motorola makes plenty of "fashion" phones for the fashion concerned. Motorola is just feeding sections of the market with what they need.

[shogunmaster Posted Feb 8th 2009 9:48PM]

Ya, construction workers use them to build walls out of.