Motorola intros i465 Clutch, company's first QWERTY iDEN device

Following the seemingly unstoppable trend toward QWERTY and heavy texting in the low end of the market, Motorola has announced its very first iDEN device to ever feature a full keyboard. The rumored i465 looks just a little better in glamorous press shots than it did before, and it's picked up a name along the way -- Clutch. Naturally, Boost Mobile is a perfect fit for the thing, and the Sprint division looks to be launching this quarter. Specs include Bluetooth 1.2, a 160 x 128 display, video capture via a VGA cam (hey, it's low-end, what did you expect?), and mil-spec compliance for shock, vibration, and all that good stuff that you might need when your phone hits the pavement. Pricing will be announced closer to launch, but we don't expect it to break the bank.

[Triscuit Posted May 1st 2009 6:29PM]

Wow, popular story, I guess.

[(Unverified) Posted May 1st 2009 7:29PM]

Nextel/Sprint/Boost sucks. Unless you want to overpay for a great walkie talkie...

[(Unverified) Posted May 2nd 2009 9:10PM]

Yea your right...because you can pay far less with Other carriers and their Prepaid/ postpaid services.

[(Unverified) Posted May 1st 2009 8:25PM]

No one want's to be excited by this. But we all secretly are or are kidding ourselves. Being excited by something called low end with a sweet deal is too egalitarian for the status-conscious engaget crowd to give a nod too. It might make them seem like their not leet and no one want to be the poor kid in the cafeteria. Juvenile bastards. It's cool to bash on ipod, but when you talk about the lowest of the low-end smartphone no one want's to talk some S**T?! Cowards.

[NOV14 Posted May 2nd 2009 12:33AM]

Or, you know, readers just generally accepted that this was a good move and nodded their heads in acceptance, moving on to read the next story.

[(Unverified) Posted May 2nd 2009 4:25AM]

i guess nobody cares abt moto on engadget?
and its breaking news?
wow!

[(Unverified) Posted May 2nd 2009 10:02PM]

i am a boost mobile customer. This is a great service for someone on a budget. I can call anywhere is the U.S. for 50 dollars a month. The unlimited calling alone makes this the best deal in the land. Cricket and other low cost carriers charge for calling outside your area (roaming). I can basically call anywhere from and to a U.S. number without to much worry.

[(Unverified) Posted May 4th 2009 6:15PM]

It's a museum piece. Check the N97 story which follows.

[(Unverified) Posted May 5th 2009 4:29PM]

A revenue-generating museum piece...

[(Unverified) Posted May 3rd 2009 9:30PM]

Reading all the complaints about Boost Mobile's text messaging lately has to have scared a lot of people away. Hopefully they fix it soon or else their days are numbered. Actually, who are we kidding. They're owned by Sprint.