Sprint and Motorola have announced a new addition to the push-to-talk (PTT) smartphone family with the Motorola Titanium. Succeeding the i1, it is the first iDEN smartphone to have PTT Nextel Direct Connect services on Android 2.1 Eclair. ) Motorola Titanium. The Motorola Titanium is probably the best iDEN smartphone available, but with outdated software and no 3G, it's far from the most advanced Android handset. Even though Sprint has indicated it will start the transition from iDEN to CDMA by the end of the year, it continues to release iDEN devices. Sprint has said that it will phase out its iDEN services by 2013, so it still has a few more years left to help the move along. The Motorola Titanium is one such handset, and is one of a few iDEN smartphones out there--indeed, the only other Android iDEN phone on the market is the Motorola i1, which is still sadly saddled with Android 1.5.
The Titanium isn't much more advanced, alas. It ships with only Android 2.1, which is a couple of generations behind at the time of this writing, and the iDEN network isn't known for fast data speeds. However, it has military-grade durability, Wi-Fi, corporate e-mail support, a decent keyboard, and it supports push-to-talk in the form of Nextel Direct Connect. Fortunately, Sprint has confirmed that Nextel Direct Connect phones will be compatible with future Sprint Direct Connect devices, so Titanium owners won't be left behind. The rest of the features are pretty standard for Android: Bluetooth, GPS, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, and a 5 megapixel camera with flash are all present. A 2GB microSD card is included and the Titanium supports up to 32GB cards. A large 1830mAh battery provides the Titanium juice, though Sprint did not release any expectations for battery life.
The Motorola Titanium will be released at a yet-to-be-announced date. Pricing information is not yet available.
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