Motorola first QChat device is a rugged RAZR...

With the wireless industry’s three largest operators all offering push-to-talk options, it makes sense to have a look at what segment leader Sprint Nextel is doing in the space.

Qualcomm looses the battle with Broadcom over patents when the U.S. Appeals Court decided that the former violated Broadcom’s patents. The said patents include video compression, EV-DO, and QChat Push-To-Talk technology. Though the first patent was overruled, the other two patents were sustained proving Qualcomm guilty as charged. The verdict has confirmed the restriction that linked

Appeals courts reviewing previous decisions in the Qualcomm and Broadcom patent disputes have been busy cranking out rulings in the last week. This latest, issued yesterday, favors Broadcom. On Wednesday the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California upheld a unanimous verdict from a May 2007 jury trial in Santa Ana, Calif., which found certain aspects of Qualcomm's QChat...

With Sprint’s EVDO Rev. A-based QChat push-to-talk service eating in to its iDEN network’s instant PTT communications strength, it would make sense to offload the iDEN that they inherited with the acquisition of Nextel in 2005. And, Sprint’s CEO Dan Hesse confirmed today that the company is still looking to sell the iDEN network, pending

The same day it released the Motorola Renegade V950 clamshell, Sprint also launched the i365, another new handset manufactured by Moto. Unlike the Renegade though, which flirts with Qualcomm's QChat technology, the i365 is an iDEN phone, coming not long after the

Sprint today announced availability of its latest Nextel Direct Connect phone - the Motorola Renegade V950. This new handset features a slim, clamshell form factor built to Military specifications 810F for dust, shock, vibration and blowing rain and incorporates Nextel Direct Connect push-to-talk services. Powered by Qualcomm’s QChat technology, the Motorola Renegade V950 provides industry-l...

Sprint has announced two new Motorola handsets which, as well as supporting Nextel Direct Connect, are also ruggedized.  The Renegade V950 flip-phone and the i365 candybar both meet military specifications for dust, shock, vibration and blowing rain; the i365 also meets the humidity specification. The Renegade V950 uses Qualcomm’s QChat technology, has push-to-talk and Sprint Mobile

Sprint today announced the Motorola Renegade (V950), a slim push-to-talk clamshell built to Military specifications 810F for dust, shock, vibration and blowing rain. Powered by Qualcomm's QChat technology, users can talk to one or a group of up to 20 people with push-to-talk. With EV-DO Rev. A high-speed broadband technology, customers can access Sprint Music Store to download tracks over the...

Starting today, Sprint offers two new rugged phones by Motorola: the i365 is a plain but tough iDEN candybar and the Renegade V950 is the first QChat-powered phone to support a full range of multimedia data services…