Does anyone know if it is possible to use a Nextel with the Bluetooth system? If so, can you please tell me how I might go about it, I have the Bluetooth and would like to use it.

Thanks

 

i called nextel about this and was told by 2 different people that nextel doesn't support bluetooth and they have no plans to do so. i guess it has to do with their network (needs to be GSM i'm told). because of this, i'm in the process of porting my # to tmobile.

 

yup i'm stuck with i90c but I heard they're going to have more new phones soon, maybe this month or april.

 

Nextel plans to have a Bluetooth phone out in 4th Quarter of this year. Worse case... 1st quarter of next year.

 

ATL123.... Where did you get your info from?

 

Check out www.howardforums.com and go to the nextel section... I've heard it briefly mention there... but it's all mostly speculation... nothing conrete...

 

Bluetooth has nothing to do with the type of cellular signal, it's about wireless connectivity capability and nothing more. I use Sprint, strictly CDMA, and I have a Bluetooth phone. Verizon is also CDMA, but doesn't offer Bluetooth.

The industry still regards Bluetooth as a niche market. The current hot ticket is still camera phones, so we see a continuous glut of new models featuring more and more imaging and video capabilities. There is also a debate that Bluetooth makes it too easy for saavy users to employ a cell phone as a wireless modem, surf the internet for cheap while on the road, which places increased stress on cellular bandwidth capability.

When cellular providers and manufacturers perceive a larger, more profitable demand for Bluetooth phones, they will respond with new models offering Bluetooth capabilities.

 

i have a friend who works at nextel and he says they are no plans within the next 6 months for a bluetooth phone. he is currently working on the next new set of phones nextel will be releasing in the next 6 months

 

A friend was at a Nextel dealer meeting in las Vegas last week and saw a handset mockup and roadmap that showed this timeframe.

 

Bluetooth and Nextel, now that's 2 things you don't usually hear in the same sentence

 

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Use this information as you see fit, it comes directly from Nextel and our Motorola product rep. As usual, release dates and specs are subject to change, but the information we received today in a presentation was their sneak peek to whet our appetites for 2004: Here we go...

i605
monolith phone (candybar style)
- 176 x 220 color display
- similar form factor as i88s
- bluetooth enabled
- java enabled
- MMS enabled
- SD Memory slot
- 2 versions will be made (with or without 1 megapixel camera & flash)
- release scheduled 'Qtr 04, 2004'