Motorola to produce the first iDEN Android, the Opus One?

6. artz1986 posted on 06 Dec 2009, 20:40 0 0

It'll probably chill on Sprint. I doubt Boost would be able to handle a data intensive device like this, even if they piggyback off of Sprint..

8. jo314089 posted on 08 Dec 2009, 13:50 0 0

Well Sprint already has 2 Android devices. The Moment and the Hero. This phone is supposedly the iDen network which excludes Sprint because they are CDMA only. There's no way possible that BOOST's network could handle something like this so they would have to piggyback off the Nextel network (iDen), and then the question is posed as to whether or not there network is even strong enough to handle it in the first place. I'm interested to see the prices and the release date. If it's decent then I have no doubt it will be a hot item. The first touch screen on the iDen network.

9. VDubb posted on 09 Dec 2009, 00:00 0 0

Boost's network is Nextel. There is no piggybacking since Boost doesn't have a network of it's own. It's a subsidy of Sprint Nextel (basically one of Sprint's company-owned prepaid services). Also, how does a network have to be "strong enough to handle" an Android phone? The phone is going to have to crappy data services when on iDEN (which will obviously be supplemented with WiFi because of that), but the people that are going to be utilizing it will not have a focus on data as much as PTT; however, it's a great alternative and will provide decent email and customization options, plus a large app selection and decent web browsing (when on WiFi) that Nextel users have been lacking in a device.