Motorola i580
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Posted: 09 May 2006 Announced: 04 Apr 2006
Market Status: Released
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US carrier availability: Sprint - Discontinued Sprint Nextel - Discontinued Southern LINC - Discontinued
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The i580 is high-end rugged clamshell IDEN phone with high-speed WiDEN data and PTT. It two color displays, slot for memory card and features music player, as well as Bluetooth and Speakerphone

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Motorola i580 specifications

Pros

No pros

Cons

It is so thick it needs a personal fitness trainer (1.20 inches)
Low resolution display (176 x 220 pixels)
Low-resolution camera (1.3 megapixels)
The camera lacks autofocus
Lacks a standard (3.5mm) headphones jack
Lacks an ambient light sensor for automatic screen brightness adjustment

Design

Form factor:
Form factor - Refers to the form factor of a phone. The main handset designs are bar, clamshell, slide, swivel
- Clamshell
Dimensions:
Dimensions - Phone's dimensions
- 3.70 x 2.30 x 1.20 (94 x 58 x 30 mm)
Weight:
Weight - Phone's weight
- 5.08 oz (144 g)
  the average is 4.4 oz (126 g)

Display

Resolution:
Resolution - Refers to the width and the height of the display
- 176 x 220 pixels
Technology:
Technology - Refers to the type of the color displays. There are five major types: LCD, TFT, TFD, STN and OLED
- TFT
Colors:
Colors - Shows the number of colors that the display supports
- 262 144
Additional display:
Additional display - Shows specs of the phone's additional display
- - LCD
- Resolution:
  Resolution - Refers to the width and the length od the additional display
  - 96 x 32 pixels

Battery

Talk time:
Talk time - Maximum talk time in hours
- 2.75 hours
  the average is 7 h (448 min)
Stand-by time:
- 2.9 days (70 hours)
  the average is 16 days (390 h)
Capacity:
Capacity - Shows the battery capacity in mAh
- 750 mAh

Hardware

Storage expansion:
Storage expansion - Capability to add additional memory to your phone.
- Slot Type:
  Slot Type - Shows what type of additional memory can be added to the particular phone. Eight major memory slot types are available: MMC, SD, CF, Memory Stick Duo, miniSD, RS MMC, TransFlash (microSD), Memory Stick Pro Duo
  - microSD

Camera

Camera:
Camera - Camera specs
- - 1.3 megapixels
- Features:
  - Digital zoom, Self-timer
Camcorder:
- - Yes

Internet browsing

Browser:
Browser - Capability to access special Internet sites using the mobile phone
- - Openwave 7.0.2 Browser
- Supports:
  - WAP 2.0

Technology

iDEN:
iDEN - iDEN (Integrated Digital Enhanced Network) is a wireless network standard developed by Motorola and used by Nextel Wireless. It operates at 800Mhz, 900Mhz and 1500Mhz frequency bands and it is a mixture of TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) and GSM arhitecture. It allows the use of one mobile device as a digital phone, pager, two-way radio and fax/modem.
- 800, 900 MHz
Data:
Data - Shows the particular phone's type of data. the major mobile phone data types are GPRS, CDMA2000 1xRTT, EDGE, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, UMTS, etc.
- WiDEN
Satellite system:
- GPS

Phone features

Phonebook:
- 600 entries, Caller groups, Multiple numbers per contact, Picture ID, Ring ID
Organizer:
- Calendar, To-Do
Messaging:
- SMS, MMS (T9), Predictive text input

Connectivity

Bluetooth:
Bluetooth - Low power radio technology replacing the need for wires connecting electronic devices such as personal computers, printers, palm top computers and mobile phones.
- - 1.2
USB:
- - Yes
- Computer sync

Other features

Notifications:
- Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones (16 voices), Vibration, Phone profiles, Speakerphone
- Voice dialing, Voice recording, TTY/TDD, Push-to-Talk

Availability

Officially announced:
- 04 Apr 2006

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