Leak Sauce: Sprint's '08 and '09 iDEN lineup gets roadmapped
Sprint's iDEN lineup certainly seems to be alive and well -- despite what we've heard stating the opposite -- with the 2008 / 2009 roadmap boasting 10 new phones by Q2 2009. Starring in the outing -- and arguably its piece de resistance -- is the BlackBerry 8350i, a WiFi equipped, 2 megapixel shooter-toting, GPS-enabled device set to ship in Q4 this year. Also up for grabs in Q4 are the Mil-Spec GPS-enabled Motorola i576, and the mysterious -- we say mysterious as we've no real details yet -- Motorola i776. Q1 2009 ushers in with the QWERTY Motorola Monolith, the walkie-talkie styled rxxxx, what looks to be a Motorola V8, and some barely noteworthy Sanyo set. Motorola's Mil-Spec Immersion, the Sanyo Pro 410, and a Samsung music-centric slider will see us into Q2 next year. Sadly, details are all still very thin, but we suspect the releases will find their way onto these pages in the coming weeks and months.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
TeenBoy @ Aug 13th 2008 3:29PM
Those phones are either old, already on the line up, or just plain ugly. There are no attractive iDEN phones.
Will @ Aug 15th 2008 11:43AM
If by leaked you mean, taken from a customer facing powerpoint presentation being shown to anyone willing to listen..then WooHoo hot scoop!
Eric @ Aug 13th 2008 3:52PM
Leak Sauce sounds totally gross.
Michael S @ Aug 14th 2008 1:09AM
I wonder if Leak Sauce is sweet or salty?
superklye @ Aug 13th 2008 9:44PM
Why is the Touch Pro not on there? :(
John @ Aug 14th 2008 2:33AM
Was wondering the same thing, anyone know why?
pete @ Aug 13th 2008 9:54PM
This is not a Iden NDC roadmap. this looks like iden/cdma roadmap. first off the so called motorola i950 is actualy the v950 and it is a cdma phone with direct connect through qchat. and the sanyo is definitely a cdma. only motorola and blackberry can make iden phones. finally anyone noteice that over half those phones are already out. and what the hell where is the i876 or the i877 the all the other iden carriers already have out.
Riley Freeman @ Aug 14th 2008 8:14AM
notice how the cabo/i890 is not there? my i880 has stopped workng (canada telus) so after 4 years on iden time to go back to pcs
Michael S @ Aug 14th 2008 6:40PM
Why isn't the iDen iPhone on this roadmap?
Quinn @ Aug 16th 2008 1:27PM
is the new blackberry going to be CDMA with QChat
Don Louie @ Aug 30th 2008 1:52PM
I ordered the v950 today for $130