To meet thedemand for mobile devices with enterprise features, Sprint and Motorola Mobility, Inc. will launch two new smartphones with business-ready capabilities, built on the Android platform.
Motorola XPRT is the first Android smartphone from Sprint to deliver enterprise-class security, personal productivity enhancements and international roaming. Motorola TITANIUM leverages Sprint?s Push-to-Talk capabilities as the first Nextel Direct Connect smartphone built on Android 2.1.
Motorola XPRT will be available on Sunday, June 5, in Sprint Stores, Business Sales, Web sales (www.sprint.com) and Telesales (1-800-SPRINT1), for $129.99 with a new line or eligible upgrade and two-year service agreement. Pricing and availability for Motorola Titanium will be announced at a later date, Sprint said.
Designed for business users, Motorola XPRT offers a compact design built on Android 2.2, Froyo. The phone is equipped with a pinch-to-zoom capable touchscreen, 3.1-inch HVGA display, full QWERTY keyboard and 1GHz processor with Adobe Flash 10 web browsing.
Motorola XPRT delivers business-class security features with 256-bit AES data encryption and controls the IT department will appreciate, including the ability to remotely handle functions like enabling pin or password lock, password recovery and data wipe on both the phone and SD card if lost or stolen.
Motorola XPRT comes loaded with MOTOBLUR technology offering personalized content, including email and social media updates, delivered right to the user?s home screen.
Additional key features of Motorola XPRT include:
- Android Market for access to applications, widgets and games available for download
- Google mobile services, such as Google Maps with Navigation, Google Talk, Gmail and YouTube
- Corporate email (Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync) and personal (POP & IMAP) email
- Worldmode CDMA (EVDO Rev. A), GSM/UMTS (HSPA) international roaming service available in more than 200 countries
- 3G Mobile Hotspot capability, supporting up to five Wi-Fi enabled devices simultaneously
- 5-megapixel camera with camcorder and dual LED flash for low-light performance
- microSD slot, with a 2GB memory card included, supporting up to 32GB
- Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
- Wi-Fi b/g/n
- 1860 mAh Lithium-ion battery
Motorola XPRT requires activation on one of Sprint?s Everything Data plans, plus a required $10 Premium Data add-on charge for smartphones.
As the successor to the Motorola i1 launched by Sprint last year, Motorola Titanium is sleek, yet durable. It is the first iDEN device to combine Sprint's Nextel Direct Connect and Android 2.1, Eclair. It features a full QWERTY keyboard and 3.1-inch touchscreen display. Built tough, Motorola Titanium is designed to meet Military Specification 810G for dust, shock, vibration, low pressure, solar radiation, high temperature and low temperature.
Additional key features of Motorola TITANIUM include:
- Support for Nextel Direct Connect Services, including Direct Connect, Group Connect, International Direct Connect, DirectSendSM, Group Messaging and NextMail
- Android Market for access to applications, widgets and games available for download
- Google mobile services such as Google Search, Gmail, Google Talk, Google Maps with Navigation, syncing with Google Calendar and YouTube
- Corporate email (Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync) and personal (POP3 & IMAP) email
- 5-megapixel camera with camcorder, 4x zoom and flash
- Wi-Fi b/g
- Stereo Bluetooth
- GPS navigation
- microSD slot, with a 2GB memory card included, supporting up to 32GB
- 1820 mAh Lithium-ion battery