Sprint and Motorola made officially the  push-to-talk phone for Nextel – the Motorola Brute i680 and is available for $119.99 (with a 2-yr contract and a Nextel Direct Connect calling plan).

The Brute i680 is a bulky clamshell that meets the Military Specification 810F for shock, vibration, dust, low and high temperatures, radiation, salt fog, humidity, blowing rain and low pressure.

The new phone comes with Sprint Nextel’s exclusive Public Safety application, which “allows public safety personnel to communicate, even if they are out of network range – an irreplaceable communication tool in times of emergency.”

Motorola Brute i680 also features:

• 2.2 inch internal display with 176 x 220 pixels, 1.3 inches external display with 120 x 160 pixels
• GPS
• Stereo Bluetooth
• MP3 player
• Web browser
• Email
• Threaded messaging
• 2MP camera with flash
• 180MB of internal memory
• Memory card slot

Sprint announcedthe forthcoming launch of the LG Rumor Touch and Lotus Elite featurephones.

The LG Lotus Elite features an external touchscreen, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, 2.0 megapixel camera with video recorder, microSDHC expansion slot and speakerphone.The red LG Lotus Elite will be available January 10th while the black version will launch on February 14th at $149.99 after new 2 year agreement before an additional $50 mail-in rebate, bringing the total to $99.99.

The blue LG Rumor Touch have a big screen measuring 3.0 inch and is touchscreen at WQVGA resolution, sliding QWERTY keyboard, Bluetooth with stereo audio support.Like the LG Lotus Elite have a 2.0 megapixel camera with video recorder, microSDHC expansion slot and speakerphone with no firm release date at this time.

Sprint and Kyocera rolled out the SANYO Incognito SCP-6760 which features a Titanium Black mirrored external surface that jumps to life with the activation of the phone’s glow-through keypad and OLED external display.

The phone boasts a full QWERTY keyboard and a 2.6″ QVGA internal display. Incognito will launch exclusively online Nov. 30, known as “Cyber Monday”, and in all Sprint retail channels beginning Dec. 6 at a budget-friendly price of $49.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year Service Agreement.

Specifications:

• 2.0 MP camera and camcorder
• Glow-through keypad and 1.1-inch OLED external display
• Customizable Sprint One Click carousel
• Parental controls
• Sprint Family Locator uses GPS to locate loved ones anytime on an interactive map
• Memory: 256MB ROM/128MB RAM with expandable microSD
• Integrated BluetoothÒ wireless technology
• Wireless Backup to manage contacts list
• Dimensions: 4.2″ x 2.2″ x 0.7″
• Weight: 4.3 oz
• Internal Display: 2.6” TFT LCD QVGA (320 x 240 pixels); External display: 1.1” OLED
• Removable lithium ion (Li-ion) battery provides up to 5.1 hours of continuous talk time
• Music formats supported: AAC/AAC+/MP3/WMA
• Video formats supported: H.263/H.264/MPEG4/WMV

The Sprint HTC Hero is one of the latest models which is embedded with the Google Android operating system. There are only handful mobiles with this OS enabled and among them Sprint HTC Hero is one.  The shape of the mobile phone is also quite interesting. It is some what like a tablet form. You will find in it HVGA touch screen. This is the touch screen which every one wishes for, due it its various cool features.

Sprint HTC Hero is fully wi-fi along with wire less broadband. So you will just not find any difficulty in its connectivity. If we talk about its build and design, then it is among the best mobile phones we have ever had. The company has manufactured it with full care that an individual do not find any short coming of it. The keyboard provided in the mobile phone is also quite convenient to use. So have a good look at all the features of Sprint HTC Hero, which it has to offer you. Don’t worry about the rates, they are also reasonable. So check it out today only.

Available exclusively from Sprint for $179.99 with two year agreement after mail in rebate.

Additional features include:

• Stereo Bluetooth 2.0
• accelerometer, light sensor and home screen widgets for improved usability
• microSD slot (32GB capable, 2GB included)
• Sprint TV with live and on-demand programming
• NFL Mobile Live and NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile
• easy access to social networking sites, including Facebook, Flickr and Twitter
• visual voice mail for quick and easy access to specific voice mail messages

Sprint say that they will be adding the BlackBerry Curve 8530 to their smartphone lineup.

The Curve 8530 features BlackBerry OS 5.0, a landscape HVGA resolution display, dedicated media player keys, 3.5mm headphone jack, optical directional pad, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, redesigned QWERTY keyboard and Wi-Fi radio. It also includes preloaded applications including BlackBerry Media Sync, Sprint Music Store and Sprint TV access as well as a 2.0 megapixel camera with video recorder. The BlackBerry Curve 8530 will be available in three color options – Black, Royal Purple and Red.

Sprint also has rolled out the Sanyo 3810 and the long-awaited Samsung Moment.The Sanyo 3810 features an external display with a mirror finish when not in use, internal 2.4 inch QVGA display, large keypad, menu size control larger for easy navigation through menus and sub-menus, 1.3 megapixel camera with digital zoom and Bluetooth.

The Moment features Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail and YouTube while featuring a Sprint first 3.2-inch AMOLED touchscreen display, sliding QWERTY keyboard and a virtual keyboard. Device navigation is handled by an optical joystick. Rounding out the featureset is an 800 Mhz processor, Wi-Fi radio, integrated GPS support, 3.2 megapixel camera with video recorder, stereo Bluetooth, microSDHC expansion slot and speakerphone.

Wireless provider Sprint started shipping its first slider phone that supports its Nextel Direct Connect push to talk service, the Motorola Debut i856. This phone provides users with the option to switch from active push to talk call to an interconnect voice call with a button specially meant for this purpose. The handset comes with a built-in MP3 player with external music controls and a 3D Audio equalizer. Audiophiles will love this feature.

The phone also offers Bluetooth with wireless headphones with a 3.5mm audio jack, a 1.3 megapixel camera with4x digital zoom and video capture. A GPS Sensor allows the captured images to be traced. The phone also offers a 2.2 inch color display of 172×220 resolution. Data or information can be stored in the external microSD cards; with up to 8GB storage capacity. Sprint’s TeleNav Navigation service and web browsing are supported by this Debut phone. This phone is priced at $100 with a two-year contract after a $50 mail-in rebate.

Here is the first slider phone offering push-to-talk service, Motorola Debut i856, is now available from Sprint .You can buy the Motorola i856 for $99.99 with a 2-yr contract agreement, or $299.99 free of contract.

The phone features a 1.3MP camera with video recorder, external media controls and Bluetooth with stereo audio support along with threaded messaging and speakerphone.