Motorola reinvents the wireless phone

Motorola has unveiled the latest wireless handset that brings computing power to the palm of consumers’ hands and combines many of the capabilities of a personal digital assistant (PDA), two-way radio, interactive pager and Internet-ready mobile phone in a single device.

Users can easily and repeatedly customize these Java technology-enabled wireless handsets to meet their individual needs. These personal companion devices are available through Nextel.

The new handset model, the Motorola i85s, provides a convenient way for users to manage their personal and professional lives and is the first wireless phone in the Philippines to incorporate Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME), a software environment from Sun Microsystems.

With this new handset, a user can schedule a meeting in the phone’s datebook, submit an expense report to the office remotely, use the messaging feature to stay in touch with family members, play a Sega game during his freetime, and much more.

Users can also place and receive phone calls or use the handset’s two-way radio capabilities, which offer instant communications with one or hundreds of individuals at the touch of a button.

"The Motorola i85s provides users with everything they need to manage their lives more efficiently," said Mark Shockley, vice president of Motorola and general manager of the company’s iDEN International Markets Division.

"Users will now be able to customize their phone with applications to meet their individual needs, and have the flexibility to change and update the applications as their needs change," he added.

The Motorola i85s is designed to offer an unprecedented level of personalization to meet a wide variety of preferences. Users can easily change the handset’s settings to adapt to different environments, such as the home, office and the car, which can be accessed through the phone’s voice recognition feature.

For example, when in a meeting, the user can set a style that will activate the phone’s VibraCall silent alert, filter for important calls and change the size of the display text.

To accommodate multiple applications, the Java technology-enabled Motorola i85s has sufficient flash memory to store several applications, which can be repeatedly updated to meet the users’ changing needs.

It will come with several applications pre-installed, including productivity tools and the Sega game, Borkov. The J2ME technology’s off-line capabilities enable users to run applications even when disconnected from the network.