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Motorola pushes forward on talkingBy Jørgen Sundgot, Thursday 12 February 2004
Spearheading the push-to-talk revolution, Motorola adds three new push-to-talk handsets to its portfolio, supporting both GSM and CDMA technologies.

Motorola has announced three additions to its push-to-talk mobile phone portfolio, including the V400p quad-band GSM handset, along with the rugged T300p and sleek V65p handsets for CDMA network. Each of the new handsets are designed to deliver a distinct push-to-talk experience, adapted to meet the needs of a particular consumer segment.

The Motorola T300p brings more push-to-talk choice to the North American market
The new Motorola V400p is a quad-band GSM push-to-talk handset which combines a speakerphone, dedicated push-to-talk user interface and one-touch button access with an integrated camera, downloading capabilities and MP3 ringtones. This handset will be offered across Europe and Asia.

CDMA customers gain two new models in the T300p and V65p, with the former sporting a rugged design to withstand rough conditions, a dedicated push-to-talk button and user interface and an integrated speakerphone for hands-free use. For consumers, the new Motorola V65p offers PTT communication combined with a sleek metal housing and colour screen.

Motorola handsets are currently in trials with numerous operators around the world, including Orange, which has announced it will launch its Talk Now push-to-talk service in ten countries by the end of 2004 - starting with the UK and France in the second quarter. Similar to push-to-talk services found in the U.S. but with a richer feature set, Talk Now will offer instant voice communication, group calling and messaging with real-time availability indicators.

Talk Now will initially be available on the Orange Treo 600 with further handsets announced later in Q2, including rugged devices for field-workers and consumer-style handsets, among which the Motorola V400p could be present.

Stuart Jackson, Orange's Corporate Communications Manager, said: "Motorola are a strategic partner of ours, and their heritage in the push-po-palk space makes an Orange and Motorola Talk Now phone a clear possibility - it's a great fit. Currently, we have only confirmed the Treo 600 as our launch product. However, the Motorola V400 is clearly a very exciting product and we are currently discussing this and future products with Motorola which we could use to range the Talk Now service."

Jackson also added that the mobile network operator has begun trials with a number of different handset vendors, and expects to offer a range of handsets following launch.

Additional hi-res pictures of the Motorola V400p and T300p are available on the following pages.
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