Cingular Wireless on Monday will launch a push-to-talk cell phone service, becoming the latest company to challenge Nextel's walkie-talkie-like technology. To date, no national carrier has ...

In the fierce battle among wireless phone companies, Nextel Communications Inc. has had one unique advantage: its walkie-talkie phones. The dual-use phones are especially popular with construction ...

Any child who has played with walkie-talkies knows that conversations on two-way radios don't resemble the kind we have on mobile phones. Mainly because only one person can talk at a time ...

Nostalgic for that Nextel push-to-talk capability? Sprint brings the feature back through a free app that works with select Android phones, including the Samsung Galaxy S4 and LG G2.

Available through the Sprint Nextel network, the Motorola i580 provides Sprint's unmatched Nextel Walkie-Talkie capabilities, allowing for instant one-on-one, group and off-network communication ...

NEW YORK -- Sprint Nextel Corp. on Tuesday said it will shut down the Nextel network as early as June 30 next year, cutting off service for its characteristic walkie-talkie-like Nextel phones ...

The wireless phone provider's focus on business spills over into the consumer market. ... Nextel's Walkie-Talkie Grows Up. By Phil Wohl – Updated Nov 16, 2016 at 4:35PM ...

Motorola i870 Handset Features 1.3 Mega Pixel Camera and Transflash™ Memory Slot. KIRKLAND, Wash. & PLANTATION, Fla. – Nextel Partners, Inc. (Nasdaq:NXTP) and Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) today announced ...

Nextel naturally has more of these phones to choose from. We found nine different Direct Connect-capable devices on the Nextel Web site and tested one of the newest models, the $299 Motorola i730 ...

Verizon Wireless Inc., the largest U.S. mobile telephone carrier, will begin selling a walkie-talkie phone as early as next month, marking the first such challenge to Nextel Communications Inc ...

AT&T announced today that it is launching a trial program to test out its enhanced push-to-talk services (PTT), which aims to improve communication between work groups in the mobile field service ...

Cave drawings, smoke signals, letters, Pony Express, telegrams, phone calls, text... New apps turn smartphone into the walkie-talkie in your pocket Chron Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...