To the editors of Phonescoop: Even though Sprint itself is stupid enough to do it, please don't use the term "walkie talkie" to describe a nationwide & international direct connect radio system that ...

Bellevue multibillionaire Craig McCaw is losing some of his control over Nextel Communications Inc., the company he helped build into the fifth-biggest provider of mobile-phone service in the United ...

NASCAR was another reason the Nextel phones were popular. All the pit crews were using them. This brought in a lot of fans to Nextel. Verizon tried their own me-too push-to-talk, but there was ...

Reston, Virginia-based NII Holdings, whose predecessor Nextel Communications pioneered the push-to-talk cellphone in the 1990s, has filed a petition for dissolution of its business. The Verified ...

A few months ago, the website for the startup Relay was adorned with smiling children and glowing testimonials from parents, illustrating how the $50 push-to-talk device would let parents chat with ...

Boost Mobile’s plans are already relatively affordable, due to the firm’s status as a prepaid subsidiary of Sprint. However, Sprint might be willing to make your prepaid monthly bill even more ...

A hardware startup called OnBeep is doing its best Star Trek imitation with Onyx, a clip-on communicator that works over any distance. The Onyx is a palm-sized orb that clips onto a lapel, sleeve, or ...

Nextel is now owned by Sprint, which is pulling the plug on June 30. But a Bay Area start-up is hoping to scoop up some of Nextel's customers. Nextel was the first phone to act like a walkie-talkie, ...

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. Sprint ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Sprint Nextel Corp. said it will start phasing out the Nextel part of its network in 2013, a decision that follows near-constant subscriber losses since Sprint bought Nextel in 2005.

said it would begin shutting down its Nextel network in 2013 and selected vendors to handle the integration of its wireless technologies into a single network in a project worth as much as $5 billion.

Personal information managers, or PIMs — those push-button or touchscreen pocket organizers, such as the Palm Pilot and Pocket PC — have grown to attract legions of fans and users. But the real ...