Motorola announced two new enterprise-grade iDEN handsets – the r765 and the r765IS (intrinsically safe). Motorola’s r765 and r765IS solutions can help businesses speed up group communications and increase productivity with rich iDEN services including talk group and private calls, interconnect, messaging and data. Users also get isolated site operation, emergency talk group calls, status messaging and talk group scan. Moreover, organizations can continue to rely on MOTOtalk to enhance device capabilities with downloadable Java applications and provide workers with hands-free capabilities with Bluetooth wireless technology.

The r765 offers an impressive 1.0 watt iDEN output power for greater range while the FM/IS-certified r765IS delivers 0.6 watt iDEN output power. Dual SIM cards allow for two unique accounts on one handset, enabling administrators to quickly customize handset operation for different users through a simple menu selection and operate the radios on either 800MHz or 900MHz networks. The r765 will be available for purchase in the second quarter of 2009, while the r765IS will be available in the third quarter of 2009.