Beep! Beep! Your alerted!
Written: Jul 28 '00
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Pros: small, light, long battery, direct-connect
Cons: cell range, falls out of hip holster
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| gwsmith's Full Review: Nextel i1000 |
My company has deployed over 120 of the Nextel radio/phones to our field staff. We service customer's computer equipment, and this device allows us instant access to them. We did the pager senario, and it was a pain to get return calls from the field staff.
We have been using the Nextel products for the last 3+ years. Our current stock includes i1000's, i900's, and older models. They all work beautifully together, and the costs are completely outweighed by the saved time and effort.
I personally have an i1000, and have beat on it pretty hard. It is fairly rugged, and dependable. Here is a brief list of the pros:
Solid unit feel with more features than you can use.
Battery life is extended over previous models. With average use, I get about 36 hours of life prior to needing recharge.
The direct-connect feature is great, with the alpha or key number searching options.
Small, light, and it recharges fast. They also offer chargers with additional batteries, car chargers, and hip-holster.
Private and speaker options, alert and vibrate options are useful.
Now the cons:
The unit slips easily out of the hip-holster
The antenna is flimsy, and requires manual extension
The cell phone aspect does not have the greatest coverage
It drives the dog crazy when it beeps (my wife made me put that in!)
I think that if you or your company could take advantage of the direct-connect feature, that this is the best choice. Some in the company carry a different cell-phone to supplement this one, because of the cell-range issues.
Oh, and watch out for the auto-answer option. I had it go off when at a Red Sox game (had the ringer volume low, so did not hear it ring), and it auto-answered. Luckily for me, my wife could not pick out my voice from the crowd's.
Recommended:
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Amount Paid (US$): ???
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Member: Geoff Smith
Location: East Taunton, Massachusetts
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