QChat

QChat is a Push-to-Talk technology developed by Qualcomm.

QChat was givenFact|date=February 2008 to Nextel in the hopes of winning a CDMA upgrade contract for Nextel's iDEN network. After Sprint Corporation acquired Nextel in 2005, Sprint became the only company with the rights to deploy it. On [http://www2.sprint.com/mr/news_dtl.do?id=13880 October 16, 2006] Sprint announced they would deploy QChat over their EV-DO Revision A network. Qualcomm claims the connection speeds for QChat's Push-to-Talk are under a second, which brings the speed in line with Motorola's iDEN.

A video demonstrating the speed and interoperability has been [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An_FIV4PCFI posted at YouTube] , and the service is in live trials in Denver and Kansas City according to web reports.

Sprint's phones supporting QChat technology are set to be released April 2008.

Supported models include:

*Sanyo Pro 200
*Sanyo Pro 700
*LG LX400
*Motorola V950
*Samsung Z400
*Samsung Z700

ee also

*Readylink 8
*MOTO Talk [http://www.safecomprogram.gov/NR/rdonlyres/2A760632-ED13-46D0-9AB5-5E90C6596A4C/0/qchat_final.pdf Article with technical details of QChat]

External links

* [http://www.qualcomm.com/qis/qchat/Qualcomm QChat] (This link is dead as of Feb-08, and no suitable replacement seems to be available at Qualcomm's website)