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It’s been a while since the last time we reported on a rugged cell phone. But Sprint has just made an announcement concerning the availability of a brand new device coming from Motorola, which is expected to start selling sometime in the near future.

The so-called Clutch, or the Motorola Clutch i465 (this is the full name of the phone), is an iDEN phone, a rugged one, to be more precise, that is currently available for the customers via Boost Mobile.



As for the Sprint release, it seems that cell phone users that are interested in rugged devices will be able to have their own Clutch starting the summer of 2009. The price is of no more than $39.99, if the customer is willing to sign a contract agreement for two years, after a $20 instant rebate and another one of $50 mail-in rebate.

The Motorola Clutch is said to be the first cell phone to be sold as a Nextel Direct Connect phone that is equipped with a full QWERTY keyboard. In addition, it comes with a compatibility with the Military Specification 810F, a set of rules that are related to dust, high and low temperatures, low pressure, shocks of all sorts, solar radiation and vibration.



The list of features consists of the following elements: a display with a resolution of 128 x 160 pixels, a VGA photo camera, GPS and Bluetooth, push to talk, Group Messaging (the user is able to create groups of no more than 20 different contact and to send messages to these groups in the same time).

Those who want more information about the rugged cell phone can always register at the official website of Sprint where they’ll be able to find out details about the availability of the phone.

(Source: UnwiredView)