IDEN has been an on and off again relationship with Sprint. Even Dan Hesse (CEO) admitted that Nextel was a mistake.

To bridge the IDEN/CDMA PTT gap, Sprint has tried a few things:
1) PowerSource - Additional IDEN radio in phone for PTT
2) QCHAT - PTT data link to IDEN over CDMA

Sprint has now announced that #2 is no longer an option. Which means that my dream of a PTT CDMA WinMo Phone on Sprint is dismal unless they feel like dropping in an IDEN radio in the device. That would be an interesting HTC phone.....

Even the IDEN Blackberry is not too inviting. 3G is so plentiful on other devices. Why would I want to take a business/multimedia device like that on a network that is in the data stone age?

I personally think they're trying to distance themselves from the network as much as possible for a sell off. But this is pure speculation. Being constantly disappointed, I figure this would be the next logical move. Who would pick Nextel up anyway?



http://www.phonenews.com/sprint-preparing-to-discontinue-qchat-in-favor-of-iden-again-9564/

Thanks to EngadgetHD, I've been made aware that the ATI DCT (Digital Cable Tuner) update has finally been released.
We're now up to 1.19.12

Did this on Windows7x64

1) Installing via Windows Update. Not available directly from AMD/ATI

2. Curious. Says it is installed, but it didn't update my firmeware. Guess I'll aimlessly restart the computer before I start getting too upset



3. Upon reboot, it automatically starts updating both of my DCTs. I can hear it restart each tuner after it flashes each



4. Confirmed on device homepage


5. Confirmed by recording a show. Family Guy was before the update. You can see it is DRM protected. You should be able to record a show after the update with no DRM