This selection of devices from leading manufacturers, with designs ranging from rugged phones that meet the rigors of military specifications to sleek new flip phones, will give customers new and exciting device choices with the same instant connection to the world’s largest push-to-talk community that they have come to expect from Nextel Direct Connect.

Sprint plans to expand the availability of these and other new Nextel Direct Connect devices in additional markets through the remainder of 2008 and early 2009.