Motorola Inc. and Nextel Communications Inc. today announced the availability of the Motorola i760, a fashionable new handset with advanced features, including a large color display and five different ways to communicate.

The i760 helps individuals stay connected when it matters most with the following five powerful options:

• Digital cellular phone service
• Direct Connect, the nationwide and country-to-country instant walkie-talkie service that connects users to each other in under a second
• Group Connect SM , the new service which allows users to communicate with up to 20 other Nextel users nationwide, all at once with the touch of a button, and to set it all up quickly and easily from their handset
• Direct Talk, which allows users who are outside of the coverage area to manually transfer to a two-way radio-to-radio communication mode with a range of up to six miles depending upon specific conditions, such as terrain.
• Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) which allows users to send text, images and audio together, allowing a high level of expression and personalization