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With the BlackBerry Curve 8350i, BlackBerry finally entered the world of Push To Talk. In the States we’re used to all that being on the Nextel network, which is infamous for its chirping walkie talkies. Other carriers have given it ago, but it doesn’t sound like they’re finding much success. Up in Canada, Telus is giving it a whirl with their MIKE network. Not only that, but they’ve introduce a text-to-speech function so that users can send PTT messages via text. To promote this they’ve set up Noordinaryphone.com. I only mention this because if you click on Demos and then click on Experience Push to Talk, you can check out their PTT demo. You can make the two men say just about anything. Not only that, but you can share it. So if you come up with something neat (but clean), you can share it on Twitter (which didn’t work for me), Facebook, and others. It’s a nice distraction on a gloomy (at least here) Friday.

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