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in more and more movies (eg 2 fast 2 furious) they use their mobiles like a walkie takie by pressing a button on the side of the phone,anyone know what this feature is called or what phones have it

They`ve been talking about this for a little while. It`s tricky in the UK since the regulations on the radio waves are much more strict than in the USA. But it`s still being considered.

i think it`s called "push to talk" nokia`s 6260 has a button on the side for it, i`m not sure but i think it uses gprs rather than "standard" line, which would make it dirt cheap to use :)


EDIT= yup, check here :) http://www.nokia.com/nokia/0,8764,58691,00.html

This item was edited on Friday, 5th November 2004, 16:28

The Motorla V400P is Walkie Talkie (Push toTalk) style:

At first glance the Motorola V400p looks a lot like other Motorola clamshell phones on the market, but the twist is that the V400p is one of the first phones to support Push-To-Talk (PTT), which allows low-cost walkie-talkie style calls to be made to individuals or groups over the GPRS network.

PTT phones are pretty thin on the ground, but Motorola have come up with a stylish mainstream design very similar to their other V-series clamshells.

Apart from PTT, the V400p is a quad-band GPRS capable phone, meaning that it will work pretty much anywhere you can get a GSM signal. There`s a 176x220 pixel display in 65,000 colours, a VGA-resolution camera, 5Mb of internal memory, MMS, email, WAP, Java support, MIDI, WAV and MP3 polyphonic ringtones and a small external display. You can connect to a PC via a USB cable.

The Motorola V400p measures 86x46x23 mm and weighs 125 grams, talktime is 3.5 to 7 hours depending on network, with 5 to 9 days standby.
We think that the V400p with PTT will make a great phone for businesses or where people need to keep in touch on a regular basis. Unlike some rival PTT phones, the Motorola V400p is straightforward and stylish in the looks department too, which should widen it`s appeal.