Info Pioneer

Verizon has released a Push-To-Talk application for its fleet of BlackBerry smartphones. Free to download but requiring a monthly fee of $5 to use, Verizon’s BlackBerry PTT app allows for unlimited nation-wide calls to other PTT devices. Other key features include: Make group calls with up to 50 participants. Use Presence to see who’s available for Push to Talk calls. Manage Push to Talk contacts for your entire company online. Access email and the Web while you’re on Push to Talk calls. For the price, we’d say it’s definitely a good deal if you have a lot of family/friends/co-workers that have a PTT capable device, but for everyone else it’s $5 that could better be spent on a pint. Now if only this app were released alongside OS 5.0…