Sprint announces the Motorola Admiral, coming Oct. 23 for 99

(Best part? Hardware MUTE button. Been missing this for a long time)

Sprint announces the Motorola Admiral, coming Oct. 23 for 99:

Sprint has finally announced the Android-based Motorola Admiral, one of its new Direct Connect phones. It'll be available in stores Oct. 23 for $99 on contract and after $50 rebate, and in all Sprint channels on Nov. 13.

The mil-spec phone (meaning you'll have to work hard to break the thing) features a 3.1-inch VGA touchscreen, 1.2GHz processor and Android 2.3, with a front-facing QWERTY keyboard. Other specs include:

• 5-megapixel camera with 720p HD video capture, flash and 4x zoom
• Quickoffice
• 3G Mobile Hotspot capability supporting up to five Wi-Fi enabled devices simultaneously
• 802.11 b/g/n
• 4GB internal memory, plus microSD card
• Sprint Direct Connect
• Group Connect
• NextMail
  

Source: Sprint