It wasn’t too long ago that the Motorola i856 was clearing the FCC and now it is officially on a mobile network.  The Motorola Debut i856 has a 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, 3.5 mm headphone jack.  The keypad is a slider and there is an 8GB microSD expansion slot.  Display is 2.2″ 176×220 TFT.  The dimensions of the phone is 50×106.5x15mm; 2×4.2×0.6 inches.  Weight is about 3 oz.  The battery life handles about 3.5 hours of talk time and about  95 hours of standby.

The Motorola i856 with a simple keypad, 2.2″ display, 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth 2.0 capabilities, microSD, and PTT support has been cleared through the FCC.  Now it is going to make its way to the Integrated Digital Enhanced Network (iDEN), Motorola’s proprietary two-way radio system service.  After that Boost Mobile customers will be able to start purchasing the phone for their network.

[via BGR/FCC]