The I860 does not have group connect. Take a look over at
www.nextel.com and you can see a list of phones that have this feature.
I believe that the following list are the models that have this feature:
I275
I355
I605
I836
I850
Will be released soon:
I760
I560
I870
It is a great feature and one that has been getting extensive use. I have been in direct connect conference calls with 12 users and to be honest, I feel that this is one of the best features that Nextel has come up with to date. I really think that we will be able to have quite a bit of fun with the group, letting everyone know what is happening and also what frequency/talk group for the rest of us to tune to in order to listen in on the action. All in real time.
We will even be able to narrow down the interest in case it really catches on with the group. For instance, one group for police/fire activity, another for aircraft monitoring, etc. We can even use the group to get the word out on new talkgroups that we need help in identification. I really think that once we get this setup, we will probably really enjoy the added capability that it offers.
