[Motorola] HT-1000 verses HT-1250

[tvsjr]

The biggest argument would be that the HT1000 is built on the Jedi platform 
- specifically designed for law enforcement/public safety use (a la 
MTS2000, MT2000), while the HT1250 is built on the Waris line, which really 
isn't designed for public safety use. It's much more simple to use, has no 
display to damage, less buttons, etc. I deal with a fleet of about 20 
radios, 50/50 HT1000 and HT1250. The HT1250s have the $hit beat out of them 
and have taken it well, but sure don't look good. The HT1000s look much better.

That being said, he does need to consider that an HT1000 is limited to 16 
channels, one scan list, etc. The HT1250 is much more expandable.

Furthermore, it wouldn't surprise me to see the HT1000 die soon. The MT2000 
and the MTX8000/9000 have already died, the HT1550 has an available Edit 
Mode (with the addition of the as-yet-unreleased battery) meaning a 
replacement to the JT1000, so only the MTS2000 and HT1000 are left. It 
would really suck to buy a few hundred of them, only for them to become 
unavailable (as Dallas did when they purchased hundreds of Saber 2Rs, only 
for them to become unavailable less than a year later, forcing them to 
XTS3000 or 3500 series ruggedized radios, which are bigger, more expensive, 
and pretty much suck compared to the Sabers.) Considering Motorola is 
trying to push all public safety users to the XTS platform, I could see the 
MTS2000 dying soon, and the HT1000 not far behind that. Unfortunately, 
Motorola has removed all the "real" public-safety radios (Gemini and Jedi 
platforms), and left us with the choice of a quasi-professional Waris or 
the obscenely-expensive XTS. And, the offerings from Kenwood and Vertex are 
becoming more and more attractive every day. I wonder if Motorola is going 
to shoot themselves in the foot in the radio industry like they did in the 
phone biz?

Terry

At 08:04 PM 10/29/2002 -0500, JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON wrote:
>Hi everyone.  I was asked by a friend of mine who is trying to dconvince
>someone to switch from using mostly all HT-1250 radios to HT-1000 radios.
>This is in a public safety operation, and what he is trying to do is
>explain why the HT-1000 is better in terms of being used in public safety.
>Any help would be appreciated, and thanks in advance.
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