Sprint has just announced the future availability of Motorola Clutch i465, a rugged iDEN phone that can already be bought via Boost Mobile, on pre-pay.
Sprint’s customers will be able to buy the Clutch i465 starting “this summer”, for as low as $39.99 (with a 2-yr contract agreement, a $20 instant rebate, and a $50 mail-in rebate).

Motorola Clutch i465 comes as Sprint’s first Nextel Direct Connect phone to have a full QWERTY keyboard and at the same time to meet Military Specification 810F for low pressure, high/low temperatures, shock, vibration, dust and solar radiation.

Its features include push to talk (obviously), Group Messaging (lets you create groups of up to 20 contacts to send messages to, simultaneously), GPS, Bluetooth, a 128 x 160 pixels display and a VGA photo camera.

You can register on Sprint’s website to find out when exactly the Motorola Clutch i465 will be available.