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BlackBerry Bold Debuts on AT&T, Sanyo Katana Eclipse X now Shipping and More
Added on 2008-11-04 02:16:00
by Tanya Palta

BlackBerry Bold debuts on AT&T, Sanyo Katana Eclipse X now shipping, FastMac battery charger for iPhone and more. Here is today’s mobile round up.


Tags: BlackBerry, Bold, AT&T, Sanyo, Katana Eclipse X, Cellphones, Sprint, iPhone

Sanyo Confirms Kyocera Deal
Added on 2008-01-22 04:33:00
by Tanya Palta

Sanyo Electric Co confirmed its plan to sell its mobile unit to Kyocera Corp. Under Monday's agreement, about 2,000 employees in Sanyo's mobile phone operation will be transferred to Kyocera and Sanyo has also closed ties with telecommunications company KDDI Corp.


Sanyo said in a statement. "In order to meet the best interest of the business and its stockholders, Sanyo has ... concluded that a transfer of the business to Kyocera would be the ideal solution."

[Via Yahoo News]
Tags: Sanyo, Kyrocera, Mobile, Business

Sanyo S1 On Bell Canada
Added on 2007-11-05 14:13:00
by Tanya Palta

Bell Canada updated their portfolio by adding the Sanyo S1 to their portfolio. Those who are willing to sign up for a 3 year old contract  can get the handset for $19.95. However if you are commitment phobic then you can also purchase the handset  sans the contract for  $149.95.
Tags: Bell Canada, Sanyo, S1, Cellphones

Sanyo Selling Mobile Unit To Kyocera
Added on 2007-10-11 09:42:00
by Tanya Palta

Japan's Sanyo Electric Co Ltd has admitted that it has reached an agreement with Kyocera over Sanyo’s mobile unit. The selling price has not been decided but according to sources like Nikkei business daily, Kyocera has offered 70 billion yen ($600 million) for the acquisition.

[Via Reuters]
Tags: Kyocera, Sanyo, Business, Mobile

Sanyo Katana II and DLX hands-on
Added on 2007-08-17 04:49:00
by Emily Price

PhoneScoop got their hands on the new Sanyo Katana II and Katana DLX. Both of the handsets are currently available through Sprint the DLX running your $129.99 and Katana II $49.99 after rebate with a 2 year agreement. You can check out video of both phones after the jump.


[via PhoneScoop]

Tags: Sanyo, Katana II, Katana DLX

Sanyo Not Selling Their Mobile Unit
Added on 2007-08-13 03:41:00
by Tanya Palta

Contrary to the rumors, Sanyo has no plans of selling its mobile phone manufacturing unit. According to certain sections of the media, Sanyo Japan was in touch with a number of domestic electronics firms to negotiate a deal.

“Sanyo Electric has decided to sell the mobile phone unit, as it has been difficult to turn it around to become profitable,” NHK’s report said.

But Sanyo denies this:
“We are conducting various reviews in order to strengthen our mobile phone handset operation, but we have not made any decision to sell the operation,” the firm said in a brief statement.
Tags: Sanyo, News

Sanyo Katana DLX For Sprint
Added on 2007-07-15 11:03:00
by Tanya Palta

Slim handsets are the norm now and the new Sanyo Katana DLX follows the tradition. The clamshell phone measures 94mm x 48mm x 15mm and supports the CDMA 850/1900MHz network. Sprint is the official carrier in the US however they have not confirmed it even though Sanyo has. The Katana DLX also has support for EV-DO and one comes across features like; 2.0" 262k color TFT LCD, Bluetooth, 1.3 megapixel resolution and 4 hours talk time.

[Via Mobile Burn]
Tags: Sprint, Sanyo, Katana DLX, Cellphones

Sanyo Katana available
Added on 2007-07-06 09:10:00
by Emily Price

We told you about the new Sanyo Katana II a few weeks ago. The handset is now available on Sprint for $100 with a 2-year contract. The Katana II has a .3 (note the decimal) megapixel still camera and has USB and Bluetooth connectivity.


[via SlashPhone]

Tags: Sanyo, Katana II, Sprint

Sprint + Sanyo release three low-enders for the kids
Added on 2007-06-20 12:56:00
by Randall Bennett

Sanyo and Sprint continue their BFF relationship with Sanyo's new SCP-3200 phones.  They're pretty standard low-end phones likely targeted toward family plans, but they've got GPS, Bluetooth, and a VGA camera and while they're not decked out in features, their outward appearance is decent.  The devices hit stores today, and are $50 with a two-year agreement (plus a $20 rebate we spied online,) or $200 if you're buying them without a contract.
Tags: cdma, Sanyo, Sprint, SCP-3200

Sanyo SCP-3200 on Sprint
Added on 2007-05-28 05:18:00
by Emily Price

The Sanyo SCP-3200 has been posted on Sprint’s website. The SCP-3200 will replace the SCP-3100 adding Bluetooth and J2ME MIDP 2.0 to the handset. The SCP-3200 is also expected to support Sprint Family Locator and Sprint Navigator.


[Via PhoneNews]

Tags: Sanyo, Sprint

Qwest and Sanyo fight breast cancer
Added on 2007-05-19 04:32:00
by Emily Price

Qwest and Sanyo have teamed together to support breast cancer research by selling pink cell phones. The handsets are expected to include the Sanyo Katana, SCP-2400, and SCP-3100 with a minimum of $50,000 and maximum of $100,000 of the proceeds going to the Susan G. Koman foundation. Qwest will make the pink phones available at 100 of it's in-store locations as well as online at their website.


[Via EngadgetMobile]

Tags: Sanyo, Qwest

Sanyo To Use PureDepth LCDs For Mobile Devices
Added on 2007-04-23 01:44:00
by Tanya Palta

Sanyo has tied up with Nasdaq-listed PureDepth for marketing and developing dual-layer screens for mobile phones and other portable devices. PureDepth's technology superimposes a transparent LCD screen on a standard LCD monitor which enhances the imaging performance.

"You can take any 3D game designed for a mobile phone or handheld device and really allow that to be played for the first time in realistic 3D fashion," Mr Yahiro says. "Single layer displays can do only so much.
Tags: sanyo, lcd, cellphones, puredepth

Is It Tough Enough? Sanyo’s Rugged SCP-7050
Added on 2007-04-05 03:16:00
by Robert S. Anthony

Sprint Sanyo SCP-7050 mobile phoneLife for the average cell phone is tough enough with bouts with spilled coffee and fumble-fingered owners, but Sanyo’s new SCP-7050 handset is designed to survive conditions far worse than those found in the average home or office.

The ruggedized, 4.1-ounce handset offers up to 4.4 hours of talk time and complies with military standards (MIL-STD-810F) for dust resistance and survival from shocks and vibrations.


Tags: Sanyo, Sprint, Ruggedized, SCP-7050

Sanyo Building Dual Mode CDMA/WiMAX handsets
Added on 2007-03-20 14:27:00
by Richard Baguley

Although cell phones that include WiFi data connections are nothing new, this is. Sanyo are building handsets that include the new WiMAX wireless standard. This new standard has better range than the existing wireless LAN standards; while 802.11g only works within a few meters of the access point, WiMAX can cover several city blocks with a single transmitter, and the system still works if there are obstructions between the transmitter and the receiver. Although the announcement (which was made by Beceem, who make the WiMAx chip that Sanyo are using) didn’t mention which network may be using the new handset, it is most likely to be Sprint, who recently announced that they are spending $3 billion dollars over the next few years building a WiMAX network. Sprint already sell the Sanyo M1, which we reviewed here.
 

Tags: WiMAX, Sprint, Sanyo

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