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  • Sprint launches HTC Touch Pro, Sanyo Katana

    As the holiday shopping season switches into high gear in November, Sprint Nextel has officially launched two more phones in its holiday lineup. Today Sprint launched the Kyocera Sanyo Katana Eclipse X, an EV-DO phone that uses Sprint's One Click user interface, allowing users to drop tiles onto the standby screen to access favorite features. The phone is an update of the Eclipse, which was first launched in August and features different lighting modes that can be assigned to specific callers or alerts and messages. The phone also features an MP3 player, microSD slot capable of holding 8GB and a 1.3 megapixel camera. The phone is being sold for $99.99 with a two-year service contract and after a $50 mail-in rebate. Consumers can also buy the HTC Touch Pro via Sprint's web site today. The HTC Pro has all of the features of the HTC Touch Diamond--Windows Mobile 6.1, a web experience powered by the Opera browser and a 3.2 megapixel camera--but it also has a few upgrades. It uses TouchFLO 3D user interface and has a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard, expandable memory capability (a 1GB card is included) and comes with a handy business card scanning application that uses the phone's camera. The phone is going for $299.99 with a two-year contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate. For more: - see this release - see this article on the HTC Touch Pro - see these pictures of the HTC Touch Pro - see these photos of the Sanyo Katana Related Articles: Sprint to release four One Click phones next week Sprint introduces One Click
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  • Sprint launches Sanyo Katana Eclipse X, basically an Eclipse with One Click UI

    Sprint today announced the availability of Sanyo Katana Eclipse X, a new clamshell that’s actually an improved version of the Katana Eclipse released back in August. The improvement is represented by Sprint’s One Click interactive user interface. This allows users to customize the phone’s home screen and to include easy access shortcuts for the features [...]

  • Panasonic to acquire Sanyo?

    Over the weekend both the Japanese Nikkei newspaper and the Kyodo News agency reported that Panasonic is entering into talks with Sanyo on a possible acquisition. Recently Sanyo has been concentrating on increasing its stake in both solar cell and rechargeable battery development and manufacturing. That came after the company was rescued in 2006 with an [...]
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  • Sprint gives revamped Katana Eclipse X its One Click interface

    Filed under: Handsets , Sanyo , Sprint , EV-DO , CDMA We had a sneaking suspicion that Sprint couldn't leave well enough alone with its current Katana Eclipse , and sure enough, we're now seeing reports that a mildly reworked Katana Eclipse X is on its way. As predicted, it'll be loosed in Nightlife Black and Hypnotic Pink, and the main difference over the existing iteration will be the One Click application, which enables users to "organize and personalize their homescreens with the most used applications, including Google search and e-mail." Everything else should remain the same, though we haven't heard if price is included in "everything." [Via CNET ] Sprint gives revamped Katana Eclipse X its One Click interface originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

  • Bell and Solo Mobile Q4 lineup leaked

    Lots of new devices coming Bell’s way in time for the holiday season, most notably the BlackBerry Storm landing on November 21st. We’ve already heard about the Cleo, complete with crystal-clad Bluetooth headset, but the HTC Diamond and Touch Pro will also be coming in early November and December respectively. The LG Voyager will [...]

  • Sanyo chooses U.S. for increased solar-cell production

    Sanyo Electric is set to create 200 jobs in Salem, Oregon after announcing it has decided to build a new factory at the Salem Renewable Energy and Technology Park for the production of solar-cell wafers and silicon ingots. Sanyo already has a presence in the U.S. when it comes to solar production facilities. A California operation [...]
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  • Sprint getting Katana Eclipse in more colors, Rumor replacement?

    Filed under: Handsets , HTC , LG , Motorola , Samsung , Sprint , Windows Mobile , EV-DO , CDMA We've been slipped a handy little document that indicates the dates that Sprint is currently targeting for the release of a few of its fall hotties, and although we already knew some of this stuff, it's always good to have some corroborating evidence in these situations. First up, the Motorola Renegade V950, i365, and Samsung M220 and M320 are all still apparently locked for September 2, as is the Touch Diamond . We've heard a groundswell of concern from tipsters that the Touch Diamond may have been bumped out to October -- it certainly wouldn't surprise us, given our jaded, overwhelmingly pessimistic personalities -- but here's hoping, anyway. It also looks like the just-released Katana Eclipse in silver will be getting pink and black siblings come October 16, along with an "LG LX600 Messaging Handset." We're not sure what the LX600 might be beyond what a confidentiality-bound FCC filing tells us, but the Rumor is getting a little long in the tooth, so it could conceivably be replacement device or a slightly higher-end QWERTY set that would sit somewhere above the Rumor in the lineup. Permalink | Email this | Comments

  • Sanyo Katana Eclipse hands-on

    Filed under: Handsets , Features , Sanyo , Sprint , EV-DO , CDMA Sanyo handsets are like cats: you either love them or you just really, really loathe them with every fiber of your being. Sprint and Sanyo both seem to be pretty okay with that; clearly, not every phone in Sprint's lineup is going to be for everyone, and the Katana Eclipse is no different. Sanyo fanatic or not, though, our gripe list added up pretty quickly with this one, so would-be buyers might want to put it through a good workout in store before taking the plunge. The phone's hinge design causes the upper half of the phone to rest behind the bottom half; that is, the intersection of the planes containing the two halves is not the center of the hinge (think MacBook, for example). We thought that felt a little weird against our face and made it more difficult to get a good seal between the earpiece and our ear. Also, the front of the phone -- arguably the most attractive of any Katana to date -- isn't the most user-friendly. The tiny external display was difficult to read even in a moderate amount of shade, and the music controls are nearly flush with the shell which makes actuating them trickier than it should be. Speaking of displays, the primary one is pretty small, leaving a huge gray bezel with no function whatsoever (don't be fooled by the white dots at the bottom, they serve no function other than to make you think that they're touch-sensitive soft buttons, which they're not). It's not all doom and gloom, though. The dedicated speaker key is a nifty parlor trick, you've got a 1.3 megapixel cam in there, and it does stereo Bluetooth. Plus, it's a Sanyo, and we know that for a few of you out there, that's all that matters. For you guys, you'll be able to pick up the Katana Eclipse immediately for $99.99 with a new two-year contract. Gallery: Sanyo Katana Eclipse hands-on Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

  • Leak Sauce: Sprint's '08 and '09 iDEN lineup gets roadmapped

    Filed under: Handsets , Motorola , RIM , Samsung , Sanyo , Sprint Sprint 's iDEN lineup certainly seems to be alive and well -- despite what we've heard stating the opposite -- with the 2008 / 2009 roadmap boasting 10 new phones by Q2 2009. Starring in the outing -- and arguably its piece de resistance -- is the BlackBerry 8350i, a WiFi equipped, 2 megapixel shooter-toting, GPS-enabled device set to ship in Q4 this year. Also up for grabs in Q4 are the Mil-Spec GPS-enabled Motorola i576, and the mysterious -- we say mysterious as we've no real details yet -- Motorola i776. Q1 2009 ushers in with the QWERTY Motorola Monolith, the walkie-talkie styled rxxxx, what looks to be a Motorola V8, and some barely noteworthy Sanyo set. Motorola's Mil-Spec Immersion, the Sanyo Pro 410, and a Samsung music-centric slider will see us into Q2 next year. Sadly, details are all still very thin, but we suspect the releases will find their way onto these pages in the coming weeks and months. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

  • Bell launches Sanyo Katana Eclipse

    So, where will the Sanyo Katana Eclipse first launch? Nope, it’s not Sprint. Turns out, the newest clamshell from Sanyo will be offered first in Canada through Bell Mobility. The Sanyo Katana Eclipse has been getting some disproportionate press recently, considering its mid-range feature-set, but there’s no doubt that the affordable flip-phone will find plenty [...]

  • Sanyo's Katana Eclipse flip phone lands at Bell Mobility

    Filed under: Handsets , Sanyo , Bell Mobility Merely hours after getting up close and personal with press shots of Sanyo's Katana Eclipse , folks up in Canada can now reach out and grab their own. Bell Mobility is offering said flip phone for $49.95 on a tear-jerking 3-year contract, $99.95 on a 2-year plan, $224.95 on a 1-year plan or $274.95 sans an agreement. Specs wise, you're looking at a 1.3-megapixel camera, 10MB of internal memory, integrated MP3 player, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, a 2-inch internal display (complemented by a 1-inch screen on the outside) and a 2-way speakerphone to boot. So, does simple do it for ya? [Via mobilesyrup ] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

  • Sanyo Katana Eclipse gets glamorous for Sprint

    Regardless of the touchscreen revolution that’s sweeping across the globe, there is most definitely a healthy bunch of wireless users that aren’t looking for too much more than basic cellphone calling features in their stylish clamshell of candybar handset. To that end, Sprint is gearing up to offer their users the entry- to mid-range Sanyo [...]
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