The Kyocera K323 CDMA Phone is now available on the Cricket Network. Measuring just 3.54 in. x 1.81 in. x 0.92 in, the handset is a blend of functionality and affordability. Care has been taken to make the handset as user-friendly as possible and also that the handset takes full advantage of Cricket’s flat-rate unlimited calling and texting plans.

The Kyocera K323 features a smart clamshell design and this entry level handset is capable of talk time of up to 210 minutes and standby time of up to 165 hours. It is equipped with a secure battery containing patent-pending technology for enhanced security and includes full-featured camera with an integrated flash and digital zoom. One also comes across dedicated one-touch buttons to access f speakerphone, volume controls and the camera.

Other feature include; 65k color internal display with 128 x 160 pixel support, an external 96 x 16 pixel monochrome screen, Bluetooth,real-music ringtones and voice-activated dialing.

For more information, please visit a local Cricket retail location, or online visit www.mycricket.com or www.kyocera-wireless.com

The Kyocera K323 is the latest entrant in the CDMA Market and this new compact handset would be available on the Verizon Wireless from today. The handset includes the all important Bluetooth connectivity and is also Get It Now®-enabled which lets users download a variety of ringtones, games, wallpapers and screensavers.

The Kyocera K323 includes a VGA Camera with digital zoom and one also comes across an external text caller ID and photo caller ID on the internal screen. Not really a multimedia handset, the K323 is meant for those who are looking for a cheap handset with all the mandatory features. Other features found on the K323 include; wireless hands-free capabilities, photo phone book that holds up to 500 entries, alarm clock, tip calculator , voice memos, real-music ringtones ,voice-activated dialing, multimedia text messaging and instant messaging.

Measuring 3.54 in. x 1.81 in. x 0.92 in and weighing 3.4 ounces, the handset is capable of 210 minutes of Talk time and a standby time of up to 165 hours . The Kyocera K323 is free for a limited time with the purchase of a Verizon VBT135 Bluetooth headset for $29.99 and for more info visit Verizon

The new Kyocera Cyclops cell phone will be made available to Virgin Mobile customers in the USA. Featuring a trendy clamshell design, the Cyclops comes in a red-and-white body. Weighing in at 3.5 ounces, it is very lightweight and easy on the eye.

Cyclops comes with a healthy 1.3 megapixel camera, and is capable of TXT Tones - a feature that allows users to program a short song clip that alerts incoming text messages received on the handset. I'm sorry, what? Hasn't this feature been there like forever? (But then again, I guess I have been a little too spoiled by my Nokia 3650).

Being a clamshell, it features dual displays, including a bright internal color display. Pre-loaded games include Lumines Mobile, New York Nights and Bikini Beach Party, and many more are available for download.

Priced at US $99.99, the Kyocera Cyclops will be available online from Virgin Mobile USA as well as retail outlets.

Virgin Mobile USA has just unveiled its new metallic ivory handset called Oystr, by Kyocera Wireless. This new handset is targeted at the teens and thus carries a pretty affordable price tag. Appropriately named Oystr, the phone sports a white clamshell body and includes an internal color display, two-way speaker phone, text messaging, and customized Virgin Mobile hardware. The company has kept the phone simple yet functional and will also appeal to first time users.

The Oystr will appeal to the trendy youth not only for its cool white form factor but also for its fun features like Web browsing, access to Virgin Mobile content like wallpapers, screensavers, and Superphonic (a.k.a., real-music) Ringtones. The handset is also capable of 220 minutes of battery talk time and up to 200 hours of battery standby. Its available now for just $29.99 and for more info visit Product Page

The FCC announced a new yet simple CDMA clamshell phone, the Kyocera KX9d. It features organization tools such as voice notes, organizer, alarm clock, calculator, and stop watch. The voice function includes voice recorder, voice dialing and speakerphone for conferencing. It seems like a bored type of mobile but luckily you will still be able to download melodies, games and images into the phone. Kyocera KX9d has two types of batteries, a 850 mAh standard battery and an extended 1500 mAh battery. No words on the availability and pricing yet.

Kyocera Wireless and Virgin Mobile have just announced a mobile phone designed exclusively for the teenagers. The Switch_Back handset by Kyocera has features which will appeal to today’s’ tech savvy youth like dedicated text messaging keys, a camera, AOL Instant Messenger, Email Applications and Web Browsing. With the growing number of American teens with personal mobile phones this move by Virgin and Kyocera makes sense, as the teen market is virtually a gold mine waiting to be explored.

The clamshell designed Switch_Back has a very edgy and hip design which will no doubt appeal to the adolescence. It weighs about 4 ounces and features two vibrant display ,one on the front the phone and the other widescreen display appears by rotating and flipping the mobile sideways .It includes a QWERTY keypad for emailing ,texting, IMing, gaming or browsing online.

The phone features an external 65k color 128 X 128 display and internal 65k color 128 X 160 widescreen. A VGA Camera with 32mb memory and five-step digital zoom is also found on the phone. Teens can also enjoy the full support Super phonic "real-music" ringtones. The Switch_Back by Kyocera Wireless will be available in April 2006 for a price of $149.99.

For more information please visit: http://store.kyocera-wireless.com/

Kyocera Wireless Corp, a leader in wireless consumer products has announced a new clamshell phone with a dedicated music player. The tri-mode CDMA Kyocera K822 was first shown at the recently held CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas and is a mid range phone with audio playback with dedicated keys on the outer body of the phone just beneath the 4k color CSTN external display.

The Kyocera K822 also features a brilliant 1.9" 262k internal color screen and has a 1.3 mega pixel camera which promises vivid and brilliant images. It includes support for MicroSD cards for music storage and can playback audio formats like MP3/AAC/AAC+. One can enjoy flawless audio either thru the provided headsets or the built in speakers. Some other features seen on the phone include a FM tuner, Bluetooth 1.2 (with A2DP stereo headset support) and an infrared port. No word on availability but it should carry a price tag of US$140.

Via MobileBurn

Kyocera's new Kyocera W41K is a cell phone with lots of goodies on offer, starting with a 3.2 megapixel cam. If you thought that's great, wait till you see that the phone also has a built-in anti-shake mechanism found in most of today's digital cameras. Bye-bye, blurry images!

Up until now, cell phone images were just for fun or moblogging. With manufacturers integrating more features like this, the good ol' digital camera may soon have some serious competition from the W41K and its likes.

Want something cooler? How about a charger that sports a woofer built into it, instantly turning your phone into a personal stereo system? Add a 240x320 pixel resolution 262k color screen and there's your recipe for the Kyocera W41K.

Weighing in at a slightly heavy 127g, and measuring 51 x 106 x 22 mm, the phone can take in up to 1GB SD memory card for storing music/images, and is available in black, silver and red. Details from the Kyocera W41K site (Japanese).

(Via gizmodo)

All right, it's finally here! Kyocera's much-awaited Kyocera KX160 camera phone debuted today through Cricket.

Kyocera KX160 is a spiffy CDMA phone sporting a VGA camera with flash and digital zoom, a dedicated camera button for quick shots, self-timer option, and even auto-focus. With Cricket offering unlimited picture messaging in its rate plans, expect to click a lot more photos.

Touting affordability as the key factor, the KX160, which we briefly saw on The Whack some time back, is equipped with large, vivid color displays both on the inside (128 x 160 pixels) and outside (96 x 64 pixels). The picture caller ID aids in quicker recognition of who's calling.

Thanks to Bluetooth technology, you can go hands-free as well as wire-free at the same time. This BREW 2.1 phone, compatible with CDMA2000 1X, allows users to access Cricket Clicks for downloading wallpapers, games and ringtones over-the-air. The WAP 2.0 browser is useful for accessing websites on the phone.

A slightly bulky phone measuring in at 1.89" x 3.54" x .98", it weighs 4.1oz and claims 3.5 hours of talktime, with up to 170 hours in standby mode.

Priced at US $199.99, more info on Kyocera Xcursion KX160 is available from Kyocera's website. For rate plans, access Cricket. Check in extended entry for features and specifications.

Kycoera has introduced a new CDMA mobile phone called the Kycoera Strobe. The Strobe is ideal for individuals who spend a great deal of time using text messaging on their mobile phones. The Strobe is a combination candybar / clamshell phone with a full QWERTY keyboard on the inside.

With the Strobe, you'll have the following features:

More news from the FCC: this time, a Kyocera cell phone. The Kyocera Pounder (model K483JLC) has also been accepted.

A tri-mode cell phone, not too many details are available, except that the new model features more memory, new application software and uses lead-free flash and MSM. I felt that the keypad was a bit tiny - especially the direction keys.

As usual, for more info, head out to Kyocera's website

In their request for confidentiality, external photos of the KX21 have a short-term confidential duration - so expect some better photographs of the phone in the feature.

Like I said, I'm not too thrilled with this one, as it lacks Bluetooth.

Kyocera KX21, aka Switchback, is a curvacious (okay guys - stop drooling!) cell phone sporting a QWERTY keyboard, 1x RTT data and has a camera to boot.

True to its name, it's a switch back to the middle ages - as it does not have Bluetooth. Expected to come to Virgin Mobile any time now.

(Via engadget)

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US Cellular will be offering four Kyocera phones to its subscribers in an affordable package in preparation for the holiday season. Guaranteed to fit any budget, the phones are Candid (KX16), Milan (KX9B and KX9C) and Dorado (KX13).

Kyocera Candid (KX16) is a clamshell phone with integrated VGA camera and digital zoom. On the outside, it poses a vertical caller ID display. We reviewed it here a while ago, so you can get the phone details here. The other phones have been reviewed as well, and here are the links to access them:

• Kyocera Dorado KX13
• Kyocera Milan KX9B and KX9C

More information on the plans are available from US Cellular's website.

While the on-board memory is good for games and apps (16 MB), you'll have to buy any additional memory card if you are serious about using this as a music player. BREW 2.1 drives this phone, which supports MMS, multiple languages, the oft-annoying T9 input mechanism, and utilities like Tip Calculator.

Supporting MP3, AAC, MP4 and other file formats, the display of this CDMA phone is a crisp 1.9" 262,000 color TFT screen.

More info is available on Kyocera's website.

Kyocera has launched the new Xcursion KX160 clamshell CDMA phone. It comes with a VGA camera with flash, 5X digital zoom and external camera buttons. The handset also comes with two displays: an internal display at 128x160 pixels and an external one at 96x64 pixels.

The camera, although supporting just VGA res pics, has some neat features that include multi-shot, timer, color effects and fun frames for easy picture editing.

The platform under the hood is BREW 2.1, and it supports Bluetooth wireless technology (although it is not clear which Bluetooth profiles are supported). The phone also comes with built-in software like tip calculator, countdown timer, stopwatch, world clock and voice memos, so this is good news for consumers looking for a phone with a couple of useful PDA functionalities thrown in.

The Kyocera Xcursion KX160 is slated to be available with CDMA carriers in November 2005. kyocera.com

It comes with a 32MB microSD card, standard 3.5mm stereo headphones (thank god), and to help transfer files, a USB cable. Incorporating some of the hot-selling goodies like camera (although it's just VGA right now), video recording capabilities, MP3 and WMA playback, it comes with a 1.9" display and claims of 3.7 hours of talk time.

Convergence is the buzz word, there's no denying that. Kyocera could have, however, included a higher-resolution camera. At the current market situation, it really doesn't make sense to include just a VGA res camera anymore, unless you are targeting for mass market consumers.

Slated for an October release for $249.99, it will be available at Virgin Mobile's website. More info is available at Kyocera's website.

The Kyocera Milan KX9B Cell Phone will be carried by U.S, Carrier Leap Cricket.

Kyocera Milan KX9B is available starting today for $139.99.and will be available in Cricket's newest market in Fresno, Calif., which is launching today. The handset is compatible with Cricket's new roaming service, Travel Time(TM), which launched in all markets in June. For more information, please visit a local Cricket retail location, visit www.mycricket.com or www.kyocera-wireless.com.

Leap's Cricket Service Becomes First U.S. Carrier to Offer Dorado KX13 and Milan KX9B Wireless Phones from Kyocera Wireless

Kyocera Wireless Corp., a leading global manufacturer of CDMA wireless phones and devices, and Leap Wireless International, Inc. a leading provider of innovative and value-driven wireless communications services, today announced the availability of two new Kyocera wireless handsets designed to keep Leap's Cricket customers' on-the-go lifestyles in mind. Making their domestic debut at Cricket, Kyocera Dorado KX13 -- a color bar phone with front-ported speakerphone -- and Kyocera Milan KX9B -- a color flip phone with external caller ID -- add two stylish new additions to Cricket's handset portfolio.

Verizon Wireless launches Kyocera KX1 CDMA phone.

Now here's a phone that not only gets the job done, it looks cool doing it. Featuring an external caller ID, large color display and a unique flip phone design, the SoHo / KX1 cell phone has got you covered.

Expect to see the phone available soon, online and at retail stores for $39.99 with a two-year customer agreement.

Kyocera Wireless Announces Dorado KX13 Mobile Phone at the BREW™ 2005 Conference

BREW-Enabled Phone Includes Large Color Screen and Front-Ported Speakerphone for Enhanced Sights and Sounds in Gaming, Ringtones and Wallpapers

Kyocera Wireless Corp., a leading global manufacturer of CDMA wireless phones and devices, today unveiled a new wireless phone called the Kyocera Dorado KX13 at the BREW™ 2005 Conference. A slim bar-style phone with a large color screen and a front-facing speakerphone, Dorado KX13 is an ideal platform for games or ringtones, which can be downloaded over the air via BREW or Java™. With its built-in flashlight and internal antenna, Dorado is a sleek, compact and affordable choice for the user on the go.

"The BREW 2005 Conference is a perfect venue to announce this phone because its features are ideal for using BREW applications such as games and ringtones," said Lee Ittner, vice president of global sales and marketing at Kyocera Wireless Corp. "There is definitely still a need in the market for an attractive and functional bar-style phone at the lower price tier, and Dorado is unlike anything we've ever done before."