In case you’re looking for a new and small cellphone that has normal features and a nice look, check out the latest addition the the Sprint catalogue which is the Sanyo SCP-3810.

The clamshell type of mobile phone has the normal features for a phone that can cost zero, that is, if you get a 2-year contract + %50 at the mail-in rebate. In terms of specifications, the Sanyo SCP-3810 has a 2.4-inch TFT screen, a 1.3-megapixel camera for photos and videos, an external OLED display, bluetooth, a slot for microSD memory cards, and lastly, a good cover.

The Sanyo SCP-3810 is already available for purchase at Sprint.

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All the way from Japan there are new PNDs in the market, it stands for Personal Navigation Device in case you were wondering. They were presented by Sanyo and are entitled Gorilla PND.

The 3 new systems only differ in one characteristic - the screen size - while the rest of the specifications remain the same: 8GB of internal memory, a cool LED backlight, a 1Seg TV Tuner to watch TV on the go, and much more. As for the 3 models, they are: NV-SB531DT and NV-SB541DT for the 5.2-inch version, and NV-SD630DT for the 6.2-inch screen. All of them are Gorilla PNDs that will prove to be useful.

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Another messaging phone is available today and Sprint is the carrier that sells it. The Sanyo SCP-2700 is a budget minded phone which will offer you a QWERTY keyboard, a 2.5-inch 65K color QVGA display, a 1.3 megapixel camera with geotagging support, Bluetooth, voice control and about 4.8 hours of talk time. The phone is available in two crazy colors, “impulsive pink” and “deep blue” and it will only cost you $29.99 with a 2-year contract after $50 mail-in rebate.

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Fractus is a Spanish company which you haven’t really gotten to know so far. Now it’s time for it’s moment of glory! Fractus has decided to sue not one, not two, but ten mobile phone manufacturers which apparently have infringed not one, not two, but nine different patents which concern internal antennas.

These manufacturers are: Samsung, LG Electronics, Research In Motion, HTC, Palm, Pantech, Sharp, Kyocera, Sanyo and UTStarcom. And Fractus is a company which holds more than 80 patents worldwide, 30 of them right in the United States. The suit was filed in the USA and we’ll just have to wait and see what happens next. Fractus’s lawyer said:

It is very brave of Fractus to fight against these cell phone companies, many of whom knew about Fractus and its technology yet still continued to infringe. Fractus’s inventions have added tremendous value to both the cell phone user and manufacturer.

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The shots above reportedly depict the Sanyo SCP-2700 smartphone which should be released by Sprint at some point in the future. We’ve seen so far all sorts of leaked images, one more blurry than the other, but this picture right here is by far one of the worst. The phone should feature a full QWERTY keyboard, a 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth and GPS. That’s about all the specs we get so far so we’ll have to wait for everything else.

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In the world of navigation devices there are GPS and PNS - with the latter standing for Personal Navigation System. That’s the kind of product that Sanyo introduced in the market, the two new systems are codenamed NV-SD750FT and NV-SB510DT.

The only difference between both devices is the size of the display screen, while the NV-SD750FT has a 7-inch LCD touchscreen, the SB510DT has a smaller one at 5.2-inches.

With that being said, both devices sport 4 GB of storage capacity via SSD, a dual TV Tuner, and support SD memory cards.

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Sprint has announced the Sanyo Katana Eclipse X, a better version of the already released Katana Eclipse. What’s better? Sprint’s One Click interactive user interface will let you customize the phone’s home screen as you like. Add shortcuts like Sprint’s Now Network or anything that’s on your favorite list.

The Eclipse X has a unique illumination feature which will let you assign lots of lightning schemes to incoming calls, SMS messages and alerts. Besides that, here are the rest of this Eclipse’s features:

• 2.0 inch TFT internal display with 176 x 220 pixels
• 1.0 inch external display
• GPS & Sprint Navigation
• Sprint Mobile Email
• Sprint TV
• Sprint Music Store
• MP3 player
• Stereo Bluetooth
• Wireless Backup
• 1.3 MP camera with video recording
• 256MB MicroSDHC card

The Eclipse X will be available for $99 with a two-year Sprint agreement.

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Bell is going to launch the Sanyo Katana Eclipse for their Canadian subscribers. The handset will sell for $49.95. The trick is that you would have to sign a 3 year contract for that price. A 2 year contract means you have to pay $99.99 for the handset while a more simpler 1 year contract will get you a $224.95 price for the Sanyo.

Those of you that want the Sanyo without any kind of commitments will get it for about $274.95. I know it seems a lot for the Katana Eclipse but hey, you won’t be getting yourself into any agreement you don’t want.

Sprint customers you’ll have to wait for the US release!

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Sprint is going to release this Sanyo Katana Eclipse as it has just been approved by the FCC. Don’t get up from your chair just yet! The Eclipse isn’t just a clamshell phone. It does have those much needed specs you are looking for in a phone, but we are still waiting for an official release with more official details.
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I know, you’d like the GPS above installed as soon as possible right? Sanyo has two models, NVA-MS1280DT and NVA-MS1180DT and we’re going to take a look at their specs:
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Sanyo Japan has announced the launch of its latest Katana LX Cell phone with Sprint. This CDMA cell phone has a sexy and slim exterior. In a lightweight Clamshell design the Sanyo Katana LX has alot of amazing features like GPS navigation, high-quality speakerphone, aBluetooth, VGA camera, and Sanyo’s unique call screening feature. The mirrored front of the cell phone bars view of the OLED outer display which has a resolution of 128×160. This 3.4 oz weighing phone runs on CDMA 850 / CDMA 1900 modes. It will be available soon at an expected price of 49.99 US dollars.

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Sprint announced two new Nextel Direct Connect devices, the Sanyo Pro-200 and Sanyo Pro-700. These phones will take advantage of Sprint’s PTT (Push-To-Talk) service and also support Sprint Mobile Broadband. Both phones support Qualcomm’s QChat technology and feature call alerts (sending a repeating PTT alert to another subscriber), Group Connect (one-to-many capability, allowing you to communicate with up to 20 other Direct Connect subscribers), missed call notification and DC Permissions. The Sprint Mobile Sync online tool allows you to manage contact information, including setting up groups for PTT and text/voice messaging.

The Sanyo PRO-200 (left) is a slim clamshell and features Bluetooth, messaging and mobile email. Priced at US $49.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate and 2-year service agreement. The PRO-700 is a rugged device complying with military standards for dust/shock/vibration. Priced at $69.99 after rebate and a 2-year service agreement.

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Let’s leave Softbank’s line of new handphones in a while and jump to KDDI’s. The Japanese telecommunications company just announced the inclusion of the Sanyo W62SA in its line of handsets to be released for 2008. Sanyo W62SA features a 2.8-inch WQVGA OLED screen, microSD slot of up to 2GB, and 1.97 megapixel camera. Best of all, the 51 x 106 x 19.5mm phone features Sanyo’s IPX7 waterproof functionality ’til 1 minute and 30 seconds of submergence. The Sanyo W62SA handset can handle 300-minutes of call time and will be released by end of February 2008.

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After investors saved Sanyo from a US$2.8billion debt, for the company to be sold is already a given. Indeed, Sanyo has revealed that they’re selling to Kyocera Corporation. The deal, including Sanyo’s debts, would amount to, reportedly, US$467 million, although a final price is yet to be set. The intensive competition has compelled Sanyo to sell out “to meet the best interest of the business and its stockholders.” A total number of around 2,000 employees would be transferred to Kyocera although the handsets would still carry the Sanyo name in Japan and world wide.

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Sanyo has unveiled the VPC-HD700 digital camcorder, a slim, lightweight high-definition 720p digital movie camera. The VPC-HD700 is the successor of Sanyo’s VPC-HD2 and sports a 1280 by 720 resolution. The compact, pocket-fitting HD700 measures just 73.7 x 35 x 109 mm and weighs 189 g and it’s shaped for comfortable one-handed shooting on the run. It’s the ideal movie camera to match your active, on-the-go lifestyle.

Movies are recorded in the high-compression MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 format, and the new camera also takes stills at up to 7.1 megapixels. Furthermore, it adds in a 5x optical zoom and 12x digital zoom feature. The HD-700 features a Face Chaser function that detects up to 12 faces during shooting and when still images are played back, Blur Canceller adjusts for hand shaking.

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“Rugged” seems to be the latest word doing the rounds at CES this year. Samsung did it with its Samsung Solid and Sanyo is following suit with the SCP-7050, going a step further to call it “ultra rugged” and “rugged enough to be compliant with military standard 810F for dust, shock, and vibration.”

Although GPS-enabled phones are becoming dime a dozen, the most outstanding feature on this sturdy CDMA phone is its autonomous GPS that allows location data to be captured even if it is taken off the grid. The Java MVM allows the phone to run multiple Java applications simultaneously, ideal for running advanced navigation, tracking, and management applications. It is a perfect phone for people working in mobile field operations such as construction, and other rough environments.

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On October 14, 2007 Sanyo unveiled the S1 cell phone on Radio Shack shelves everywhere. Starting in January of next year, Sprint will be selling the S1 as well. Here is a run down of the S1 in all its glory.

The term bigger is better may apply to many aspects of life, but mobile technology is certainly not one of them. The S1 is small. At just 2.5 oz. and with an ultra slim profile, this cell phone is an easy fit in any hand. A sleek black look and a silky finish give the S1 very uber appearance. There also exists a sophisticated key guard and flexible business and parental controls for a total control of the S1 experience. Many of the other industry standards exist as well, but the true strength of the S1 lies in Sanyo’s partnership with Sprint. Lost contact info? Want to input info on your cell through the web? All this and much more can be done through the Sprint website directly to your phone. Downloads, web browsing and IMS are all possible via Sprint. The S1 has a talk time of 3.5 hours and comes with an AC Phone Charger featuring the new micro USB connector.

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Reports have just been released informing the public that Kyocera Corporation, a Japanese company and was the world’s 10th largest mobile phone maker in the second quarter of calendar 2007 in unit sales to end-users, is entering the final stage of talks to buy Sanyo Electric Corporation’s cell phone operations for about 50 billion yen ($435 million).

The resulted as Sanyo and other Japanese cellphone makers are in a tough position as they compete with much larger rivals such as Finland’s Nokia and Motorola Inc. of the United States outside Japan, and face a maturing market at home.

Shares in Sanyo, which told Reuters in August its mobile phone business will likely turn profitable in the current quarter to the end of September, closed up 5.7 percent at 185 yen, while Kyocera rose 4.2 percent to 10,790 yen.

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