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Sanyo M1 launches on Sprint

Dec 03 2006 - 05:20 PM ET | Sanyo, Sprint Nextel
Sprint has launched another music phone, the Sanyo M1. While the recent trend has been to launch music oriented handsets with limited memory (relying instead on a memory card slot and user upgrades), the M1 sports an impressive 1GB of...

Sanyo SCP-7000 launches on Sprint

Dec 03 2006 - 05:10 PM ET | Sanyo
Sprint Nextel has launched the Sanyo SCP-7000, a minor twist on the existing SCP-2400. The 7000 is essentially a ruggedized version of the 2400 that also includes user changeable faceplates. Both phones are entry-level and concentrate on the basics. Sprint...

Sanyo Katana for Sprint

Jun 30 2006 - 12:10 PM ET | Sanyo, Sprint Nextel
Sprint is showing off the Sanyo Katana, a high-profile handset that is set to launch on July 10th. Like recent models from other companies (RAZR, FUSIC, V, etc) , that Katana eschews arcane model numbers and uses a more...

Sanyo SCP-2400 announced by Sprint

Jun 29 2006 - 01:14 PM ET | Sanyo, Sprint Nextel
The Sanyo SCP-2400 was announced by Sprint today. While it looks like a conventional Sanyo flip phone, the SCP-2400 has parental control options that make its target age in the 8-12 range. The controls make it easy to set which...

Sanyo responds to Nokia breakup

Jun 23 2006 - 01:40 PM ET | Nokia, Sanyo
Sanyo has made a statement about the newly broken partnership it had with Nokia to co-develop and market CDMA handsets. The AFP reports that disagreements between the companies centered around intellectual property rights: "The plan of setting up a joint...

Nokia abandons CDMA partnership with Sanyo

Jun 22 2006 - 02:28 PM ET | Nokia, Sanyo
Nokia has put an end to the announced partnership between itself and Sanyo for the development of CDMA handsets. Announced earlier this year, the deal was was supposed to result in a whole new company to create the handsets. According...

Nokia, Sanyo team up for CDMA sales

Feb 14 2006 - 12:01 PM ET | Nokia, Sanyo
Nokia and Sanyo are teaming up to help capture more of the CDMA market. While Nokia is the worldwide market share leader, they have issues in the with CDMA. A new, yet unnamed, company will form out of the...

Sanyo MM-7500 announced by Sprint Nextel

Dec 08 2005 - 05:39 PM ET | Sanyo, Sprint Nextel
Sprint Nextel today launched the Sanyo MM-7500. It's the first handset from Sprint to use Qualcomm's uiOne technology for themes. Thanks to uiOne almost every aspect of the UI can be changed. An expanded selection of themes will be for...

Sprint's website shows A940 and MM-9000

Oct 25 2005 - 03:10 PM ET | Samsung, Sanyo, Sprint Nextel
Two new EV-DO phones are being shown off on Sprint's website despite not having been officially launched. There is no link to the phones in the webstore yet, but clever users successfully guessed the URLs for the soon-to-be released phones....

Sanyo 8300 launched by Sprint

Jul 11 2005 - 12:48 AM ET | Sanyo, Sprint Nextel
Sprint launched the Sanyo 8300 this weekend. The Sanyo 8300 is the replacement for the aging Sanyo 8200. Features of the Sanyo 8300 include: * 176 x 220 pixel main screen with 65K colors * 72 x 72 pixel outer...

Sanyo MM-8300 launched

Jun 29 2005 - 11:43 AM ET | Sanyo
Sprint PCS today announced the Sanyo MM-8300. Features of the clam shell handset include: * Streaming media player * VGA camera with video recording * Speakerphone The MM-8300 will be marketed to the style-conscience crowd and come in three "base"...

Sprint launches Sanyo VI-2300

Apr 25 2005 - 03:41 PM ET | Sanyo, Sprint Nextel
Sprint today announced the introduction of the Sprint PCS Vision Phone VI-2300 by Sanyo. The Sanyo VI-2300 accompanies the Sanyo SCP-200 in Sanyo's new attempt to offer mobile phones in a variety of colors. The two phones come in a...

Sanyo MM-7400 Review

Feb 21 2005 - 08:15 PM ET | Review, Sanyo, Sprint Nextel
The Sanyo MM-7400 is a mid-range camera phone from Sprint PCS. Our editors played with one a little while ago and put it through its paces. It could have a better camera, and we've never liked the Sanyo operating system,...

Sanyo MM-5600 announced by Sprint

Feb 20 2005 - 12:34 AM ET | Sanyo, Sprint Nextel
The Sanyo MM-5600 was announced by Sprint today at the Photo Marketing Association convention in Orlando, FL. The MM-5600 has been highly anticipated by Sprint customers for some time, mostly because it has a megapixel camera. It was approved by...

Sanyo SCP-5600 approved by FCC

Jan 28 2005 - 03:44 PM ET | Sanyo, Sprint Nextel
The FCC today posted approval documents for the Sanyo SCP-5600 (FCC ID AEZSCP-56H). Sanyo requested short-term confidentiality because, "This design is a basis from which future technological products will evolve." Here's what's known about the Sanyo 5600: * CDMA *...

J.D. Power rates Sanyo best mobile phone

Nov 11 2004 - 04:56 PM ET | Sanyo, Staff Picks
Sanyo came out as the highest rated mobile phone in the annual J.D. Power and Associates 2004 U.S. Wireless Mobile Phone Evaluation Study. Sanyo phones ship in the US from Sprint PCS, with the MM-7400 being its latest offering. Five...

Sanyo MM-7400 details

Nov 11 2004 - 04:39 PM ET | Sanyo, Sprint Nextel
In a follow up to yesterday's announcement that Sprint PCS will ship the Sanyo MM-7400, we have several high resolution photos of the new device. Each photo has been resized, click on it to view the larger version. Feature wise,...

Sanyo MM-7400 announced by Sprint PCS

Nov 10 2004 - 04:22 PM ET | Sanyo, Sprint Nextel
Sprint PCS today announced plans to carry the Sanyo MM-7400. Features of the MM-7400 include: * VGA camera with video recording and LED flash * On-demand streaming video * Built-in media player * Slip-resistant body and interchangeable face plates *...

Sanyo V401SA released on Vodafone K.K.

Jul 14 2004 - 02:16 AM ET | Sanyo, Vodafone
Vodafone K.K. has announced that it will start shipping the Sanyo V401SA tomorrow. The handset features among other things a stereo FM radio. Here's the feature list: * Built-in FM radio tuner, TV channels 1-3 * 12MB storage * Slide-type...

Vodafone K.K.'s new summer lineup

May 10 2004 - 12:27 AM ET | Sanyo, Sharp, Vodafone
Vodafone K.K. has announced 5 new phones that should arrive this summer. The V602SH by Sharp, V601T by Toshiba, V401D by Mitsubishi Electric, V401SA by Sanyo and V402SH by Sharp should all be here in late June to early July....

Sanyo SCP 5300 review

Sep 30 2003 - 08:50 AM ET | Camera, Review, Sanyo
Howard Chui has posted a very in depth reviewof the Sanyo SCP 5300. It's a power user level camera phone that has been around for a while, but the review is still worth a read. It got knocked for being...

Sanyo catches Euro fever

Sep 08 2003 - 08:46 PM ET | 3G, Sanyo
Japanese phone maker Sanyo has made it clear that it will be moving into the European market by 2004. Sanyo has quite a bit of 3G experience, so this should be a welcomed move (at least by consumers). Vodafone will...

Sprint Camera Phone For $99

Apr 24 2003 - 01:36 PM ET | Bargain, Camera, Sanyo
Sprint is now selling the new Sanyo 8100 camera phone for a mere $99 after a $100 rebate. The rebate makes the phone the cheapest integrated camera phone on the market--Sony Ericsson's T300's camera is an external attachment. Sprint has...

Sanyo Camera Phone On Leno

Feb 28 2003 - 08:50 PM ET | Camera, Sanyo
Last night on the Tonight Show, Ellen DeGeneres was holding her new Sanyo camera phone during the entire interview. Weird, but a nice phone. A MobileTracker investigation found out that it was the Sanyo SCP5300....