Tag archive: Kyocera

As far as we can tell, Kyocera's dual-screened Echo Android phone isn't busting up the sales charts on Sprint. Knowing this, Kyocera has decided to shift its marketing strategy away from the crazy shifting dual screens and onto a more traditional sales tactic: its durability. In a decently made video, a child scientist shows off how durable the phone is by banging it against things and dropping it from the height of, well, a child.… Read More

When first confronted by the dual-screen Sprint Echo, my first thought was that in its effort to compete with the Verizon iPhone 4 and all the 4G phones suddenly about to flood the market, Sprint had jumped the shark. (See Five Pitfalls of the new Sprint Echo) After handling the phone for nearly an hour at the introductory event last night, I'm rethinking my skepticism. It might be a brilliant idea. But throughout the demos and hands-on, I… Read More

For those still drooling over the screen real estate of a tablet, but unwilling to sacrifice the pocket-friendly size of a smartphone, Sprint’s new Kyocera Echo looks like a folding slice of heaven. Like a Galaxy Tab mated with a Nintendo DS, the Echo flips open to reveal dual 3.5-inch displays, with area equivalent to a single 4.7-inch screen. Compact size? Check. Room to play? Check. You can flip through e-mail in one screen and browse in… Read More

Remember the days when new cellphones were judged by the oddball, borderline useless features each one possessed? Sprint is about to get the ball rolling again. The wireless carrier will hold an event in New York City at 6 p.m. EST this afternoon and, according to the Wall Street Journal, the operator will unveil a new dual-screen touch Android phone by Kyocera, which is more commonly known under its Sanyo brand here in the United States. The… Read More

Photo credit: Tyler Weggel Ever wanted to use a fully-loaded smartphone that has a screen big enough not to need a magnifying glass, but are not quite ready to upgrade to a tablet that can’t fit into your vest pocket? Sprint may have you covered. On Monday, Sprint debuted a dual-screen touchphone that actually flips out and syncs into larger 4.7 inch screen, but can fold into half the size. The key, from a hardware perspective, is a… Read More

Mobile operator Sprint is expanding its stable of Android-equipped smartphones as it gears up for the holiday season, adding the new QWERTY-packing Samsung Transform to its lineup to appeal to smartphone customers who lead email- and messaging-intensive lives, along with the Sanyo Zio, aimed at being an inexpensive starter smartphone for folks stepping up from feature phones. Both phones run Android 2.1…although, at least in the… Read More

Sanyo has agreed to sell its mobile phone business to rival Kyocera. The deal places the value of Sanyo's phone business at ¥50 billion, but after figuring in debts and assets, the total transaction will net Sanyo about ¥40 billion, or around $375 million. Under the terms of the deal, Kyocera will roll its mobile operations into Sanyo's North American mobile phone business, and also pick up some 2,000 Sanyo employees. The… Read More

Fashion phone news flash: blade names are out, casino names are in. Witness the Samsung Blackjack and now its Virgin-Mobile-based competitor, the Kyocera Wild Card, which just appeared on the network. Like the Blackjack, the Kyocera sports a full QWERTY keyboard and a reasonable price, plus streaming music capability. Based on the older Kyocera Switch_Back, the four-ounce phone has an LCD and ordinary numeric keypad on its outside face for… Read More

Alltel, a cellular provider, and Kyocera today announced two new phones for users of the Alltel service. The Kyocera Slider Remix KX5, priced at $129.99 with a mail in rebate and two year service agreement, and the Kyocera Candid KX16, priced at $29.99 with a two year agreement, are both available now. The Kyocera Slider Remix KX5 comes in a black handset and silver keypad combo which brings together the functions of a digital music player… Read More

The Kyocera Dorado KX13 features a built-in antenna, and an LED flashlight, something you rarely see on cell phones. Measuring 4.37 in. x 1.93 in. x .83 in. and weighing 3.7 ounces, the phone also includes standard features such as scheduler, calculator, alarm clock, stopwatch, tip calculator and a world clock. So you might be asking yourself, why is this classified as an entry level cell phone? Well for starters the Dorado KX13 only runs… Read More

“Kyocera Corp. has decided to outsource production of its CDMA handsets for the North American market to Flextronics International Ltd. As part of the plan, Kyocera Wireless Corp. (KWC), a Kyocera group company in the US, will sell its mobile phone manufacturing equipment and inventory in Mexico to Flextronics. The outsourcing of the production will enable KWC to focus more intently on R&D, design, sales and marketing.… Read More

Although Carl Zeiss and Kyocera have entered into a long term co-operation regarding the development, production and sale of CONTAX-branded cameras, Kyocera has decided to terminate such business due to difficulties in catching up with the recent rapid market changes. Consequently, Kyocera will terminate the shipment of CONTAX-branded cameras, and the exclusive lenses and accessories in September, 2005, except for the CONTAX 645 camera… Read More

The new relationship will match Kyocera Wireless' reputation for making easy-to-use wireless handsets and accessories with Alienware's ability to deliver robust gaming solutions for a wide variety ofplatforms, enabling a true gaming experience on Kyocera's award-winning CDMA wireless phones. “Kyocera Wireless recognizes that gaming on wireless phones is a rapidly growing market, driven not only by gamers who want a rich… Read More

This recall is limited solely to cell phone batteries, as there are no defects with the Kyocera phones. Kyocera Wireless Corp.'s (KWC's) stringent ongoing quality control processes revealed that a battery supplier, since terminated, intentionally provided KWC with batteries containing unapproved battery cells, the internal power sources within the batteries. The supplier's deceit resulted in fraudulent batteries shipping… Read More