Tag archive: Sanyo

J.D Power and Associates has released its 2011 studies assessing consumers' overall satisfaction with both smartphones and traditional mobile handsets—and the overall rankings contain few surprises, with Apple showing a strong lead in the smartphone category (with HTC the only other company to beat the industry average), while Samsung just barely edged out LG and Sanyo to claim top honors in the feature phone category. Overall,… 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

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

Consumer electronics maker Sanyo has announced its new Xacti VPC-GH4 dual-camera camcorder, which can both shoot high-definition video and snap high-resolution still images. Sanyo is pitching the Xacti VPC-GH4 at the same consumer audience attracted to products like the Flip video, aiming to simplify the process of shooting high-quality video as well as sharing it with friends and family via social networking services. “More than ever,… Read More

In a deal that has been slowly percolating for years, Japanese electronics giant Panasonic has announced (PDF) it will make a tender offer for all outstanding shares of Sanyo common stock on August 23 at ¥138 per share. Panasonic acquired a controlling stake in Sanyo in late 2009; buying out the remaining common stock puts Sanyo solely in Panasonic's hands. Panasonic's interest in Sanyo primarily surrounds the company's… Read More

Electronic giant Sanyo has introduced three new “Dual Camera” camcorders for the U.S. market, each offering the capability to shoot 1080 60i high-definition video and act as a high-resolution still-image digital camera. And even better, the VPC-GH2, VPC-CG102, and VPC-CG20 won't put huge strains on consumers' wallets. “Ultra-portability coupled with Full HD videos and high quality photos in one camera make them… Read More

Sanyo has unveiled its Xacti VPC-CS1 camcorder at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and once again the company is touting the small size of its gear, lauding the VPC-CS1 as the “world's smallest, lightest, and thinnest full HD” camera—by which they mean a consumer camcorder with an optical zoom lens capable of capturing 1080p video. Regardless of Sanyo's claims, the VPC-CS1 truly is pretty thin, measuring… Read More

SANYO announced this morning it will offer journalists test rides of its award-winning “eneloop bike” at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show on Thursday January 7th. SANYO says its “Synergetic Hybrid Bicycle” model of the eneloop bike, which was formally announced in September 2009, is a pedal-assist electric hybrid bicycle. The new eBike recently received the Best of Innovations award for CES 2010 due to overall achievements in the “Eco-Design… Read More

A month after reports surfaced that Panasonic was going to be in taking over electronic giant Sanyo, the deal is done: Panasonic has announced that it has acquired some 50.19 percent of Sanyo in a deal with some ¥403.8 billion, or about $4.6 billion USD. Panasonic's takeover of Sanyo was assisted by Sanyo's three largest investors—Goldman Sachs, Daiwa Securities SMBC, and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking—all of whom agreed… Read More

Smartphones might be all the rage, but that doesn't mean messaging phones don't provide a decent solutions to many mobile communications needs. To that end, Sprint has announced it is launching the Sanyo Incognito on November 30, with full retail sales beginning December 6. The Incognito features a glossy black, streamlined form factor sports an external OLED status display, but reveals a full QWERTY keypad and a 2.6-inch QVGA… Read More

Sanyo North America has announced that it is now shipping its 2009 Dual Camera Xacti camcorder lineup in the United States and Mexico. The four camera models all offer some form of HD video and still image capture—hence the “Dual Camera” monicker—and Sanyo is pitching these units particularly at folks looking to create their own Internet videos—including an ad campaign that will feature videos created by hot… Read More

Panasonic has been in negotiations to acquire rival consumer electronics manufacturer Sanyo, with momentum picking up back at the beginning of November, with Panasonic reportedly very interested in Sanyo's businesses in rechargeable batteries and solar power. Now, it appears the acquisition is all but done, with reports indicating Panasonic has completed negotiations with Sanyo's major shareholders to acquire about 70 percent… Read More

Two major Japanese manufacturers of consumer electronics could soon fall under the same umbrella if Panasonic’s plan to buy Sanyo goes through as planned. Both companies announced on Friday that they were entering talks to hammer out the details of an acquisition. According to The Wall Street Journal, Panasonic’s interest in Sanyo stems from its own stalled growth and the potential that lies in Sanyo’s solar energy and… Read More

The Japanese business newspaper Nikkei reports that Panasonic has reached a deal to buy rival company Sanyo, together creating what might be Japan's largest electronics company. Panasonic—which has just completed transitioning from the corporate name Matsushita—will reportedly keep Sanyo as a brand name, and will maintain most of Sanyo's employees. According to Nikkei, a formal announcement is expected November 7,… Read More

Sanyo has introduced its new PLV-Z3000 home theater projector, which the company claims is the first projector to offer 5:5 pull-down for the accurate frame-by-frame delivery of source video material. The new projector also offers a 65,000:1 contrast ratio, an exclusive 3D color management system, quiet fans, an advanced lens shifting function, 720p resolution…and a 120Hz refresh rate so even high-speed, action-filled material… Read More