Today Kyocera announced two new entry-level devices. Both use CDMA technology.

G2GO M2000: This evolution of the M1000 is a sideways slider with full QWERTY keyboard. It has a 2.4-inch QVGA display that auto-rotates with an on-board accelerometer. It also carries a 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, numerous voice-activated features, and supports microSD cards up to 8GB.
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Two unannounced phones have appeared on the Virgin Mobile web site.

X-tc: The X-tc was first seen a month ago and details about the X-tc have also been published on the Kyocera site. The X-tc is a slider with QWERTY keyboard for messaging. It has a 1.3 megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth, web browser, media player with [...]

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Today Cricket announced that the Kyocera S1300 is now available in the recently launched Chicago metropolitan area. The S1300 is a slim, bar-style phone that has CDMA 1x data, speakerphone, messaging and mobile web capabilities. It is available for $90 at Chicago-area retailers, but will become available in Cricket markets nationwide soon.

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Documents appearing on the FCC site provide details for the Kyocera S1300, a tri-band 800/1700/1900MHz CDMA monoblock phone. The specs of the S1300 suggest that it is an entry-level device. It is limited to 1X data, but has aGPS and a speakerphone. It does not have a camera, but supports Web browsing, text messaging and [...]

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On Monday, June 30, between 11:30 am and 1:30 PM, Kyocera will be giving away free headsets at the Dave & Busters parking lot at 2831 Camino del Rio North in San Diego.

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Kyocera has released the Kyocera Mako S4000 clamshell phone, featuring the following :-

1.8″ 128 x 160 TFT internal display
1″ 96 x 96 CSTN external display
VGA camera with digital zoom
Bluetooth connectivity
Voice recognition
2.5″ x 1.84″ x 0.67″
82.6 grams

No idea on how much it will cost, but the specifications certainly isn’t too palatable in this day and age. [...]

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Kyocera this week revealed three new CDMA phones, plus its first-ever lineup of GSM phones. The GSM phones will be aimed primarily at Latin America, while the CDMA models are US-bound. The company also announced that its acquisition of Sanyo’s phone business has now been finalized. All three new CDMA phones are tri-band models supporting [...]

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The FCC site has posted some pictures of a new Kyocera phone marked S1600. This phone works in dual-band GSM networks (850/1900 MHz), besides we see a built-in camera on the photo.

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Sanyo has agreed to sell its troubled mobile phone division to Kyocera for $375 million. The deal includes Sanyo’s handset manufacturing operations and sales channels in Japan and abroad. Kyocera will keep the Sanyo brand on handsets designed and manufactured by the Sanyo division. It hopes this acquisition will help it expand its penetration in [...]

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The North American unit of Virgin Mobile has announced a new mobile phone with the QWERTY-keyboard, the built-in camera, Bluetooth and support of stream music from the net. It is called Wild Card. This playing card model by Kyocera is designed for listening to the music, e-mail messaging, chatting, browsing the web and entertainment.

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Sanyo has agreed to sell its mobile phone business to Kyocera for an undisclosed sum. The two companies have been in talks concerning the sale and are said to be reaching the final terms of an agreement soon. The mobile phone business has been a money loser for Sanyo, and Kyocera can use Sanyo’s presence [...]

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Cricket today will begin selling the Kyocera Lingo, the company’s second text-centric clamshell. The Lingo, or M1000 features a small screen and numeric keypad on the outside of a simple looking rectangular clamshell. Opening the Lingo reveals a larger, screen and full QWERTY keyboard. The Lingo also features Bluetooth and a 1.3 Megapixel camera. It [...]

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Sanyo is entering the final stages of talks to sell its mobile handset division to Kyocera. Last month Sanyo began discussions to sell off its loss-making handset division as part of a financial restructuring attempt, though it later announced the unit would be profitable by the end of the year. The deal is rumored to [...]

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Kyocera today announced a new lineup of CDMA phones for the US, including a messaging phone, three clamshell feature phones, and one entry-level model:

M1000: This follow-up to the Strobe sports a similar sideways clamshell form factor, but is smaller, lighter, and sleeker, with an improved QWERTY keyboard. Other upgrades include a [...]

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Verizon Wireless has launched the Kyocera K323, an entry-level feature phone. This is just the latest of several line up adjustments that Verizon Wireless has made in time for the busy holiday shopping season. Features of the K323 include:

Bluetooth
Speakerphone
VGA camera with flash
128×160 pixel screen with 65k colors

Verizon Wireless is selling the K323 for $29.99 after [...]

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