Sanyo to be acquired by Panasonic. Panasonic plans to make Sanyo a subsidiary by around April next year by buying preferred shares owned by Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., Daiwa Securities SMBC Co. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. The presidents of the two companies will hold a press conference on November 7th to announce details of the acquisition. The deal will result in one mega-corporation with revenues over ¥11.2 trillion (around $110 billion).
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Sprint Sanyo PRO-700 Review. Following on the previous post, Sprint’s QChat official : LG LX400, Samsung Z400, Sanyo PRO-200 and PRO-700 for 40+ Markets, Phone Arena has posted a good review of the Sanyo PRO-700 that was launched as one of four available QChat handsets. Sanyo PRO-700 and the other QChat phones offer CDMA PTT that is interoperable with iDEN. The PRO-700 is certified to Military 810F specifications for dust, vibration, and shock resistance. It’s the first non-Motorola phones to offer Nextel Direct Connect (NDC.) Other features include a QVGA display, GPS and EVDO Rev. A data. Sprint Sanyo PRO-700 is available for a 2-year contract and $79.99. The Sanyo PRO-700 is similar in size to the Motorola KRZR, According to Phone Arena it really feels like a ‘rugged KRZR’. Continue reading ‘Sprint Sanyo PRO-700 Review’
Sprint’s QChat official : LG LX400, Samsung Z400, Sanyo PRO-200 and PRO-700 for 40+ Markets. Following on the previous post, Sprint’s QChat enabled handsets delayed to June 15?, Sprint announced the coming availability of four new Nextel Direct Connect phones, powered by Qualcomm’s QChat(R) technology, to customers in 40+ markets across the country. The LX400 by LG, Z400 by Samsung, and PRO-200 and PRO-700 by Sanyo will be available June 15 for purchase by all new and existing customers in Sprint retail stores in the designated markets. Continue reading ‘Sprint’s QChat official : LG LX400, Samsung Z400, Sanyo PRO-200 and PRO-700 for 40+ Markets’
KDDI Summer 2008 Collection announced. Following the last report, SoftBank Summer 2008 Collection announced, now it’s time for the third of the largest mobile operators in Japan, KDDI. The company revealed its predictably spectacular Summer 2008 lineup with entrants from Kyocera, Sony Ericsson, Sanyo, Sharp, Toshiba, Casio, and Korea’s Pantech. Here’s KDDI’s offering: Continue reading ‘KDDI Summer 2008 Collection announced’
Sprint iDEN BlackBerry + WiFi later this year. For you who’re Nextel iDEN network-fans, there’s some good news. Sprint CEO Dan Hesse announced that they will bring BlackBerry smartphone to Nextel customers which is loyal to iDEN network-based service. Continue reading ‘Sprint iDEN BlackBerry + WiFi later this year’
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Sanyo Pro-200, Sanyo Pro-700 (Sprint’s Nextel Direct Connect devices). Sanyo Pro-200 and the Sanyo Pro-700 were just announced by Sprint as the upcoming Nextel Direct Connect devices. Powered by Qualcomm’s QChat technology, these new Nextel Direct Connect devices will continue to provide industry-leading performance, while operating on the Rev. A portions of the Sprint Mobile Broadband network (except in Puerto Rico). Continue reading ‘Sanyo Pro-200, Sanyo Pro-700 (Sprint’s Nextel Direct Connect devices)’
Sanyo Katana LX for Sprint. From the FCC documentation in the last post, Sanyo Katana LX on FCC. It gave us a vague idea of what the successor to the Sanyo Katana would look like. But, we couldn’t figure where Sanyo stuffed that darn external display. It certainly wasn’t going to fit in that little black window that’s shown in the diagrams. Recently Engadget Mobile put their eyes on the Katana LX in the flesh. We can see that the external display is tucked under the outer shell. Continue reading ‘Sanyo Katana LX for Sprint’
Sanyo Katana LX on FCC. The FCC has unveiled the Sanyo Katana LX today, just in time for a launch next month (April).
The FCC diagrams showcase a device that’s pretty much what we expected. The Sanyo Katana LX is slim, it’s a clamshell, Continue reading ‘Sanyo Katana LX on FCC’
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