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The new Sanyo Katana Eclipse X is an upgrade for the previous Katana model that has been released today on Sprint. It is available in either Hypnotic Pink or Nightlife Black, and features Sprint's One Click interactive UI that allows you to easily customize your handset’s home screen the way you like it. One can also assign different lighting schemes to incoming calls, messages, and other alerts.

Bell Mobility has announced the release of the Sanyo Katana Eclipse, right after the introduction of the phone's new press photos. Prices are as following:

• $49.95 on a 3-year contract;
• $99.95 on a 2-year contract;$224.95 on a 1-year contract;
• $274.95 sans contract

Specs include:

• 1.3Mpix camera;
• 10MB of internal memory;
• MP3 player;
• Bluetooth 2.

The new Sanyo Katana Eclipse was first spotted about a month ago, in the same month got the FCC approval, but is still not officially announced by its future carrier Sprint. However, Sanyo has unveiled some nice pictures on its site revealing the phone in all its beauty. Check them out!

The new Sanyo Katana Eclipse has passed the FCC thus proving its existence. It was spotted in a Sprint roadmap two weeks ago, but was considered fake until now.

There is almost no information about it, but basically what we can say judging by the photo, it's a music-centric phone, similar in design to Katana LX. According to the roadmap, the Katana Eclipse should be launched before August 17th.

Sprint announced that starting July 13th its QChat-based handsets (Sanyo PRO-200 and PRO-700, Samsung Z400, and LG LX40) will become available in 14 additional markets, including:

• Phoenix, Ariz.;
• Upper Central Valley, Calif.;
• East Kentucky;
• Maine;
• Minnesota;
• Missouri;
• New Hampshire;
• Buffalo, N.

KDDI, the third largest cellular operator in Japan announced its Summer 2008 collection of mobile handsets. A good reason to fly to Japan this summer, if you need a new phone.

Here's the list of the available devices:

• Hitachi Wooo W62H - dual-flip with 3G gaming and video capabilities. Comes in blue, silver, and black.
• Sharp W62SH - 16:9 WVGA screen, 3.

Only two months ago it was just a rumor...

Sprint has released the Sanyo Katana LX, a nice replacement to the older Katana II available for the same $49.99 with a contract after rebates.

This stylish clamshell comes in 3 colors: Liquid Graphite, Pacific Blue, and Elegant Pink and features GPS, Bluetooth, VGA camera, and ... no EV-DO.

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Sprint now offers two new phones from Sanyo called Pro-200 and Pro-700, which support the carrier's Push-to-talk over cellular technology.

Apart from that the two handsets also support Qualcomm’s QChat technology, Group Connect, and remote contact information management via the Sprint Mobile Sync online tool.

• The Sanyo Pro-200 has a slimmer silver-coated body and costs $49.

FCC has unveiled a new, supposedly low-end handset from Sanyo called Katana LX.

It is a clamshell phone with no camera, no external display, no microSD slot, but equipped with Bluetooth and a headset jack.

That's all we can tell you at the moment...

Kyocera has purchased Sanyo's unprofitable mobile division for $375 million; this includes Sanyo's handset manufacturing operations and sales channels in Japan and other countries.

However, the manufacturer's brand won't be changed. This way Kyocera hopes to expand its penetration in foreign markets, especially U.