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As you probably know, Sanyo is now in the middle of a major restructuring process and has put its unprofitable mobile phone manufacturing and sales units for sale in order to refocus on more important issues.

Well, just to inform you, the company has agreed to sell its mobile handset sales business to Telepark, a large mobile phone retailer, for $41.

Sanyo has entered the final stages of negotiations to sell its unprofitable mobile handset division to Kyocera.

The talks have begun last month, but it is yet unknown when the two companies will reach the agreement.

The deal is worth about $434 million and, if signed, will make Kyocera the 7th largest cell phone manufacturer.

FCC has just approved the Sanyo S1, an entry-level candybar handset for Sprint.

The phone is just 11.1mm thick, features Bluetooth connectivity, but lacks a camera.

According to reports, Sanyo is currently in negotiations with other phone manufacturers to sell its unprofitable handset business. The most likely buyers for now are Sharp and Kyocera.

Previously, Sanyo already tried to create a joint venture with Nokia's CDMA division, but it didn't work out because of financial losses.

Sprint and Sanyo have announced the new Sanyo Katana DLX cell phone, also known as the Sanyo SCP-8500, supporting Sprint Power Vision services, such as Sprint Music Store, Sprint TV and Sprint Navigation. The phone has a thin form factor and is available in Platinum Ice, Champagne and Pink Satin. Some of its features include:

•  CDMA/EV-DO networks
•  Large QVGA primary display
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The new Sanyo SCP-3200 mobile phone is now available from Sprint. It is designed for family, keeping family members close together no matter where they are.

Sanyo SCP-3200 has a clamshell design and includes Parental controls tool for preventing kids from talking and too long as well as limiting Web usage.

The new Sanyo SCP-8500, or Katana DLX, was spotted on FCC site recently. Basing on available documents and drawings, this clamshell handset will feature EV-DO data, Bluetooth and a microSD card slot, dual screens and a built-in camera. The dimensions have changed in comparison with the original Katana: the phone lost 3.8mm in height and 1.

The new Sanyo SCP-6650 Katana II clamshell was recently found on FCC Site.

The phone slightly differs from its predecessor: it shrinks 2 mm in width and 4 mm in height, features a larger external display positioned slightly lower on the front of the device, and comes with a 2.5mm headset jack.

It also has a camera, internal antenna, and Bluetooth capability.

Check out this new slim and stylish Sanyo W52SA handset, which should be available June 21st.

Some of Sanyo W52SA features include:

• GSM support
• 2.8" TFT QVGA LCD display
• 2Mpix CMOS camera
• microSD card support
• Web access (Opera browser)
• Lismo music service
• FeliCa wallet
• GPS
• Dimensions: 107x50x18.

As you probably know, the Sanyo M1 handset was introduced by Sprint Nextel Corp. and Sanyo Corp recently.

Earlier this year Sanyo suggested it would move out of the mobile phone business and plans to sell it. Sanyo doesn't comment this. Sanyo provided the bulk of Sprint Nextel's CDMA mobile handsets so company's destiny is linked to the carrier's recent performance.