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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...
Virgin Mobile has announced the Kyocera Cyclops, a stylish white clamshell handset. Like the LG Chocolate in White that Verizon Wireless just started shipping, the Cyclops sports a pearl white finish. Technology wise the Cyclops is fairly high-end for Virgin...
Sep 12 2006 - 02:50 PM ET | CTIA, Kyocera
CTIA IT 2006 --Kyocera has announced two "Ultra-affordable" (AKA entry-level) CDMA handsets, the K122 and the K132. Of the two, the K132 is the most likely to become available in the US. The K122 is a single-band handset aimed at...
Virgin Mobile USA today announced that it will launch the Kyocera Switch_Back. Prior to today's announcement the Switch_Back was known as the Strobe (we caught up with it for the first time at CES this year). The Switch_Back is Virgin...
Jan 11 2006 - 03:19 PM ET | CES, Kyocera
We're posting more photo galleries from CES today, starting off with Kyocera. They were showing off the Strobe for the first time, which is a device similar in design to the Motorola A630 and LG VX9800. The Kyocera rep...
Nokia and Kyocera this week announced a resolution to a patent infringement spat. Both companies alledged the other infringed on patents related to mobile handsets. A cross licensing deal was made and all legal actions between the two companies...
Sep 27 2005 - 03:46 PM ET | Kyocera
CTIA IT 2005 -- Kyocera today unveiled severeal new models, including the Xcursion KX160. The KX160 is a CDMA clamshell phone with mid-level features. It's expected to become available in November. Features include: Bluetooth VGA camera with flash 128×160 pixel...
Virgin Mobile USA today announced a music phone, the Kyocera Slider Sonic. The Sonic is based off of the Slider Remix, but has added music features to keep it in step with the rest of the mobile industry. This phone...
Aug 08 2005 - 11:50 PM ET | Kyocera
Kyocera Wireless today announced the KX16, a low-end CDMA handset that will be out this fall. Features of the KX16 include: * VGA camera * Speakerphone * BREW 2.1 No carrier plans for the Kx16 have been announced so far....
Jul 25 2005 - 03:44 PM ET | 3G, Kyocera, MVNO
Amp'd Mobile, a youth oriented MVNO startup, today announced the first phone that it will carry once the service launches later this year. The Kyocera Jet Multimedia Phone is a customized version of the Slider Remix, with one major addition...
Verizon Wireless today launched the Kyocera KX1v, an abnormal looking clamshell style mobile phone. The asymmetrical KX1v is a low-end handset , with the following features: * 65K color main display * Speakerphone * Customizable faceplates You can purchase the...
Jun 04 2005 - 11:29 PM ET | Kyocera
Following on the heels of Nokia's low-end phone launch, Kyocera Wireless annoucned the Dorado KX13. While aimed at entry-level users, the Dorado KX13 has a much larger screen than Kyocera's other low-end phones. Features of the Dorado KX13 include: *...
May 06 2005 - 02:33 AM ET | Kyocera
Kyocera announced today that it will outsource its North American cell phone production to Flextronics International. 1,700 jobs will be lost in the move. bq. Kyocera produces 13 million cellphones a year globally. It will outsource production at U.S. unit...
Virgin Mobile USA has debuted the Kyocera K10 Royale. The K10 Royale is based off the Kyocera K400 series of phones and is the first phone from Kyocera that includes Java. Features of the Kyocera K10 Royale include: * Voice-activated...
Mar 14 2005 - 09:08 AM ET | Kyocera
CTIA 2005 -- Along with the Slider Remix KX5, Kyocera Wireless today announced the KX9. It's an entry level CDMA handset that will likely make it to the US. Features of the KX9 include: * 65K color display * Speakerphone...
Mar 14 2005 - 08:56 AM ET | Kyocera
CTIA 2005 -- Kyocera is jumping into the music phone arena with the Kyocera Slider Remix KX5. Kyocera has sliders before, but not with this feature set: * 1.3 megapixel camera with flash * 16MB memory plus TransFlash card slot...
Verizon Wireless today began shipping the Kyocera KX2, Kyocera's first camera phone. Features of the KX2 include: * 1.2 megapixel camera with LED flash and video capture (up to 15 sec) * 132 x 176 pixel 262K color display *...
Oct 28 2004 - 02:04 PM ET | Kyocera
Kyocera Wireless today announced a recall of over 1 million mobile phone batteries, citing a possible burn danger. The problem stems from counterfeit batteries somehow making it into production phones shipping to consumers. The affected models are Kyocera Slider, K400,...
Oct 11 2004 - 03:44 PM ET | Kyocera, Nokia
Early reports are flowing in about a lawsuit between Kyocera and Nokia. Kyocera states that Nokia is violating Kyocera's patents in 36 of its mobile phone models. It is not known what models Kyocera is claiming are violations, but the...
Verizon Wireless recently added the Kyocera K404 to its phone lineup. The entry level handset is similar to Kyocera's RAVE series, but lacks features like BREW for data access. Features of the Kyocera K404 include: * 104x90 pixel 4,096 color...
Jun 11 2004 - 01:19 PM ET | Kyocera
Kyocera released a new version of its popular Slider handset that includes push-to-talk. The SE44 PTT is only available from Alltel and will cost you as little as $79.99. You can purchase it starting today....
Apr 23 2004 - 09:49 AM ET | Kyocera
Kyocera today announced that it will provide the first Opera powered mobile phone for the Japanese market. AH-K3001V will be launched in Mid-may. bq. The AH-K3001V is the first handsets in the upcoming new generation of browser-centric phones where access...
Mar 19 2004 - 07:41 PM ET | Kyocera
While CTIA isn't until next week, the rumors are already flying. Kyocera is expected to release its first megapixel camera phone, the Kyocera Koi. It's a tri-mode CDMA handset with a nice rap sheet: * 262K color display * BREW...
Verizon Wireless has launched the Kyocera SE47, a fashion phone with a "slide-to-open faceplate" that sounds impressive. The specs aren't impressive, but they don't slack: * Speakerphone * Voice-activated dialing * Polyphonic ringtones * 3.39 ounces and measures 3.48" x...
Jan 23 2004 - 06:19 PM ET | Kyocera
Back in October of 2003, we reported on a Kyocera phone that had a battery explode. A few days later it turned out to be a hoax. The plot thickens as the company today announced a recall on batteries for...
Kyocera has released the rumored MTV / Virgin phone. The co-branded Slider V5 MTV Edition is aimed at the youth market who most likely lack the credit needed to score a regular phone. As with all Virgin Mobile phones, the...
Oct 19 2003 - 06:36 PM ET | Kyocera
Hopefully this will be the end of exploding phones for a while, but the latest report is that the previously mentioned exploding Kyocera did not actually explode. bq. "The KE413 phone was acting properly by venting heat and some graphite...
Jun 20 2003 - 01:27 PM ET | Kyocera
It's not fair that Japan has all the megapixel camera phones, and it's really not fair that they have the new Kyocera A5305K (sorry, we didn't name it). MobileBurn has a unit in-house to play with, and it looks great....
May 14 2003 - 01:10 PM ET | Kyocera
Cellular-news.com is reporting that Kyocera will be shipping select phones with the Opera web browser. It will be the first time that a phone in Asia will have full web access (the Opera browser has software to render real webpages...
Apr 28 2003 - 10:39 AM ET | Kyocera
Kyocera today announced plans to become the first manufacturer to offer entry-tier, affordable BREW-enabled CDMA phones with enhanced color displays that use software to emulate 16-bit, 65,000-color performance. The new BREW-enabled versions of the phone are collectively known as Kyocera's...
Apr 26 2003 - 01:19 AM ET | 3G, Camera, Kyocera
Gizmodo points to a new phone from Kyocera that's got a unique swivel design. The Kyocera A5305K3G (try saying that 5 times fast) is a 3G phone and packs all the features you'd expect out of one (video for...
In today's Wallstreet Journal the front page of Personal Journal features a picture of the Kyocera 7135 (runs Palm OS and is dubbed as a smartphone). That kind of exposure would be great for Kyocera, except the article is dubbed...
Kyocera has released a bunch of new goodies. Times are great in the Mobile Phone market: * SE47: Slider design (think Matrix), 65K color display, BREW, EMS, WAP 2.0, look for it in Q3. * Phantom/Blade/Rave: Mix-and-match features chosen by...
The Kyocera 7135 hasn't gotten much press, but it should have. It's a phone that runs the Palm OS. If it were only a little smaller, it would be a hit....
