PhoneNews.com 2-Month Giveaway XII: Virgin Mobile Wild Card by Kyocera
Virgin Mobile USA & PhoneNews.com have teamed up to giveaway a Virgin Mobile Wild Card by Kyocera. It’s the first prepaid phone with Bluetooth and a QWERTY keyboard on CDMA, and it also is the first Virgin Mobile phone with EV-DO data. This contest will run for 48 hours, and ends at 11:59 PM Pacific […]
Verizon Releases Kyocera KPC680 Rev A ExpressCard
Earlier today, Verizon Wireless and Kyocera Wireless Corporation released the KPC680 ExpressCard with CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Rev.A technology. It features a revamped detachable, corkscrew flip-up antenna design, dual external antenna ports enabling better reception and performance, a dual color LED service status indicator and a smaller compact design measuring in at 4.49" (H) x 1.34" […]
Verizon Launches UTStarcom UM150 USB Modem
Verizon has also launched the Verizon Wireless UM150 USB Modem from UTStarcom. Like the recently launched USB727 modem from Novatel Wireless, the UM150 features a microSD slot with support for 4GB cards, as well as a retractable antenna and Y cable extension for increased reception. The modem is now available online for $129.99 with a […]
Virgin Mobile Wild Card Arrives in Stores
While not yet available directly from Virgin Mobile, the Wildcard has arrived in stores. The phone is Virgin Mobile’s first EV-DO offering, and is based on the Kyocera M1000, which we first covered back at CTIA earlier this year. The Wildcard, inside a Target store The Wildcard will replace the Switch_Back in Virgin Mobile’s lineup, […]
Kyocera Agrees to Purchase Sanyo Mobile Phone Manufacturing Unit
According to a follow-up report by Reuters, Sanyo has agreed to sell its troubled loss-leading mobile phone manufacturing division to Kyocera for an unconfirmed amount, though Kyocera has made an offer of $600 million for the unit. The deal is expected to increase Kyocera’s profile in the US market, a market that Kyocera has had […]
Kyocera Named in Sanyo Buyout Talks
Reuters is reporting that Kyocera has entered into talks to acquire Sanyo’s mobile phone unit. Sanyo, facing financial hardships, has been rumored to be attempting to sell the unit for almost a year. Sanyo’s handset division has been known for almost five years as being an exclusive Sprint handset provider. Sanyo has only sold phones […]
PCS Intel Pro Giveaway 2: Chargers for Everyone
If you were a runner-up in our first giveaway, you didn’t get a charger. Long story short, the movers lost them. So, to make things even better, we’re going to give away a charger of your choice to every PCS Intel Pro member that is currently a member as of this posting. The only caveat […]
Verizon: Kyocera Battery Recall
Kyocera yesterday issued a massive battery recall affecting their entire current Verizon lineup. It also affects Kyocera-approved aftermarket batteries for these same models. What happened was their battery manufactuer used potentially faulty and sub-standard components that could potentially pose a safety hazard. To identify your battery and check to see if it is under recall, […]
Kyocera V5 Slider for Sprint PCS on eBay
Usually, plugging eBay auctions is rare on the newsfeed, but it’s a slow news week, so here it goes… I’ve listed on eBay a V5 Slider that can be activated on Sprint PCS. Originally a Virgin Mobile phone, it has been reprogrammed and comes with an additional Sprint phone with the ESN transferred. Porting it […]
Qwest Launches MVNO… With V60x!
Qwest today launched their Mobile Virtual Network Operation (MVNO) today using Sprint PCS’s network, with data services through PCS Vision to follow next month. The interesting things is that they launched with several phones that aren’t available for Sprint, and some that are. Phones that are at launch are as follows: Motorola V60x Motorola C343 […]