Camera Phones Plaza

CTIA Wireless 2008 trade show hosts the presentation of a new Kyocera cell phones line with support for AWS frequency bands and sporting stylish designs.
All look cool to me but I will start with the Kyocera Neo E1100 because it inspires me elegance and a rare look with this brilliant light-pipe on the exterior which comes to life when someone calls or sends a message.

This cell phone has a hidden OLED caller-ID display and a large 2.2-inch QVGA display, as well as Bluetooth, voice recognition, a built-in 1.3MP camera, Instant Messaging, MP3 player, cool screen savers, wallpapers for personalization, BREW 3.1.5, Internet browsing, and email.

Next comes the Kyocera Mako S4000, a beautiful clamshell showing a color external display, a large keypad, the 1.8-inch main display, and support for Bluetooth, WAP 2.0 and BREW 3.1.5.



You can use it also for pictures as it is equipped with a built-in 1.3MP camera.

Kyocera Adreno S2400 clamshell cell phone is designed to look kinda retro with its tactile finish and the curved edges in high-contrast colors.
The keyboard is large as the 1.8-inch main display for easy messaging.
Other features include MP3 player and external caller ID display.

All are affordable mobile phones that will be released in Q3 this year to support 800 MHz, 1900 MHz, 1700 MHz and 2100 MHz frequency bands.
Kyocera also announced that it has finalized the acquisition of Sanyo mobile phone division.



"This is a milestone day for Kyocera in the mobile phone business," declared Dave Carey, vice president and general manager of KWC's Consumer Products Group. "Our new CDMA handsets mark another step in the development of our core CDMA business, while our expansion into the GSM market significantly broadens our global market opportunities and the Sanyo acquisition gives us unprecedented new economies of scale and depth of resources. We're making a very clear statement today that Kyocera is committed to long-term growth and success in this industry."

Nuance, a leader in the speech and imaging solutions industry, announced the new mobile phone with its speech recognition capability under the name Tempo E2000, made by Kyocera Wireless.
This cell phone is currently available at the wireless carrier MetroPCS with the other countries to receive it soon.

The features which Tempo E2000 comes with include video on demand, a built-in 1.3MP camera with video recorder, microSD slot for up to 2GB memory, and up to 3.5 hours of talk time.

The speech recognition capability from Nuance allows for digit dialing and speaker-independent name so the user can easily dial just by pushing the special button and start to speak the name he/she wants to call from the phone book, or by saying the phone number.
Other commands supported are application launching, menu navigation and others.

"People are verbal communicators so Nuance's voice recognition technology helps us to create more elegant, humanistic devices. We don't believe technology and ease-of-use are mutually exclusive concepts," said Dave Carey, vice president and general manager of the Consumer Products Group at Kyocera Wireless.

Measuring just 15.3mm thick, this sleek Kyocera W44K multimedia clamshell features a 2.4-inch QVGA screen, 2.0MP digicam, 40MB of internal memory, a microSD card slot, and a media player. The handset is available in “Stillness Silver”, “Fragrant Pink”, or “Lustrous Black” colors

The Kyocera W44K is now available in Japan.

Via techeblog.

Verizon Wireless and Kyocera have launched a new entry-level handset ready for the holiday shopping season, the Kyocera K323.

The handset sports a 65k color TFT LCD display and Bluetooth, a VGA resolution camera. The Kyocera K323 includes a photo touch-up application for adding frames and adjusting color and resolution of captured photos. Alarm clock, tip calculator, and voice memo applications are installed, and speakerphone functionality is included for hands free conversations.

The new Kyocera K323 is available now from Verizon Wireless, and for a limited time can be yours free with the purchase of a Verizon VBT135 Bluetooth headset for US$29.99.

Via

Verizon Wireless announced two new entry-level phones. First one is the Pantech PN-300, a clamshell that has two displays, the internal of which supports 65k colors. It lacks camera and advanced multimedia features, as it is targeted to people who don’t want to spend much on their mobile phone.

It seems that the clamshell form-factor is the main selling point for entry-level devices, as the other phone Verizon Wireless will offer is also of this design – the Kyocera K323. This one is coming with internal antenna, built-in camera, and bluetooth, but it will also be one of the free phones the carrier will offer in its line.

It’s expected for the Pantech PN-300 to launch very soon, while the Kyocera K323 will be available later, but probably before the end of the year.

Via engadget.