Archive for the ‘Kyocera’ Category

In a press release today, Virgin Mobile has announced the official launch and current availability of a new variant of the Kyocera WildCard multimedia and messaging oriented handset limited to 15,000 units and exclusive to Best Buy/Best Buy Mobile locations and online through BestBuy.com.
The Virgin Mobile Festival Special Edition of the Kyocera WildCard features a [...]

Kyocera has emerged as one of the industry’s most revitalized manufacturers this year at CTIA.
Starting with the announcement that the Japanese parent company has completed its acquisition of Sanyo’s US mobile phone division, the one time manufacturer of entry-level basic phones for small carriers has evolved into a potential player in the general wireless handset [...]

Sanyo has announced that it has finalized a deal to sell its mobile and cellular phone division to Kyocera. The deal completes talks which were reported as early as September of last year, with rumors dating long before then.
Sanyo’s mobile phone business has been in the air for over two years. Sanyo was intending to [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]