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Today's Fresh Blogs...| Is Sanyo selling off its mobile phone division? |
| Published: August 13, 2007, 11:32 am |
| Tags: Kyocera, Net Loss, Netloss, Profit Loss, Profitloss, Restructuring, Sanyo, Sharp |
| parties" list are Sharp and Kyocera, well known phone-makers hoping to pick up the ailing company's slack (which currently constitutes about 15 percent of Sanyo's overall sales). The news comes as little surprise, given the current restructuring scramble Sanyo is attempting after a whopping 72 percent drop in operating profit in recent months. |
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| Stade de Suisse becomes "world's largest" solar stadium |
| Published: August 22, 2007, 1:38 pm |
| Tags: Kyocera, Solar Power, Solar Stadium, Solarpower, Solarstadium, Stade De Suisse, Stadedesuisse, Stadium |
| solar modules from Japan's Kyocera looks to have been enough to earn it some new bragging rights as the "world's largest stadium-integrated photovoltaic system." With the new modules up and running, the stadium now boasts an overall power output of 1,346.774 kWp, or 1,134,045 kWh per year, which is apparently the equivalent of 350 four-person |
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| Kyocera gettin' serious about buying Sanyo's mobile biz? |
| Published: September 14, 2007, 2:16 pm |
| Tags: Acquisition, Kyocera, Merger, Sanyo |
| the idea, but it seems that Kyocera may be taking this whole deal a bit more seriously than we previously assumed. Reportedly, "Kyocera [is aiming] to buy Sanyo's cell phone operations for about ¥50 billion ($435 million)," and just in case you still had doubts, these same sources are suggesting that the two are "entering the final stage of |
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| Kyocera Lingo clamshell comes to Cricket |
| Published: October 6, 2007, 3:25 am |
| Tags: Gadgets, Technology News, General, Images, Mobile News, Daily Update, Clamshell, Cricket, Kyocera Lingo |
| Cricket customers can now pick up Kyocera’s newest QWERTY-packin’ clamshell for around $200, and aside from the slightly unattractive design, you will find quite a lot to keep your thumbs happy. (more…) Clamshell, Cricket, Gadgets, General, Images, Kyocera Lingo, Mobile News, Technology News |
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| Sanyo to Sell Mobile Unit to Kyocera |
| Published: October 11, 2007, 5:01 pm |
| Tags: Doing Business In Japan, Goldman Sachs, Kyocera, Mobile Phones, Sanyo Electric |
| Kyocera has offered $597 millionish to Sanyo Electric for its mobile phone operations.Last year Goldman Sachs and other investors had to rescue Sanyo with a $2.56 billion bailout.Sanyo's former president was bounced.The company's small mobile phone retail business was sold.Sanyo Electric Credit Co. was scrapped. |
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| Kyocera said to be ever so close to buying Sanyo's cellphone biz |
| Published: October 11, 2007, 12:20 pm |
| Tags: Acquisition, Cellphone, Cellphone Business, Cellphonebusiness, Kyocera, Sanyo |
| yet to be fixed, Nikkei says Kyocera has offered 70 billion yen (or nearly $600 million) for the business, although that price may wind up being a bit lower after Kyocera has done all its due diligence. As Reuters points out, if the deal goes through, it would make Kyocera the world's seventh-largest cellphone business, up from its current 10th |
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| Cellphones: Sanyo, longtime supplier of Sprint's wilder ... |
| Published: October 12, 2007, 8:57 am |
| Tags: Cellphones, Kyocera, Sanyo, Sprint |
| Sanyo, longtime supplier of Sprint's wilder phones, has reached a "basic agreement" to sell its phone division to Kyocera, creating the not-too-intimidating seventh largest handset maker. [Reuters UK] |
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| Virgin Mobile deals the Kyocera Wild Card |
| Published: October 19, 2007, 10:53 am |
| Tags: Flip Phone, Flipphone, Kyocera, Pre Paid Wireless, Prepaidwireless, Qwerty, Virgin Mobile, Virginmobile, Wild Card, Wildcard |
| its latest offering, the Kyocera Wild Card. Of course, how deep into that particular pool both companies are going is a question for the ages. The Wild Card isn't exactly the most robust phone you'll ever get your hands on, though the flip-phone does offer a QWERTY keypad, dual screens, a 1.3-megapixel camera, Bluetooth integration, and a WAP |
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| Cellphones: Virgin Mobile's Wild Card Gets Music Over the Air |
| Published: October 19, 2007, 10:18 am |
| Tags: Cellphones, Headliners, Kyocera, Virgin Mobile, Virgin Mobile Usa, Wild Card |
| Virgin Mobile's Wild Card by Kyocera is the first phone that can receive music from its Headliners streaming audio player. The service is $2.50 per month, and you can listen to a given song on demand for 25 cents. (Electronista says that the quarter gets you unlimited listening of each song, though Virgin's press release didn't corroborate that.) |
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| Kyocera announces KR2 EV-DO router |
| Published: October 19, 2007, 12:31 pm |
| Tags: Ev Do, Ev Do Router, Ev Dorouter, Evdo, Kr2, Kyocera, Router |
| Wireless, NetworkingWhile Kyocera's old KR1 EV-DO router should still get the basic job done just fine, those looking for a few new features may want to consider the company's just-announced KR2 model, which brings the router up to date with some of the latest and greatest specs. Chief among those is support for 802.11n WiFi, as well as |
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| Virgin Mobile USA adds Kyocera's Wild Card; Heavy texters rejoice |
| Published: October 22, 2007, 6:17 am |
| Tags: Virgin Mobile, Kyocera, Devices, Announcements, Kyocera Wild Card, Virgin Mobile Kyocera, Virgin Mobile Qwerty, Virgin Mobile Wild Card |
| SMS users on their network - Kyocera Wireless’ Wild Card. Although we found it’s far from a “superior handset” their release is stating, the Wild Card DOES pack some interesting features for only $99.99. Aside from the full QWERTY keyboard that is probably THE raison d’ tre of this device, the Kyocera’s |
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| California Wildfires Shut Down Sony, Kyocera in San Diego County |
| Published: October 24, 2007, 12:52 pm |
| Tags: Sony Corporation, California Wildfires, Kyocera, San Diego County, Sony |
| Sony Electronics Inc., and Kyocera Corp, both based in San Diego County to shut down.Sony has 2,000 employees that build "Vaio" PCs customized to order.Kyocera has 500 workers on manufacturing lines of semiconductor parts.Workers at the two enterprises live in the area of the wildfires and cannot get to work or just have to flea for |
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| Kyocera W53K - Your personal entertainer |
| Published: November 20, 2007, 7:38 am |
| Tags: W53k, Pixel, Au Music Player, One Seg Digital Tv, Cmos, Tft Lcd, Microsd, Kyocera |
| Kyocera has launched into the Japanese market its peerless wireless gadget codenamed W53K. Moreover, it brags of a 1.97 million pixel CMOS camera with autofocus, 2.7-inch 260,000 colors TFT LCD and Detaforuda. Besides, there's also an expandable microSD card up to 2GB, bar code reader, one-seg digital TV, Au Music Player and remote locking. |
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| Verizon launches Kyocera KPC680 EV-DO Rev. A ExpressCard |
| Published: November 20, 2007, 7:15 pm |
| Tags: Ev Do Rev A, Ev Do Rev A, Ev Dorev A, Ev Doreva, Expresscard, Kpc680, Kyocera, Mobile Broadband, Mobile Internet, Mobilebroadband, Mobileinternet, Rev A, Rev A, Rev A, Reva, Verizon, Verizon Wireless, Verizonwireless, Vzw |
| at their fingertips. The Kyocera KPC680 ExpressCard is available now for anyone interested, and enables BroadbandAccess users to reach average download speeds of 600kbps to 1.4Mbps and upload speeds that range from 500kbps to 800kbps when situated in a Rev. A area. Additionally, this thing sports a "breakthrough" (ahem) antenna design that |
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| Kyocera KPC680 EV-DO Rev. A ExpressCard lands on Verizon |
| Published: November 21, 2007, 7:44 am |
| Tags: Kyocera, Verizon, Devices, Announcements, Kyocera Expresscard, Kyocera Kpc680, Verizon Expresscard, Verizon Laptop Card |
| from 500kbps to 800kbp. Kyocera is especially proud of KPC680’s uniquely designed antenna that apparently provides greater sensitivity, while keeping a compact form factor. Hmmm… it does look interested, but “breakthrough” is not the word I would use… Anyway, the Kyocera KPC680 ExpressCard could be yours for |
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