Kyocera has decided together with Wind River (global leader in Device Software Optimization) to develop mobile hardware and software for Android-based devices. Dave Carey, vice president and general manager of the Consumer Products Group at Kyocera Wireless Corp said:
“Our adoption of the Android platform further exemplifies how Kyocera Wireless is driving the convergence of telecommunication, broadband and multimedia technologies in mobile devices.” He added, “We are committed to developing compelling consumer devices that leverage our robust technology portfolio. Our goal is to make Kyocera the leader in Android integration among CDMA device manufacturers in the markets we serve.”
Wind River’s Android systems integration services will provide its broad mobile and deep open source expertise to Kyocera Wireless to help them accomplish their market goals.
Kyocera to enter Android hardware and software
Japanese KDDI today announced new additions to its handset range. The Toshiba W64T is a 1-Seg clamshell phone with dedicated touch-sensitive TV key. With an elegant design it has a 3.2 megapixel camera with auto focus and shake hands reduction, and microSD memory card slot support. The W64T measures 50 x 104 x 17.3 mm and weighs about 124 g.
The second model, W63K by Kyocera is a candybar phone which at first glance surprised me – missing camera and Bluetooth. But user can enjoy other features like: 2.7″ IPS LCD Wide QVGA screen with 240 × 400 pixels, CDMA 1x EV-DO, and e-mail. In 89 g it provides 250 minutes of talk time and 340 hours of standby time.
The carrier will launch these handsets in September 25 and 26 for price which will depend on the retail store.
Kyocera Wireless known most for offering modest phone devices has announced its first GSM phone E3500 which seems like strategic jump in GSM markets that aims to capture a handfull of GSM customers. The phone will be available in Latin America, where a number of CDMA service providers has recently switched to GSM networks. This actually will kick start the sales in north American region for solid market for its growth.
E3500 is a quad-band phone which give talk time of eight hours with 500 hours of standby. Kyocera which had a repution of making phones for just voice functionality has really stepped in for designing high end phones like E3500 which has few very good features relates to music and camera. E3500 supports music with MP3 and video record/playback. E3500 has dual color displays, with a 1.3-megapixel camera, expandable memory and Bluetooth. The handset also includes Internet WAP 2.0, USB and microUSB, Bluetooth 1.2, Stereo Bluetooth, and HeadSet Jack (2.5mm).
Kyocera E3500
Virgin Mobile USA has added its newest handset, the TNT! by Kyocera Wireless which was announced a month ago is now available with flexible monthly plans and no annual contract. TNT! stands for Talk N’ Text, and that’s all what its owners can do with it. TNT! is meant for users who are not interested in hard core technology handsets but yet very solid and reliable handset. TNT! is largely an entry level set for consumers who have just jumped in mobile world. However its elegant design and an acceptable price tag of $20 is good to go.
TNT! which is a clamshell phone measures only 3.5″ x 1.8″ x 0.6″ and weighs 3 ounces. The phone also has an external display which was quite famous few years back. With a 200 min talk time and 5 days standby battery the TNT! has few very exciting games along with download able real and animated ringtones. The phone is already available.
Kyocera TNT
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