Sprint introduces first megapixel phonecam for US consumers

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Sprint Launches Audiovox PM-8920: First
US Megapixel Phone

Sprint Launches Audiovox PM-8920: First
US Megapixel Phone 07/08/2004 10:40 AM

I can hardly believe it's true, but MobileTracker is reporting that Sprint has announced the Audiovox PM-8920, the first megapixel-plus cameraphone for the US market. And if that weren't enough, the price is to be low -- $150 after rebates. Among its other features, the PM-8920 also features an 'Airplane Mode,' a special setting that allows games and applications to be used while keeping the cellular radio powered down. (That sounds like a load of fun to explain to the stewardesses.)

The PM-8920 should be in stores today. If any of you early adopters want to send in early impressions, feel free.
Read - Sprint PM-8920 first 1.3MP cam phone for US [MobileTracker]
Look - CTIA Wireless Show [PhoneScoop]

Sony introduces 3.31-megapixel camcorder

Sony introduces 3.31-megapixel camcorder 06/29/2004 10:35 AM
Sony has introduced a new 3.31-megapixel camcorder that weighs less than a pound and is small enough to fit into a pocket or purse: the DCR-PC350 MiniDV Handycam...

Sprint Introduces Monthly Wi-Fi Billing
(AP)

Sprint Introduces Monthly Wi-Fi Billing
(AP) 05/04/2004 11:50 PM
AP - Sprint Corp. introduced a $49.95 monthly wi-fi service Tuesday, but will face stiff competition from cheaper — or free — alternatives.

Sprint Introduces Monthly Wi-Fi Billing

Sprint Introduces Monthly Wi-Fi Billing 05/04/2004 04:59 PM
AP via Daily Press May 4 2004 9:48PM GMT

RealNetworks Introduces Harmony,
Enabling Consumers to Buy Digital Music
that Plays on All Popular Devices.

RealNetworks Introduces Harmony,
Enabling Consumers to Buy Digital Music
that Plays on All Popular Devices. 07/27/2004 07:48 PM
RealNetworks Introduces Harmony, Enabling Consumers to Buy Digital Music that Plays on All Popular Devices. RealNetworks Sr. Codec Engineer Karl Lillevold explains how Harmony works: "When transferring your purchased songs to the iPod, the AAC itself is not touched, but the Helix DRM is transmuxed to the DRM used by the iPod, i.e. fully protected and without trans-coding." And "DVD Jon" Johansen asks "where do I send the invoice?"

Genesis Communications Introduces New
Collect Calling Service Customized For
Hispanic & Mexico Consumers
001-800-LLAMALE (001-800-552-6253)

Genesis Communications Introduces New
Collect Calling Service Customized For
Hispanic & Mexico Consumers
001-800-LLAMALE (001-800-552-6253) 04/15/2005 06:25 PM
International Carrier Delivers Inexpensive International Collect Calling Services to Hispanic Market [PRWEB Apr 15, 2005]

Nude phonecam pix put cops in a fix

Nude phonecam pix put cops in a fix 03/31/2005 03:00 PM
Xeni Jardin: A police officer is accused of downloading naked photos of a suspect from her own cell phone after a DWI arrest, according to a report. The officer has been "reassigned" pending the outcome of an internal investigation, as has his partner on the force -- while the department looks into reports that he phoned the suspect's home to ask her out on a date.

Snip from a Houston Chronicle story, via Declan McCullagh's politech:

During the arrest, they discovered that the woman had stored sexually explicit photos of herself in her cell phone, and Green downloaded the images onto his personal digital assistant, according to the search request.

Here's a PDF of the warrant to search the officer's PDA: Link. Politech reader Scott H. says:

[This] sure seems beyond the pale of unreasonable search and seizure (small pun). Hypothetically, what if the phone had a picture of the woman in question standing over a dead person in back of her home? Is this a warrantless search and if they find the body in her home is this fruit from a poisoned tree? Do the police have a right to search through all the "data" a person has in thier possession at the time of arrest? What about a USB flash drive? Encrypt, encrypt, encrypt.

Link< /a> to EWeek story, and Declan recommends FileVault and PGPdisk as handy encryption utilities. Here are more.

Update: Looks like my blog-mate Mark Frauenfelder covered this item over at The Feature -- Link.

SENT phonecam art show launches with
Motorola

SENT phonecam art show launches with
Motorola 06/10/2004 01:22 PM
Phonecam photographers, contribute to SENT! The phonecam art show I'm co-curating -- the first of its kind in America -- is online, and you are invited to share your futurephone snapshots of the world with the world. The website is live now, and a gallery show will open at a downtown Los Angeles space on July 9.

Motorola is sponsoring the show, and they've provided some late-model camera phones for each of the 30 participating artists (including Megan Mullally of TV's "Will and Grace," Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, "Weird" Al Yankovic, and a number of renowned photographers and filmmakers).

The invited artists' images will debut at the gallery show in July, and images submitted by the public are available for viewing right now.
Link, and instructions on how to submit your phonecam art are here.

Hungary takes aim at phonecam snapshots

Hungary takes aim at phonecam snapshots 12/16/2003 02:50 PM
The data protection ombudsman of Hungary ruled last week that phonecam users who transmit pictures of people who are unaware of being photographed may be prosecuted for privacy violation -- as could their mobile service providers.

Ombudsman Attila Peterfalvi said he started an investigation after one of Hungary's three mobile providers ran an advertisement saying: "If you see a good-looking girl or guy on the street, don't hesitate to share the aesthetic experience with your friends via MMS." Mobile phones, kitted out with small cameras used in multimedia messaging (MMS), are selling fast in Hungary, where mobile penetration is a high 75.2 percent.

Link (via diepunyhumans)

Warren Ellis: moment of phonecam zen

Warren Ellis: moment of phonecam zen 01/02/2004 10:57 PM
Author and blogger Warren Ellis shot this phonecam snap with a Nokia 3650, then opined aloud:

"What I just clicked into is that futurephones are very good for the micro, and that weird impressionistic smudging and the odd focal length creates its own suite of weird effects.

This was made by touching the phone's top down on some gravel on the edge of a puddle in a back alley.

The photo is upside down -- if you look closely at the top half of the picture, you can just make out the stones underwater in the puddle.

I am oddly pleased with this little picture."

Link

Instant Phonecam Karma Police

Instant Phonecam Karma Police 03/24/2005 05:05 AM
Xeni Jardin: BB pal Jeff 'Koganuts' Koga sez:

A friend of mine recently had a road rage incident with an aggressive cell phone-toting, bird-flipping SUV driver on the 110 Freeway in Downtown Los Angeles. But in this particular case, not only did my friend document it with a digital camera, but said driver was pulled over by the CHP! Who says there isn't a little thing called karma in the universe?

Link

Hurrican Ivan phonecam snap from New
Orleans

Hurrican Ivan phonecam snap from New
Orleans 09/14/2004 08:16 PM
Xeni Jardin: BoingBoing pal Jonno, who lives and works in New Orleans, phonecams us this mobile snapshot of a lunch spot in the hurricane path. The blue plate special today? Po'boys and bravado.

Phonecam snap of LA flyers: Crimes
against Elvedom

Phonecam snap of LA flyers: Crimes
against Elvedom 12/15/2003 03:14 PM
Phonecam snapshot of freshly plastered flyers along Vermont street in Silverlake, outside the House of Pies where I just ate breakfast. Click thumbnail for larger pic. Who's behind these? I bet it's the Y-Que posse, whose store is like a block away. Everything's always "WANTED" or "FREE SOMEONE" with those people.

SENT phonecam art show opens tomorrow --
Saturday -- in LA

SENT phonecam art show opens tomorrow --
Saturday -- in LA 07/09/2004 01:47 PM
Last night, Sean Bonner, Caryn Coleman and I finished setting up the SENT phonecam art show installation at LA's Standard Hotel Downtown. 25 invited artists contributed images taken with Motorola V600s. The participants are as diverse as they are talented: photographers, indie photobloggers, two famed filmmakers, a billionaire b-ball team owner, and a celeb or two or three.

The work looks incredible, regardless of how they shot it -- two artist shots from SENT are shown at left. Tattooed LA gangstaz lean out of low-rider cars. A girl gazes into the eye of a phone. White vapor rises off dark water in a Hollywood pool. A needle drops into a black vinyl groove. Little slices of digital life. Lovely stuff.

As I watched Caryn tack invited participants' photos along the wall in a grid resembling a gigantic SMS message (come to the show, you'll see what I mean), all I could think of was this: what's fascinating about people using new gadgets like phonecams to make art isn't the gadget. Human beings need to communicate just like we need to breathe, eat, and drink water. As new tools emerge, the way we communicate changes -- but the need to connect with each other, and reflect on the visual, sensual, tactile world around us remains the same.

If you're in LA, please join us tomorrow night from 7-10pm for the big public opening event -- the first time invited artists' phonecam pics will be shown. We'll be on the 4th floor of the Downtown LA Standard Hotel, 550 South Flower Street. Or, stop by Sunday 11 through Saturday 17 from 12-5pm and check out the show. Saturday's reception and the ongoing show are free and open to the public -- and we've set up free WiFi in the 4th floor gallery space to complement the free WiFi in the hotel lobby. Blog on! More details here. Press clips, including this week's LA Times review, are here.

SRL show in LA: video, and Xeni's
phonecam snapshots

SRL show in LA: video, and Xeni's
phonecam snapshots 04/03/2005 01:24 PM
Xeni Jardin: I snapped some quick photos with my Treo while the SRL folks were setting up all the machines for last night's show in Los Angeles. I'm still coughing up orange smoke particles, and some metal sparks got in my hair -- but a fine time was had by all. It was a great show.
Link

Mack Reed of LAVoice sez:

Here's an early, detailed report (2:38 a.m. last night) complete with plenty of pix and silent video shot with a clear view from the roof. Sad that the audio on my Olympus usually-still digicam malfunctioned, but the clips are crisp and slender (max 5kb) adn they do have a sort of dreamlike quality.

Link

I recorded audio, and interviewed cast and robot crew. Stay tuned for a report!

"Rodney-King-like" citizen phonecam
episode

"Rodney-King-like" citizen phonecam
episode 12/02/2003 01:42 AM
BoingBoing pal Emi ly says:

A blatant act of racism by the Portland police was snapped by a "citizen reporter" armed with a camera phone. The story and the photos were published in the Portland Tribune and broadcasted on television: "Police offers parked their car outside Ringlers restaurant with a stuffed gorilla attached to the car's grill last Tuesday night, - where a largely black crowd had gathered for a weekly hip-hop show hosted by disc jockey Mello Cee. This is the kind of thing you expect to see in the South, like a Confederate flag. They might as well paint their faces black with white lips," said Mello Cee.

"Resident Calvin Washington who said he took the photos around 1 a.m. last Tuesday morning outside Ringlers restaurant at 1332 W. Burnside St. Washington said when he realized what was happening, he grabbed his cell phone camera and walked outside to take pictures. 'I went out and flicked a few pics. The police couldn't tell what I was doing because I had the phone in my hand. They couldn't tell what it was,' he said."

The Portland Tribune published a follow-up article on Friday, questioning whether the "incident may have launched the age of technological vigilantism in Portland".

News stories: Clubgoer s accuse police of racism, Gorilla case highlights cell phone vigilantism, more links here

Music to Phonecam by: Kill Bill Vol. 2
Mashups

Music to Phonecam by: Kill Bill Vol. 2
Mashups 07/14/2004 11:58 AM
During this weekend's launch of the SENT phonecam photography show (press coverage here), pics submitted by the public were displayed on iMac screens, refreshing automatically every few minutes (link), while iTunes blasted some groovy mashups. Many at the show asked about the tunes, so here is one highlight from the playlist. I'll post more over the next few days -- don't want to spoil you with a jam overdose.

The tracks people seemed to dig most were all from an amazing mashup album by a group of DJs called Hanzo Steel -- remixes inspired by the soundtrack of Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill Volume 2. My favorite track: "Bang Bang, My Baby Shot Me Down" (Link to free MP3 track). The track includes samples from: "Bang Bang My Baby Shot Me Down" by Nancy Sinatra, "Big Beat" by Billy Squier/"Fix Up Look Sharp" by Dizzee Rascal, "Apache" by the Incredible Bongo Band (as used by Nas), "Take Me To The Mardis Gras" by Bob James/"Peter Piper" by Run DMC and audio samples from many of the original Kung Fu films which are referenced in Tarantino's movies. I can't stop playing this track. It scratches the funk spot in my brain.

Here are two more freebies from the same disc: "Twisted Nerve (Biter's Revenge)" (Link to free MP3). Includes "Twisted Nerve" by Bernard Herrmann and "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson. And "Ironsides" includes "Ironsides" by Quincy Jones plus Divine Styler. (Link to free MP3).

Link to Hanzo Steel home (check the fine cover art! Buy the CD!). Check out SENT in person through Saturday July 17 (12-5pm daily) at the Downtown Standard Hotel in LA. Oh, and the image shown here is one of the 1500 +/- phonecam snapshots submitted by the public. You can never have enough phonecam pics of hot electroclash babes licking themselves in the mirror, I always say. (Thanks for the free tracks, Hanzo Steel!)

Nokia launches phonecam with
fashionsoftporn from photog Rankin

Nokia launches phonecam with
fashionsoftporn from photog Rankin 06/13/2004 02:36 AM
Handset maker Nokia promoted the release of a new phonecam/PDA with help from renowned British fashion photographer Rankin, and a bunch of hot nekkid fairy chicks.

[Rankin] was given an advance trial of Nokia's latest and highest-resolution cameraphone, the 7610. With it, he crafted six huge A2 sized photographs and 60 other shots, inspired by the legendary Cottingley fairy photographs. By running the images through software filters, the former co-founder of the legendary Dazed & Confused magazine managed to conjure up incredibly sharp images of beautiful women posed as woodland fairies. All this from a one-megapixel cameraphone with 4 x digital zoom, and a very sharp colour display.

Lin k to Mike Butcher's article in the Irish Times, and link to photo gallery with Rankin's digitally remixed phonecam images -- and some pics of the handset itself.

Phonecam pics accepted as court evidence
in China

Phonecam pics accepted as court evidence
in China 08/17/2004 01:25 PM
It was inevitable:

Beijing Haidian People's Court yesterday held a session in a case that involves Mr. Wu Mingming, a furniture manufacturer, who had bilked two students' parents of about RMB180000 by pretending he was a secretary of an Education Minister in China. One of the students submitted a photo taken with a mobile phone as evidence. The photo is a small one, but it shows one of the parents handing money to the defendant, Mr. Wu. The parent said he took the photo because Mr. Wu refused to give him an invoice, and he was afraid he would be cheated.

So far, no judgment has been made in the case. This is the first documented time that mobile phone photos have been submitted as evidence in a court in Beijing.

Link (Thanks, James Tyre!)

Creative Commons-licensed phonecam
bl0gging service

Creative Commons-licensed phonecam
bl0gging service 04/14/2004 10:31 AM
Alfie Dennen of the phonecam blogging service Moblog UK says:

We operate the site code on a copyright commons basis, and with users like Warren Ellis (who want to retain control of their images/video/audio), we urge people using the site to do the same. The fact that Textamerica and mblog etc own your content once it hits their servers got us so angry we felt we had to make an alternative.

We carry no advertising, and are donation supported. In terms of the code itself, we support multiple image posts, multiple audio and image posts, in pretty much every format that phones can produce. The site is very malleable, if you can make a css style sheet, you can make the site entirely your own look, still hosting it with us. We are a community that consists partly of a lot of artists who want to make sure they keep some ownership of their work.

Link

India freaks out over amateur teen sex
phonecam video

India freaks out over amateur teen sex
phonecam video 12/22/2004 01:29 AM
Xeni Jardin: Snip:

The [oral] sex clip was recorded weeks ago and passed on by the bragging schoolboy to three of his friends and eventually made its way to video disc sellers in New Delhi. It did not draw much attention until an engineering student at a prestigious Indian college listed it for sale on [eBay's Indian subsidiary] Baazee.com... it's the talk of urban India, an obsession of newspapers and talk shows. (...)

Of greater concern to many in the business community is [Baazee.com exec Avnish] Bajaj's arrest under the Information Technology Act of 2000. The law makes a criminal offense of "publishing, transmitting, or causing to publish any information in electronic form, which is obscene." But it also says an Internet provider or Web site manager can't be held responsible if he acted diligently to remedy an electronic offense after learning of it. Baazee.com maintains it yanked the sex video listing as soon as customer service managers noticed it, and Bajaj had traveled to New Delhi to cooperate with authorities.

Pawan Duggal, a cyberlaw expert, said Bajaj's arrest has serious implications, especially when Internet usage in the country is rapidly growing and foreign investors are increasingly looking to India for e-commerce opportunities. "Ultimately we have to see bigger picture. We want to increase Internet penetration. All this will only happen if you allow service providers the freedom," he said.

Hehehe. He said "increase penetration." Link (via unwired, thanks John Parres, and Prion)

Update: Fleshbot picked up an interesting/creepy angle on the story as reported by Agence France-Presse: the incident is reportedly being followed at the "highest levels" of US government as well. Fleshbot's editor asks, "Yes, the manager of Baazee.com is an Indian-born US citizen, but still. Is this the sort of case the US State Department usually gets involved in? We'd have thought they were busy with other things, like ... oh, war and stuff." Link

And reader John McCarthy says, "According to today’s Salon, Condi’s on the trail of the India phone sex scandal."

[Condoleezza] Rice is understood to have telephoned the U.S. ambassador in India, David Mulford, about the case. The Bush administration's national security advisor and future secretary of state has let it be known that she is furious about Bajaj's humiliating treatment. He is, after all, a U.S. citizen.

Link. "Appropriately enough," says John, "I had to watch a premercial for a Verizon videophone to read the full text."

Bose Introduces introduces The SoundDock
for iPod

Bose Introduces introduces The SoundDock
for iPod 09/16/2004 03:07 PM
Bose today introduced the SoundDock digital music system for Apple's iPod and iPod mini...

70 Megapixel Webcam

70 Megapixel Webcam 06/19/2004 01:24 AM

A 4 megapixel birthday!

A 4 megapixel birthday! 07/07/2004 12:53 PM
Guess I should have posted a while ago about my birthday - June 20th. Really I guess I should have...

Megapixel Mania

Megapixel Mania 01/22/2004 08:47 PM
2-Mpixel era

"Japan's three major mobile phone carriers KDDI, Vodafone and NTT DoCoMo have all flagged new models boasting about 2 megapixels.This article states that 'the designs offer more than merely a few more pixels, though. Models of KDDI and Vodafone also come with auto-focus (AF) mechanisms, for example. Some camera-equipped mobile phones are featuring the equivalent electronic flash found in digital still cameras'. With the capacity of two megapixels and flash, 'photography with mobile phones will make major inroads into digital camera territory'.
Mobile Phones Enter 2-Mpixel Era" [Smart Mobs]

Did I really say I wanted a phone with a 1-megapixel camera? Scratch that. I guess if I just wait a year, they'll hit U.S. shores with 3+ megapixels!

8 Megapixel Showdowns

8 Megapixel Showdowns 04/21/2004 07:29 AM
Which of the new 8-megapixel cameras is the best? Two batches of reviews try to answer that question this morning, the first from stalwart DPReview, which includes the Olympus C-8080WZ, the Canon PowerShot Pro1, the Nikon Coolpix 8700, and the Konica Minolta A2; the second is from The Luminous Landscape,...

Canon A85 4-Megapixel

Canon A85 4-Megapixel 07/20/2004 09:47 AM

Canon has released an updated PowerShot, bumping the A70 to the new A85, a 4-megapixel/3x optical zoom sidearm that also adds PictBridge comparability (for easy one-button transfer direct from camera to printer or portable hard drive). The A85 also ships with a 32MB Compact Flash card, which is a nice step up from the usual 16MB card most cameras are bundled with. It's about time we start seeing even low-end cameras with 32- or even 64-meg flash memory cards right out of the box.

Also, coffee at 5PM can not be mitigated with bourbon at 11PM. Good morning!
Read - PowerShot A85 [BIOS]

"The Megapixel Myth "

"The Megapixel Myth " 05/02/2004 09:08 PM

Megapixel camera phone

Megapixel camera phone 07/15/2004 02:06 PM
Chicago Tribune Jul 15 2004 6:31PM GMT

Nikon D2X, 12.4-Megapixel DSLR

Nikon D2X, 12.4-Megapixel DSLR 09/16/2004 05:52 AM

Nikon has finally announced the successor to their D1X and boy, does it look hot! Called the D2X (surprise!), the defining feature of the new DSLR is a 12.4-megapixel CMOS sensor that can shoot up to five frames per second at its highest resolution, but can also be bumped down to 6.8-megapixel to increase its framerate to 8 per second. In addition, Nikon has updated their Wi-Fi transmitter for the camera; the WT-2 has both 802.11b/g support and "Capture Control," giving you the ability to control the shutter of the camera from a PC or other mobile device.

Read - Nikon unveils 12.21MP D2X digital SLR [RobGalbraith]
Look - Image Gallery [AkamNO]

Related
Nikon Archives [Gizmodo]
DSLR Archives [Gizmodo]

VuPoint's $300 6-megapixel Camera

VuPoint's $300 6-megapixel Camera 06/24/2004 02:38 PM

I have to say, I'm as dubious about this $300 VuPoint 6-megapixel camera as Red is over at The Red Ferret Journal, but it's just expensive enough that it could actually offer decent image quality and a small housing, although it doesn't look like it has any optical zoom, which would just about kill it for me. As soon as I see any reviews -- with sample images -- I'll let you know.
Read [YouCanSave via TRFJ]

Revolutionary 1.3 Megapixel Sensor for
3G

Revolutionary 1.3 Megapixel Sensor for
3G 02/10/2004 06:56 AM
3G Feb 10 2004 9:46AM GMT

Casio's new six megapixel camera

Casio's new six megapixel camera 02/13/2004 02:46 PM
A new six megapixel digital camera from Casio. The Exilim PRO EX-P600 has a 4x optical zoom lens and a 2-inch LCD. Read...

Live from CES: The first one megapixel
cameraphone for the US

Live from CES: The first one megapixel
cameraphone for the US 01/11/2004 03:46 PM
Audiovox has also been showing off here at CES what could likely be the first one megapixel cameraphone to become available in the United States....

5 Megapixel Cameraphone Future

5 Megapixel Cameraphone Future 05/11/2004 11:58 AM
There's a great article at the EETimes about the latest developments in cameraphones and their relevance to the everyday user. It's become clear that cameraphones are soon going to be nothing more than just 'phones'--the camera is pretty much a default feature, except in 'business phones' where the cameras are...

Panasonic's new five megapixel camera

Panasonic's new five megapixel camera 02/19/2004 11:21 AM
A new five megapixel digital camera from Panasonic. The DMC-LC1 Lumix, which is designed to look like a standard 35mm camera, also has a 3.2...

New 8 megapixel camera from Nikon

New 8 megapixel camera from Nikon 01/29/2004 10:58 AM
A new eight megapixel prosumer digital camera from Nikon. The Coolpix 8700, which is clearly designed to compete with Sony's eight megapixel F828 digital camera,...

Nikon 4 Megapixel Coolpix 4100

Nikon 4 Megapixel Coolpix 4100 05/28/2004 12:44 PM

Nikon's got a new Coolpix coming out this summer with a 4-megapixel sensor, 3x optical zoom, 1.6-inch LCD and--in a rare return to early digicam form--14.5MB of internal memory. The Coolpix 4100 will also take SD cards for additional storage and should be price around $300. One thing I love about Nikon is that they tend to release their own underwater housings for their cameras and the 4100 will be getting one, as well. Even though many 3rd party housings are just as good or better, it's usually a lot easier to buy from the manufacturer.
Read [LivingRoom]

Sony announces 7.2 megapixel DSC-P150

Sony announces 7.2 megapixel DSC-P150 07/21/2004 03:55 AM
Sony today announced the DSC-P150 digital camera, which the company says is the "world's first compact point-and-shoot digital camera in the marketplace loaded with 7.2 megapixels."...
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Sprint PCS Vision Picture Phone Sanyo
PM-8200 Review

Sprint PCS Vision Picture Phone Sanyo
PM-8200 Review 06/17/2004 03:00 PM

PC Magazine reviews the Sprint PCS Vision Picture Phone PM-8200 by Sanyo (whew!), and minor update to the PM-8200 that adds a VGA-quality camera and Ready Link, Sprint's Push-to-Talk feature. Of course, to use Ready Link, both parties will have to have a Sanyo phone, so that may or may not be that hot of a selling point for you yet. The camera sucks, too, but what did you expect out of a VGA-quality clunker these days? Sanyo phones are solid, but the PM-8200 is probably a little too pedestrian for most, unless you just have a need or opportunity to use the Push to Talk.
Read [PCMag]

Sprint PCS Vision Picture Phone PM-8200
by Sanyo

Sprint PCS Vision Picture Phone PM-8200
by Sanyo 06/16/2004 02:50 PM

Sanyo S750 - Orange 3G Handset

Sanyo S750 - Orange 3G Handset 04/08/2005 04:57 AM
Trusted Reviews Apr 8 2005 8:00AM GMT

SANYO and Sharp Join DVD6C in Licensing
DVD Patents

SANYO and Sharp Join DVD6C in Licensing
DVD Patents 04/18/2005 08:41 AM
ZDNet India Apr 18 2005 12:09PM GMT

Vodafone Announces New V801SA by Sanyo
3G Handset

Vodafone Announces New V801SA by Sanyo
3G Handset 11/14/2003 01:19 AM
Wireless Watch Japan Nov 14 2003 0:29AM ET

Sanyo unveils new sound-traveling
handset

Sanyo unveils new sound-traveling
handset 12/11/2003 05:05 PM
Boston Globe Dec 11 2003 4:19PM ET

Sanyo unveils sound-conducting cell
handset

Sanyo unveils sound-conducting cell
handset 12/11/2003 05:05 PM
SiliconValley.com Dec 11 2003 4:12PM ET

Sanyo A5505SA 3G handset features
Spatializer ((environ)) Technology

Sanyo A5505SA 3G handset features
Spatializer ((environ)) Technology 04/21/2004 01:02 PM
MobileMag Apr 21 2004 5:09PM GMT

Sanyo S750 3G Phone Review

Sanyo S750 3G Phone Review 03/30/2005 01:53 PM
3G Mar 30 2005 2:02PM GMT

Sanyo sub-sonic mobile phone to ship by
month's end

Sanyo sub-sonic mobile phone to ship by
month's end 12/15/2003 10:29 AM
Bone conduction

Sanyo Xacti C4

Sanyo Xacti C4 08/23/2004 08:53 AM

< img src="http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/images/xacti_c4.jpg" alt="xacti_c4.jpg image" width="398" height="211" class="center"/>Sanyo has updated its Xacti flash camcorder line from the C1 model to these new C4s, which appear to have a few nice improvements for those who go tapeless, including a video stabilizer, an upgraded four-megapixel CCD for still images, and a slightly larger LCD screen (1.8-inch instead of 1.5-inch). There are some other slight changes, as well, but it doesn't look like the video quality is any better; we're still talking VGA (640 by 480 pixels at 30 frames per second). Not bad, but not an upgrade, either.

The new colors are nice, too, and I do love this form factor. It's much more usable than I had first thought, and the docking stations make them really handy. (Thanks, Martin!)

< b>Read - Press Release (Japanese) [Sanyo]

Related
Two New Sanyo Cameras: Xacti DSC-S3, DSC-S4 [Gizmodo]

Sanyo Announces New CEO

Sanyo Announces New CEO 04/08/2005 10:39 AM

Sanyo Electric Corporation announced on the 8th that they have a new CEO coming in, named Tomoyo Nonaka. This is a significant move for the company as she is replacing Toshimasa Iue, grandson of Sanyo founder Toshio Iue.

Tomoyo Nonaka is female. I wouldn't really bother to point this out in fear of all the hate mail Joel will receive, but it's Japan. Women's rights still have a very, very long way to go over there (particularly in the corporate world), and this a step in the right direction. Tomoyo Nonaka's experience is plentiful, from being a newscaster to CEO of Asahi Beer.

Sa nyo decides on new president and CEO from outside company, Tomoyo Nonaka [DC Watch]

Sanyo to make DVD recorders

Sanyo to make DVD recorders 01/16/2004 10:57 AM
Sanyo says it's going to start selling standalone DVD recorders in the US beginning in April. One of the many predictions we heard at CES...

Sweet New Sanyo 3G Phones

Sweet New Sanyo 3G Phones 03/19/2005 03:02 AM
Wireless Watch Japan Mar 18 2005 10:54AM GMT

New Cameras from Pentax, Sanyo

New Cameras from Pentax, Sanyo 09/14/2004 09:13 AM

Living Room has information about a bunch of new cameras from Pentax (and one from Sanyo), including this 5.36-megapixel Pentax Optio SV [pictured right], a slim-profile camera with a 5x optical zoom; and the Sanyo Xacti VPC A5, another 5-megapixel camera, although this one has only a 2.8x optical zoom. In addition, Pentax has a new DSLR (called the "*ist" - what is it with camera companies and unpronounceable names? Asteriskist? Wildcardist? Starist? Multiplyist? Fireballist?) and a pistol-grip hybrid camera/camcorder coming out, as well.

Sweet New Sanyo 3G Phone

Sweet New Sanyo 3G Phone 03/23/2005 10:06 AM
Wireless Watch Japan Mar 23 2005 1:29PM GMT

Two New Sanyo Cameras: Xacti DSC-S3,
DSC-S4

Two New Sanyo Cameras: Xacti DSC-S3,
DSC-S4 05/19/2004 08:43 PM
I hate it when companies do stuff like this: Sanyo announced two new cameras today, the Xacti DSC-S3 and DSC-S4, with 3.2- and 4-megapixel CCDs, respectively, but the S3 has a 3x optical zoom, while the S4 has a 2.8x. It's totally not a big deal, but it's just confusing...

New Sanyo V801SA 3G Slider Phone

New Sanyo V801SA 3G Slider Phone 11/14/2003 05:52 AM
I4U Nov 14 2003 4:12AM ET

Sanyo Creates Smallest FM Tuner Yet

Sanyo Creates Smallest FM Tuner Yet 08/03/2004 09:03 AM

Sanyo has developed a tiny FM tuner chip that is roughly half the size of current tuners on the market; they're calling it the "Easy Radio IC." It requires no other parts to operate and even has an upcoming version that can tune in AM as well (that's coming in September). At just 5mm wide, there's not any reason that any portable music player should be without FM radio, unless the manufacturer is just too stubborn to put it in.

Re ad - Article (Japanese) [Impress Watch]

KDDI Launches 3G Sanyo Phone

KDDI Launches 3G Sanyo Phone 03/24/2005 08:14 AM
3G Mar 24 2005 10:43AM GMT

Buy our products, Sanyo tells employees

Buy our products, Sanyo tells employees 02/05/2005 10:14 PM
Execs expected to cough up $20,000 each

Sanyo VPC-C3 Digital Media Camera

Sanyo VPC-C3 Digital Media Camera 01/04/2005 09:01 AM

If you're wondering how Sanyo can cram an 8-megapixel sensor into this new VPC-C4 camera, I can tell you: cheating. It's really just a 4-megapixel unit which can use interpolation to upscale the resolution of the shots. That's a not a bad thing, really, but it will provide results far different than those from a true 8-megapixel camera.

The VPC-C4 shares the form factor and much of the feature set of its predecessor, the Fisher FVD-C1 and other Xacti models, although it is improved in almost every way. It still uses just an SD card for storage, for better and for worse.

SANYO VPC-C4 DIGITAL MEDIA CAMERA [LivingRoom]

3G Patent License Agreement for Sanyo

3G Patent License Agreement for Sanyo 06/08/2004 05:54 AM
3G Jun 8 2004 9:03AM GMT

Sanyo lanza los cedés de maíz

Sanyo lanza los cedés de maíz 04/12/2004 10:01 AM

IBM, Sanyo Test Fuel Cells With
ThinkPads

IBM, Sanyo Test Fuel Cells With
ThinkPads 04/11/2005 02:29 PM
IBM and Sanyo said Monday that the two companies had developed a prototype external fuel-cell booster that has helped power a current ThinkPad for a total of sixteen hours.

IBM Japan And Sanyo, Team Fuel Cell

IBM Japan And Sanyo, Team Fuel Cell 04/11/2005 11:02 AM

< img src="http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/images/PRES050411d.jpg" alt="PRES050411d.jpg image" width="200" height="147" class="border right"/>IBM Japan and Sanyo are teaming up to bring a real fuel cell system to notebook PCs in the near future. Sanyo has already developed a hybrid battery system with both standard lithium ion battery and fuel cell which can be used on existing ThinkPad models. Said system uses a 130cc cartridge, leading to about 8 hours of battery life. The best part, though, is hot-swapping fuel cell cartridges for uninterrupted mobile computing. The worst part? It weighs 2.2kg (nearly 5 pounds).

P ress Release [Sanyo]
Press Release [IBM Japan]

IBM, Sanyo announce fuel cell prototype

IBM, Sanyo announce fuel cell prototype 04/11/2005 08:51 AM
IBM's Japanese unit and Sanyo Electric have developed a prototype direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) for notebook PCs that will probably be commercialized around 2007 or 2008, the companies said at a news conference on Monday.

Sanyo Family Battery Charger Kit with
FlexBats

Sanyo Family Battery Charger Kit with
FlexBats 09/07/2004 12:22 PM

Double A rechargeable batteries are by far the most commonly used, but there are definitely times when C-cell and D-cell batteries would be handy to have around. Rather than provide rechargeable cells in a variety of sizes, Sanyo's Family Battery Charger Kit comes with four AA batteries and a set a 'FlexBat' adapters, hollow plastic cylinders that act as spacers to allow you to use the rechargeable AAs inside C- or D-cell-sized spaces. Of course, the AA cells won't run as long as the larger cells would, but in a pinch it's a handy way to always have the size of battery you need available.

Read - Catalog Page [BoysStuffUK via RedFerret]

IBM, Sanyo Unveil Fuel Cell for ThinkPad

IBM, Sanyo Unveil Fuel Cell for ThinkPad 04/11/2005 10:47 AM
IBM and Sanyo have unveiled a prototype methanol-powered fuel cell system for ThinkPad notebooks, which claims to provide up to 8 hours of additional battery life per cartridge. Unlike other fuel cell designs for laptops, Sanyo's prototype requires no hardware modification and works with existing ThinkPad batteries.

Sanyo, IBM develop ThinkPad fuel cell

Sanyo, IBM develop ThinkPad fuel cell 04/11/2005 08:54 AM
Prototype today, shipping product... when?

Sprint introduces first megapixel phonecam for US consumers