Cricket has announced the immediate availability of its new Android smartphone, the Sanyo Zio M6000 by Kyocera. The new Zio features a large and colorful 3.5-inch touchscreen display, a 3.2mp camera/camcorder, GPS, and Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity. Cricket is offering the Zio for $149.99 with a qualifying plan.
Cricket Wireless in the U.S. announced the pricing and availability of the Kyocera Sanyo Zio M6000 smartphone. The new handset will sport the Android OS, a large 3.5-inch color touchscreen display, a 3.2mp camera/camcorder, a zippy 600MHz processor under its hood, and Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity. The new Zio retails at $249.99 with a qualifying contract and is available for pre-order today.
Kyocera aren’t a big name in the western world, but they’ve been considering launching an Android based device for some while now. The Kyoto (Japan) based firm is a general manufacturing company that has diversified into technological products over the last 10 years. What they bring to the table with the Zio M6000 is nothing short of revolutionary. The revolution comes not in terms of hardware, or even software, but in price. The Kyocera Zio M6000 offers a sturdy 3.5-inch 800×480 touchscreen, 600 MHz Qualcomm processor and 3.2-megapixel camera. It only runs Android 1.6, so you will understand why we …
At the CTIA Wireless I.T. and Entertainment show yesterday in San Diego, Kyocera told reporters that it had plans to introduce Android based phones next year, in 2010. No real details were revealed, however. [via MobileBurn]
Today Kyocera Wireless announced that it is working on a new Android powered smartphone. It is going to develop the phone in conjunction with Wind River, a company that will supply middleware and other support, including user interface integration, for the phone. Wind River’s systems are not expected to be available until mid 2009, so it seems safe to say that the Kyocera phone won’t be out until after that time. This news is tied into Wind River’s announcement that it is offering a commercial Android system. Wind River joined the Open Handset Alliance back in November of 2007.
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