Sanyo's First Direct Connect Phones Approved By FCC

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posted Feb 22, 2008, 3:57 PM   by Eric M. Zeman
updated Feb 23, 2008, 1:53 PM

Updated: Added info on PRO-200 model

Today documents on the FCC site revealed the PRO 700 and PRO 200 phones from Sanyo. Both are clamshell CDMA phones with dual displays, EVDO data, Bluetooth, and Direct Connect Push-To-Talk capability. Not much else is shown in the documents, although there is no indication that either phone has a camera nor memory card slot. Sprint has announced plans to introduce a CDMA-based version of Direct Connect to eventually replace the aging iDEN system and legacy ReadyLink technology. This PRO series from Sanyo - along with the recently-approved Samsung Z400 - are expected to be among the first phones to support the new Direct Connect service.

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