Sprint and Sanyo announced two new mobile phones for the Sprint Power Vision network – the Sprint Power Vision Phone Katana DLX and the Sprint Power Vision Phone Katana II – an upgrade to the popular Katana mobile phone which came out last year.

Both mobile phones have a smooth shiny finish with availability in multiple colors. The Katana DLX is available in Platinum Ice, Champagne, and Pink Satin. The Katana II is available in Cosmic Black, Pink Fascination, and Midnight Street (I just love these ridiculous sounding names).

Common features to both mobile phones include:

• Power Save Mode
• Phone as modem support
• Bluetooth wireless support
• Wireless backup for easy restoration of contact information
• Large QVGA display
• GPS enabled supporting Sprint Navigation powered by TeleNav wth Turn by turn driving directions and 10 million business listings

Features of the Katana DLX include:

• 1.3 megapixel digital camera
• microSD card slot with support for up to 4GB microSDHC cards
• Sprint Music Store support
• Sprint TV support
• More than a dozen streaming radio applications including Sprint radio and SIRIUS
• Sprint Power View
• On Demand information
• Stereo Bluetooth support
• Mobile Email
• Themes Enabled
• SMS voice and text enabled
• 2 inch display with 262K colors
• Voice activated dialing

Features of the Katana II include:

• Text and SMS Voice messaging
• Slim design
• Speakerphone
• Integrated VGA camera
• Web and email capable
• Bluetooth support
• External display
• GPS enabled
• Voice activated dialing
• Sprint Vision support
• Sprint Picture Mail
• 2 inch display with 65K colors

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