Sanyo MVP

Mobile ESPN and SANYO have teamed up to introduce the first mobile phone designed specifically for sports enthusiasts. The Sanyo MVP sporting a 1.3 Megapixel camera, MP3Â playerÂ offers one-touch access to Mobile ESPN using the “E” button (top navigation key) that willÂ givesÂ you up-to-the-minute access to the world of ESPN, including live box scores, player stats, team stats, fantasy team updates, clips from ESPN shows, video and audio game highlights, ESPN news articles, and even personalized game alerts.Â Once Mobile ESPN has been launched, all of your ESPN content is readily available using a unique menu system called the “Sideline” .Â Access the “Sideline” using the left navigation key, then scroll up or down through the available menu items. It’s faster and easier than any menu you’ve used before! You can even customize the Sideline to add shortcuts to your favorite teams.

Mobile ESPN content includes:

Live box scores
Team & player stats
ESPN news & commentary
Video clips of game highlights and ESPN shows
Gamecast - a live graphical representation of games
Personalized game alerts
Fantasy sports management & updates

High-Speed Data Access

Supports “EVDO”, a high-speed network technology that allows you to download content at ultra-fast speeds (where available)
Similar to having broadband Internet on your phone

High-Resolution Displays

Internal - 2.1″ QVGA resolution (240 x 320) LCD; up to 260K colors
- Three times the resolution of conventional cell phone displays
- More screen real estate, more detail, and more color
External - 1.1″ LCD; up to 260K colors
- Let’s you check sports even with the phone closed
- Also great for photo caller ID

Powerful Voice & Audio Features

High-quality 24mm diameter SANYO Speakerphone
- Great for calls and for listening to music
Stereo audio headset jack
Stereo headphones (included)
- Earbud-style
- Integrated mic & “Turbo button” for taking calls
- Voice-activated dialing
- Dial by name — just say a name in your contacts list; no programming required
- Dial by number — just say the digits
Voice Recorder
- Perfect for classes, meetings & reminders
- The record time is only limited by the memory on the miniSD card

Memory Card

Removable miniSD memory card
- 16 MB card (included)
- up to 1GB cards (available optionally)
Card Adapter (included)
- Allows you to adapt a miniSD card to a standard SD for inserting into card readers

Music Player

Built-in digital music player
Compatible with unencrypted MP3/AAC/AAC+ files
Transfer files from your PC to the removable miniSD memory card
- Transfer files using a card reader OR
- Transfer files using the included USB cable

Camera

1.3 Megapixel camera — enough resolution for 4″ x 6″ prints
High-luminance LED flash
Digital zoom (1-20 steps)
Macro setting for up-close pictures
PictBridge compatible — connect directly to a PictBridge-compatible printer and make photo prints without ever using a PC
Customize your phone
- Assign pictures as wallpaper, screen savers, or to phone numbers in your contacts book
Storage options
- Store pics to the internal memory
- Store pics to the miniSD card
- Transfer pics to a PC using the USB cable (included)

Video Camera

QCIF resolution
Flash, digital zoom, and macro
Shoot clips up to 120-minutes long for storing on the miniSD card (requires optional larger card; record time depends on card size)
Assign video clips as screen savers or ringers

Other Features

Contact book- 300 names (500 total numbers), 300 email and 300 web addresses
Messaging: 2-way SMS (text messaging), Voice Mail, Email, Instant Messaging (IM)
Answer On-hold-allows you to place a caller on hold while you step out of a meeting
Call screening/answering machine mode
“Favorites” - custom assign shortcuts to favorite menu items
Vibrate patterns - set different vibrate patterns for different types of incoming calls (Voice/Ready Link), Voicemail or Messaging
Backlit keypad (blue)
Tools: Alarm Clock, World Clock, Calendar, Countdown, Stop Watch, Calculator
Digital Dual Band: 1.9 GHz, 800MHz

Dimensions: 3.66″ x 1.91″ x 1.05″Â Â (93 x 49 x 27 mm)
Weight:Â 4.60 ozÂ Â (130 g)
Form Factor: Clamshell
Antenna: Stub / Extendable
Talk Time: 3.20 hoursÂ Â (192 minutes)

From news release:

Multimedia SANYO MVP Offers Ultimate Wireless Experience for Ultimate Sports Fans BRISTOL, Conn., Sept 27, 2005 - ESPN and SANYO have announced plans for SANYO to produce the first wireless handset in the Mobile ESPN portfolio and today unveiled the much-anticipated SANYO MVP, a multimedia phone with unparalleled styling and functionality built exclusively for ESPN. Targeted to avid sports fans, the SANYO MVP is designed to work on a high-speed “EVDO” (Evolution Data Optimized) wireless network, enabling it to deliver the world of ESPN at ultra-fast speeds. It features a unique industrial design, with a jet-black housing and bold accent elements in ESPN’s signature red. Initial limited online availability of Mobile ESPN and the SANYO MVP is scheduled in time for the holidays with a nationwide retail launch in February 2006.

The SANYO MVP will give Mobile ESPN users one-touch, real-time access to personalized sports content, including the ESPN BottomLine scores and headlines service; Gamecast â€“ a live, graphical representation of games; player and team statistics; ESPN video clips and game highlights; ESPN commentary and analysis; sports alerts and fantasy updates. Among its myriad features, the multimedia SANYO MVP will also offer a high-resolution color display; external color picture caller ID; built-in 1.3 megapixel digital camera with flash; video recording capabilities; MP3 music player; 16MB miniSD memory card and voice recorder.

“Mobile ESPN has been built to deliver the best wireless sports content to our fans, and we are extremely proud to go to market with the SANYO MVP as our launch phone,” said Manish Jha, senior vice president and general manager of Mobile ESPN. “The content, the performance and the aesthetic of the SANYO MVP represent the best in wireless technology and will help effectively translate ESPN’s leadership in sports to the wireless medium.”

The SANYO MVP is designed to operate on a new CDMA wireless network technology referred to as “EVDO”, which provides Broadband-like download speeds. This enables extremely fast access to ESPN’s sports content, as well as fast Internet browsing, email access and downloads.

Utilizing a 2.1-inch, 260K-color QVGA LCD, the main display of SANYO MVP is larger, has a richer color palette and delivers three times as much resolution as a conventional cell phone display â€” making it ideal for viewing detailed box scores, stats, images and video. It also has a 1.1-inch, 260K-color external LCD for quickly referencing key information and for Picture Caller ID.

“The rich feature set of the SANYO MVP is especially well-suited for delivering the Mobile ESPN experience,” said Andy Kodera, senior vice president and general manager of SANYO Fisher Company’s Wireless Communications Division. “Its EVDO capability, high-quality LCD displays and stereo headset make it perfect for watching sports content, while its advanced digital imaging and memory card features make it perfect for capturing the many wonderful moments that surround any live sporting event. We are very happy that ESPN selected SANYO to team on developing this inaugural device.”

The imaging and audio-capture capabilities of the SANYO MVP include a built-in 1.3 Megapixel camera with a flash, digital zoom and macro switch for up-close pictures. It is PictBridge-enabled, allowing a user to connect directly to a PictBridge-compatible photo printer and make 4″ x 6″ prints without ever using a PC. The MVP can also shoot QCIF-resolution digital video, supporting clips up to 30-seconds long for wireless sharing or clips up to two hours long for storing on the miniSD memory card, depending on the card size used.

The SANYO MVP also has a built-in MP3/AAC/AAC+ music player and a digital voice recorder with hours of playback and record time available (depending on the memory card size used).

The SANYO MVP comes with a 16MB miniSD memory card and a miniSD-to-SD adapter included. MiniSD cards up to 1GB are available optionally. The miniSD card not only provides an extremely convenient way to save and transfer pictures, videos, music and voice recordings, it also enables the phone to be used as a mass storage device, much like a “pen drive”, when used together with the included USB cable.

Other key features of the SANYO MVP include a high-quality speakerphone, voice-activated dialing, a WAP 2.0 Web browser, Java (J2ME) functionality, a personal information manager, and a host of additional tools and available downloads.