Denso has now come up with a phone that sounds pretty nifty. They like cdma so much that they built their plant in San Diego.
Wednesday October 14, 8:03 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Sprint PCS
Sprint PCS Announces Exclusive Availability of Sprint PCS Touchpoint
Phone
"Phone with the mouse" makes text messaging simple for customers nationwide
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Sprint PCS today announced the availability of the Sprint PCS Touchpoint(TM) phone manufactured by DENSO
and provided to consumers and businesses exclusively by Sprint PCS. The Sprint PCS Touchpoint is simple to use and has a breakthrough feature, a built-in mouse.
The mouse and large display screen are the first of their kind for a wireless phone. The phone delivers text messaging service with the most user-friendly interface
available. These features combined with the phone's auditory caller ID feature, 98-entry phone book with up to nine numbers per entry and scheduling capabilities
make the Sprint PCS Touchpoint one of the most advanced, 100 percent digital, user-friendly wireless PCS phones available.
''The Sprint PCS Touchpoint phone offers our customers a break-through user interface, making it one of the easiest PCS phones to use,'' said Chuck Levine, chief
sales and marketing officer for Sprint PCS. ''Its mouse allows customers to literally point and click their way through menus and options. The large display screen
makes it easy for customers to read text messages and the built-in scheduler helps customers keep track of important meetings and events. Clearly, the Sprint PCS
Touchpoint will be one of the hottest gifts this holiday season.''
Sprint PCS recently launched the nationwide trial of its text messaging and numeric paging services. Now, Sprint PCS customers can receive text messages and
numeric pages on their Sprint PCS phones throughout Sprint PCS' 100 percent digital, 100 percent PCS nationwide wireless network. ''With Sprint PCS
Touchpoint's sophisticated design, features, large display screen and user-friendly interface, text messaging has never been more simple and easy to use,'' Levine
added.
The Sprint PCS Touchpoint's unique phone book has the capability of storing up to 300 phone numbers; the phone has 98 entry locations and can store up to nine
numbers per entry. Users can also program distinctive rings to phone numbers enabling users to have auditory caller ID.
The Sprint PCS Touchpoint phone has a suggested retail price of $179.99 and will be sold in Sprint PCS stores, RadioShack stores and other participating retailers
in the Sprint PCS nationwide wireless network. The Sprint PCS Touchpoint is a single-band, CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) phone and comes packaged
with a standard lithium-ion battery, a desktop charging stand and a separate AC adapter that can be used as a travel charger (the phone has a built-in rapid charger).
The standard battery offers approximately 3 hours of talk time or 48 hours of standby time; it is lightweight (5.2 ounces) and small (5.2'' x 2.1'' x 0.9'').
''DENSO is very pleased to offer its first U.S.-made CDMA PCS phone exclusively through Sprint PCS,'' said Marbo Higuchi, vice president of wireless
communications for DENSO. ''We are also particularly proud of our on-time delivery. Design and production of the Sprint PCS Touchpoint was a joint effort
between DENSO and Sprint PCS with the goal of making it easier than ever for consumers and businesses to use a wireless phone. DENSO's expertise in
high-quality electronic manufacturing coupled with Sprint PCS' superior all-digital nationwide wireless network has produced an exceptional product, the Sprint PCS
Touchpoint phone.''
The Sprint PCS Touchpoint is the result of joint development and design by Sprint PCS and DENSO. DENSO Wireless Systems America (DWAM) was
established in Vista, Calif., in June 1997, to pursue wireless communication equipment manufacturing operations, under the leadership of Kazunori (Ken) Amano,
president. This state of the art manufacturing facility is located on an approximately 16-acre site located 5 miles east of DENSO's new ocean view facility in
Carlsbad, Calif., home to LA Labs R&D, and Wireless Sales, Marketing and Product Planning under DENSO Sales California, Inc. The DWAM facility is
approximately 220,000-sq. ft., with a current work force of 160 associates. ''DENSO Wireless Systems America, like DENSO manufacturing facilities, has an
absolute dedication to producing the highest quality products for our customer, and a continuous goal of improving customer satisfaction,'' said Dave Redden,
DWAM vice president.
DENSO, one of the world's leading suppliers of advanced technology, systems, and components, is a leading manufacturer of wireless communications products
such as PHS and PDC handsets, and intelligent communications systems in Japan. In North America, DENSO employs 10,000 people at 16 sites. 1997 North
American consolidated sales are estimated at $2.7 billion. California operations include research, development, product planning, marketing, sales, and manufacturing
in Long Beach, Carlsbad, and Vista, Calif. Worldwide, DENSO employs 69,000 people in 25 countries, including Japan. In 1997, consolidated global sales totaled
more than $13 billion.
Sprint PCS has the largest 100 percent digital, 100 percent PCS nationwide wireless network in the United States, already serving 164 metropolitan markets which
include more than 4,000 cities and communities across the country. Sprint PCS, together with its affiliates and Sprint Corporation (NYSE: FON - news), has
licensed PCS coverage of nearly 270 million people in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Sprint PCS is a partnership of Sprint Corporation,
Tele-Communications, Inc. (TCI), Cox Communications, Inc. and Comcast Corporation [Nasdaq:CMCSA - news].
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