Sanyo Pro-200 (Sprint) Reviews
The Sanyo PRO-200 (left) is a slim clamshell and features Bluetooth, messaging and mobile email. Priced at US $49.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate and 2-year service agreement. When Sprint merged with Nextel almost three years ago, there were concerns with how Sprint would integrate its CDMA network with Nextel’s iDEN network, and how the two companies would coordinate their respective push-to-talk services. A new push-to-talk technology was developed by Qualcomm, called QChat, to help that process along. QChat is a CDMA upgrade to iDEN, and allows interoperability between CDMA phones and the iDEN network. Three years later and we finally see the first QChat phones to hit the market, in the form of the Sanyo Pro Series–the Pro-200
Features
The Sanyo Pro-200’s big feature is that it utilizes QChat for push-to-talk communications, but it has other smaller features as well. For starters, it has a 600-entry phone book, with room in each entry for seven numbers, an e-mail address, a URL, a real address, and a memo. You can also add them to caller groups or Direct Connect groups, or pair them with one of 26 polyphonic ringtones or one of four vibrating patterns.
Sanyo Pro-200 (Sprint) Reviews From geardiary
The Sanyo Pro-200 and Pro-700 provide industry-leading push-to-talk performance, while operating on Rev. A portions of the Sprint Mobile Broadband Network (except in Puerto Rico). Compared to other providers, Sprint’s expanded Nextel Direct Connect portfolio continues to offer significantly faster call set-up times of less than one second and one-to-one interoperability with the world’s largest established push-to-talk community. Features available on these handsets include:
Sanyo Pro-200 (Sprint) Reviews From cnet
The good:
The Sanyo Pro-200 is compatible with the Nextel Direct Connect push-to-talk network, and it comes with Bluetooth, GPS, and excellent performance.
The bad:
Sanyo Pro-200 has a utilitarian design and a lackluster display.
The bottom line:
The Sanyo Pro-200 is a great solution for Sprint customers who want to use the Nextel Direct Connect push-to-talk service.
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