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Editorial Review :
Featuring a unique external glow-thru keypad that disappears when not in use, the Sanyo Incognito mobile phone for Sprint also flips open to reveal a large 2.6-inch display and full QWERTY keyboard easy composition of longer messages and updating your favorite social network like Facebook or MySpace. You'll enjoy high-speed connectivity via Sprint's dependable 3G network (EV-DO Rev. 0.) as well as such optional services as Sprint Navigation for GPS turn-by-turn directions and Sprint TV's video-on-demand with full-motion video and vivid sound. See more details on optional services below. 
The SANYO Incognito features a concealed external, touch key pad with vibration feedback that glows through the phone's mirrored finish and then disappears when not in use. | 
Flip it open sideways to expose a large 2.6-inch display and full QWERTY keyboard for quick texts or status updates on your favorite social networking sites. |  |
With the intuitive Sprint One Click interface, you can customize the Incognito with the things you use most like, including e-mail, TV, music, GPS navigation, and Web with Google Search. Other features include a 2-megapixel camera/camcorder, Bluetooth for hands-free devices and stereo music streaming, microSD memory expansion with included 1 GB card, threaded SMS text messaging, digital audio player, access to mobile e-mail, synchronization with Outlook on your PC, and up to 5.1 hours of talk time. 
The full QWERTY keyboard of the Sanyo Incognito (see larger image). |
Key Features- Fast 3G connectivity thanks to Sprint's EV–DO, Rev 0 network
- GPS using Sprint Navigation for turn by turn directions, and points of interest searches
- Fully customizable home screen with Sprint One Click for quick access to your favorite features. You can add, remove, and rearrange tiles in the Carousel. Choose up to 15 from up to 46 available tiles, including social networking (Facebook), sports, entertainment, weather, finance and more. (Learn more)
- Sleek design with unique external glow-thru keypad and OLED screen that disappears behind the mirrored finish when not in use. The external full, glow-through keypad offers haptic vibrating feedback as keys are pressed to help reduce extra or accidental taps.
- Flip-open full QWERTY keyboard
- Internal 2.6-inch display (320 x 240 pixels)
- 2-megapixel camera with video capture capabilities.
- Digital audio player allows you to transfer music files from a PC or download from the Sprint Music Store and listen to your songs via the speakerphone or a stereo headset accessory.
- Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity with stereo music streaming (A2DP) capabilities as well as hands-free headsets and car kits.
- Memory expansion via microSD card slot with support for optional cards up to 16 GB. A 1 GB card is included with the phone.
- Threaded SMS text messaging enables you to see the full conversation for each contact in a chat-like interface. Never send a reply to the wrong person again--organized conversations make it easy to go back and see the history of any conversation.
- Sprint Mobile E-Mail supports push e-mail from popular sites such as Yahoo!, Google, AOL, MSN as well as IMAP/POP3 accounts. Also stay up-to-speed with work e-mail if you have either a Microsoft Exchange or Lotus Domino corporate e-mail server. Supports Outlook calendar sync and some attachment viewing.
- Instant messaging via popular services including Windows Live Messenger, Google Talk, Yahoo Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger
- Voice activated dialing capabilities
- Organizer tools including alarm clock, calendar, to-do list, calculator, stopwatch, countdown timer, world clock, and voice memo recording.
- Airplane mode allows you to listen to music while the cellular connectivity is turned off
- Micro USB connector
- 2.5 mm headset jack
- Speakerphone with dedicated access key
- Hearing aid compatible (M4/T4 rating)
Vital Statistics
The Sanyo Incognito weighs 4.3 ounces and measures 4.2 x 2.2 x 0.7 inches. Its 840 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 5.1 hours of talk time. It runs on the 800/1900 CDMA/EV-DO Rev. 0 frequencies. What's in the Box
Sanyo Incognito handset, rechargeable battery, charger, 1 GB microSD card, quick start guide, user manual - Broadband-like 3G network: Supporting the EV-DO Rev. A high-speed data standard, this phone enables you to download and stream high-quality video, straight onto your phone. Where coverage is available, EV-DO Rev. A connectivity provides average download speeds ranging from 400 to 700 Kbps, with peak rates up to 2 Mbps.
- Sprint TV enabled: With Sprint TV, you can make your cell phone your always-on source for news, weather, sports and more. This comprehensive video service combines high-quality streaming audio and video from channels including ABC, The Weather Channel, Fox Sports, E!, CNN, The Discovery Channel, and more.
- Sprint Music Store enabled: The Sprint Music Store enables you to buy, download, and then jam out wherever you are with new songs or old favorites. Offering a growing selection of more than 1.6 million songs, the store provides you two copies of each song--one for the phone and another for the PC, as well as the ability to burn songs to a CD using Windows Media Player. Save your songs to a memory card with a capacity that's right for you.
- GPS capable with Sprint Navigation: This GPS-enabled phone provides optional access to Sprint Navigation for driving directions on your mobile phone--by voice and onscreen. Along the way, turn-by-turn directions will be announced in a clear voice and displayed on your phone. For example, Sprint Navigation will say, "Go 1.2 miles and turn right on Elm Street." As you approach the turn, you will hear, "Turn right on Elm Street." Sprint Navigation also provides proactive traffic alerts with one click re-routing. And it's easy to find restaurants, banks, cafes, hotels and more from over 10 million points of interest across the U.S.
- Stay Sporty with Sprint: With NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile, instantly connect to the NASCAR information you want, when you want it. Follow NASCAR action from practice to race day with real-time leaderboard and alerts. Get exclusive access to your favorite NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver with real-time driver stats, breaking news and more. Live in-car audio, race radio, NASCAR on SPEED and other audio/video only available on select phones. Visit sprint.com/speed for details.
To access, just text "NASCAR" to 7777 on your Sprint phone or visit the Sprint Digital Lounge to download NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile (standard text messaging and data rates apply). This phone also provides access to Sprint Football Live--free for any phone with a data plan. You'll be able to follow all the live play-by-play action with the Live Game Center for both pro and college football games, as well as stay on top of the pro football draft with a Live Draft Tracker and in-depth analysis and bios on nearly 500 top prospects. Access by texting "FOOTBALL" to 7777 on the handset to download Sprint Football Live from Sprint Digital Lounge (standard text messaging and data rates apply).
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The Sprint One Click interface. |
This phone features Sprint's One Click navigation interface, which places eight shortcut tiles along the bottom of the home screen. Instead of navigating through endless phone menus, you can put the things you use the most--features like call logs, texting, Web access and GPS navigation--right up front with instant information related to each feature. For example, when you scroll to text messaging, you'll see the number of new messages received and a single click takes take you to the newest messages. Here's how it works: - Add your favorite items to the carousel, which is a row of tiles along the bottom of your phone's home screen.
- The carousel can hold up to 15 tiles, which you can add, remove and rearrange to suit your needs.
- Highlight a tile to reveal its menu on your home screen.
- Add up to 8 "bubbles"--at-a-glance items that display on your home screen, like the weather or your daily horoscope.
- Browse and download new tiles from your phone's "Personalize Home Screen" tile. New tiles are available every two weeks.
- Press your navigation left or right key to select a tile; up or down to select a bubble or menu item.
- The "Home" tile always stays put, so you can easily get back to your default display.
Customer Review :
Good
I got this phone yesterday and I really like it. The menu navigation is simple to use. I just wish the front screen had more features. This phone is perfect for extreme texters.
Rating : 
Great phone
This is a great midrange phone. It does more than what most people probably use and almost as much as a smartphone. Unless you are in the market for a smartphone this is a great overall product.I wont go over everything it does.(read the descrition on that) It does most of it very well and there is an update coming to make it(the boost version)better and programs like operamini 5 that makes the web browsing almost like computer browsing. Battery life is great with normal usuage. Like ANY cell phone out there if you use it all day long to text,talk and browse its probably not going to last the 5.1 hours of talk time.LOL
I know some have an issue with the placement for the lock button. Im left handed so it works well for me. When locking or turning the phone on just hold in in your left hand use your thumb than switch hands. Not a big del really.
As for the other gripes from comments here (namely the 2 and 1 star reviews)they are nitpicky and very unfair. Especially the one star review by 2ONfpr5r. He cant even open the phone because he doesnt know the orientation.LOLOLOLOLOL simple. The phone is opened from the right side. You will know if the phone is upside down it the reciever/speaker hole is on the top and the sprint/boost logo is on the bottom. If you are reading sprint or boost mobile upside down you know you are holding the phone wrong.lol Why 2ONfpr5n had a problem with this is beyond me. Not a good thing(and stupid) to complain about. Oh and these types of phones arent engineeered to be opened with one hand as our 1 star reviewer seems to feel.(another complaint he had) A side clamshell has to be opened with two, if not you run the risk of dropping it. This is not as small as a flip phone and shouldnt be treated as such.
Rating :
Great Phone with Limitations
This phone looks good. I actually have the version for Boost Mobile that is like a mirror and I paid $125.00 for it with no plan.
What I like.
1. The front of the phone looks cool and you can dial from the Keypad in front
2. It has a little slide bar in the bottom that unlocks the phone. I once had a phone with dialing in the front and it was always dialing numbers. I like that I can't accidentally dial out.
3. The Keyboard is very spacious for a phone keypad lots of space in between the numbers I don't need to use my fingernail to text on this phone.
4. Contrary to another post. This phone uses standard Micro USB adaptor for charging. I was in a hurry to be complete and wanted the ability to easily make return in the event that the equipment wouldn't work so I bought it at Target. It uses the same adaptors as the Blackberry. No proprietary charging interface like someone else wrote
5. It has a 2.5mm jack at the top. My Motorola phone didn't so I had needed to buy a funky adaptor to use with the Motorola phone. This one I can use a standard headset. Naturally it also has bluetooth but for me bluetooth is another battery to charge.
6. Another nice feature was that the guy in Radio Shack hooked my old phone with this one using BlueTooth and transferred all my contacts phone to phone. My daughter was disappointed because usually when I buy a new phone I pay her to transfer the contacts but I was thrilled. Walking out of the store with a phone with all my contacts was sweet.
What I don't like.
1. It is a little proprietary in the software so if I want to use a GPS system I have to pay for it. It won't operate with the free Google GPS. It will access Google Maps so you can get directions but you can't use the GPS feature without paying.
2. That slide bar can be a little hard to find when answering a call. I found a way around that though. You can set the phone in settings to "answer any Key" and to answer the phone just open it really quickly and tap any key on the inside close the cover and you are off and running.
3. I don't like that as soon as you are on a call key guard comes in to play and to hang up the call you have to use the slider than hang up the call. I tried disabling Keyguard but the front of the phone is activated electrostatically and my cheek making contact with the phone caused vibrations. So disabling Keyguard is not an option.
4. In Bright sunlight I was unable to see the front display. I was able to access my contacts and make a call in bright sunlight by opening the phone
5. The front display, when phone is closed is a little small so I would have liked a few extra lines showing. Would make it easier to find contacts.
In summation this is a really great phone for texting and all around use. The spacious keyboard and the Styling make up for the drawbacks. I am satisfied with my purchase. Also the pricing is a sweet spot for me. I just didn't want to pay the extra $100.00 for the BlackBerry and the Keyboard Layout is superior to the BlackBerry too.
Rating :
Bye Bye Sprint, Hello Boost Mobile?
Where's your cash at? I know where mine is...
My bill went from a varying +/- $100 a month with Sprint to a fixed $54 a month "unlimited with Boost Mobile"... And "Boost CDMA" phones run on the Sprint network. Never dropped a call since I got it, my GF who has AT&T gets more drops lol. Sprint has been robbing me for over 8 years! Prepaid is the way to go today, I know prepaid sounds bad, but hey who doesn't have to cut spending nowadays?
Rating :
Good phone for texting/email/browsing
Pros: Comfortable keyboard for email/texting. Nice sized screen and pretty good web browser for mobile web. Decent build quality and nice look/feel.
Cons: Cover keypad auto-locks too quickly during a phone conversation - can be quite annoying when you need to enter numbers. No advanced productivity features. Very poor app support.
Bottom line: A good phone if you just use it for browsing/texting/email. The browser is good, and the email interface (with common mail servers such as Google and Yahoo!) is easy to use. This phone is clearly designed for a younger group of customers who mainly text, browse, use Facebook and Tweeter. It is not designed for professionals at all. If you want a smartphone that loads Google Maps with full features, runs various productivity softwares and is great for voice calling and multimedia, look elsewhere.
I purchased this phone not from Spring but from Boost Mobile for its pay as you go plan with wireless 3G data service at a very, very reasonable price. If you are like me, someone who spends a lot of time in front of computers at work and at home, mostly make internet voice calls on computers, doesn't need so many minutes as on regular monthly cell phone plans and doesn't want to pay for the over-priced data plan for mobile web... then for you this would be a good little extra device for mobile web browsing when you don't have a computer or WIFI connection on you main cell phone.
If you need a monthly calling plan with data service and are willing to pay for it, many other phones are much, much better.
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