April 16, 2006

By: Shawnee McRoberts
Website: http://www.1st-in-cell-phones.com

Venezuela Now Offers Slider, An Innovative New Handset from Kyocera Wireless

Kyocera Wireless Corp., a leading global manufacturer of CDMA wireless handsets, today announced the availability of the Kyocera Slider mobile phone in Venezuela, marking the handset's first commercial launch in the country. Slider, also known as the SE47, has a unique and sleek form factor, with benefits of both clamshell and bar designs. As the only CDMA phone worldwide that slides, it features a sliding display screen and navigation bar that slides up when you make a call, exposing the keypad, and closes again at the completion of a call.

The Kyocera Slider has a speakerphone and vibrate alert, and supports multiple language options including Spanish, Portuguese and English. It includes a scheduler, calculator, alarm clock, stopwatch, built-in contact directory and five-line full bitmap 65,000 color display. Running on CDMA2000 1x technology, the Slider sustains up to four hours of talk and 100 hours of standby time on a standard lithium ion battery.

"Kyocera Wireless is pleased to add the innovative, new Slider phone to the growing list of phones offered in Venezuela," said Lee Ittner, vice president of International Sales, Latin America for Kyocera Wireless. "This highly anticipated phone offers stylish functionality in a compact and easy-to-use design and is a testament to the expansion and innovation Kyocera is diligently pursuing in all of Latin America and the Caribbean. We believe that Slider is an exceptional phone that will satisfy the growing demand in Venezuela for quality wireless devices."

Kyocera provides the most advanced wireless handsets keep users connected while they conduct their daily lives. The new Kyocera Slider has a unique design and stylish characteristics that differentiate it from other handsets available today.

About The Author:

Shawnee McRoberts is a successful author and regular contributor to http://www.1st-in-cell-phones.com.  An industry resource for the wireless industry featuring articles, comparisons and reviews of phones and service plans.