On Jan 1, 8:53*pm, "RJA" <r...@nospam.cinci.rr.com> wrote:
> Here's my dilemma. *Contract is almost up.....Sprint has the best plans but apparently the worst phone selection. *The only phone which would really serve my purpose would be the Katana DLX but it looks so plain and boring.. *The rest all lack something.
>
> It looks like AT&T, Verizon and the others have far more phones to choose from. *Why is this?
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> Does anyone have the Katana DLX who can offer a stellar review to make me consider staying with Sprint?

I have the Katana DLX. I researched many Sprint phones before
choosing the DLX. The Katana takes both pictures and movies. The
movies are not limited to 30 seconds as with some phones, as long as
you use the low resolution mode. The movie format is in 3G2 format,
so you have to have a compatible player to play them on your computer
like Quicktime. To edit them in Roxio, I had to actually change the
file extension to 3GP.

Bluetooth capabilities are better than most Sprint phones. You can
send address book entries to the phone using Outlook express or
Outlook. You can also send many file formats to the phone, including
image formats, video formats and audio formats. Not all of the
formats are viewable or playable, so some can only be stored on the
phone, which makes it a good file storage device. Since Bluetooth
file transfer is not very fast, if you plan on transferring a lot of
files back and forth, you should opt for the USB cable. One feature I
like is that you can set your screensaver to a video clip.
Unfortunately, I guess so that Sprint can make money off of downloads,
you cannot set your ringer to audio clips unless they are downloaded
even though you can transfer them to the phone and play them.

Although you can play individual audio clips on the phone that are in
several formats, if you intend to use the device as portable music
player, the files must be in MP3 or AAC format. The music player
feature leaves a lot to be desired, although it can be filled with
music using Windows Media Player and a USB cable, and it supports
Bluetooth headphones.

If you have any other questions about the phone, I started a Yahoo
group called Sanyo_Katana_DLX, or you can email me at
cm_management@msn.com. Please put Katana DLX in the Subject line of
your email.