http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/03/28/sprint-gets-rugged-with-sanyo-scp-7050/ Engadget Mobile Comments for Sprint gets rugged with Sanyo SCP-7050 http://www.engadgetmobile.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgetmobile.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/03/28/sprint-gets-rugged-with-sanyo-scp-7050/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/03/28/sprint-gets-rugged-with-sanyo-scp-7050/
Does this have EV-DO? What about screen size spec?

Rugged...that's nice. 1990s clamshell design...it's a Sanyo!]]>Mar 28th 2007 10:56AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/03/28/sprint-gets-rugged-with-sanyo-scp-7050/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/03/28/sprint-gets-rugged-with-sanyo-scp-7050/
I agree that the styling is nothing that you'd want to enter in a sexy phone contest with Motorola or even Samsung but this 7050 also has some FUNCTIONALITY that those other two mfg's can't touch like ruggedization, typical Sanyo durability, GPS on board and I'm guessing rock solid signal strength.

Is it the perfect phone??? Hell no, but show me one that is. They're all a different set of compromises but I, like you will continue to try to find,,,the perfect phone. ]]>Mar 28th 2007 6:17PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/03/28/sprint-gets-rugged-with-sanyo-scp-7050/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/03/28/sprint-gets-rugged-with-sanyo-scp-7050/Jun 26th 2007 1:44AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/03/28/sprint-gets-rugged-with-sanyo-scp-7050/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/03/28/sprint-gets-rugged-with-sanyo-scp-7050/
I too want the perfect phone and why shouldn't I? I have to close multi-million $ deals every day! I like Sprint as a carrier - but all some of us ask for is a rugged phone, "candybar" style, with the ability to program call restrictions and caller groups! Sounds simple, but amazingly doesn't exist.

Hats off to Sanyo and Motorola for at least coming to the Rugged part - but I'm not 12 and shouldn't have to "flip" a phone in front of a VIP. ]]>Oct 22nd 2007 8:16PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/03/28/sprint-gets-rugged-with-sanyo-scp-7050/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/03/28/sprint-gets-rugged-with-sanyo-scp-7050/
Sounds like you may have settled for a simpler phone without shopping around for something more suitable to your "jet set".

I was looking for a phone, one I could drop without destroying it, one I could hang on the handlebars of my motorcycle with a little sprinkle of rain without fear of destroying it. I wanted one that actually had some signal reception, speakerphone. Hell, this thing even announces who's calling by voice... "Incoming call from Christi".

It's a man's phone, Anand... If you were looking for something a little more stylish to go with your Gucci's maybe you shoudl have gotten a oink Palm Centro like my wife has.

Choke on that "big Boy".]]>Aug 7th 2008 8:55PM