Sanyo 7500 officially out! Post where you got yours from here... stores that have it

[jes]

You have to trick the system for now. Go into the phone list and click on the MM9000, then go to the address line and change the 9000 part to 7500. Pictures and all the specs come up, but it shows out of stock!

[ZiggyZ]

At least post a link.

[ZiggyZ]

For anyone wanting the link here it is.

http://www1.sprintpcs.com/explore/PhonesAccessories/PhoneDetails.jsp?navLocator=%7Cshop%7CphonesAccess ories%7CmultimediaPhones%7C&selectSkuId=sanyomm7500&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=1602749&CURRENT_USER%3C%3EATR_SCID=ECOMM&CURRENT_USER%3C%3EATR_PCode=None&CURRENT_USER%3C%3EATR_cartState=group&bmUID=1134017524046

[Clash]

http://www1.sprintpcs.com/explore/PhonesAccessories/PhoneDetails.jsp?navLocator=%7Cshop%7CphonesAccess ories%7CpowervisionPhones%7C&selectSkuId=sanyomm7500&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=1685535&CURRENT_USER%3C%3EATR_SCID=ECOMM&CURRENT_USER%3C%3EATR_PCode=None&CURRENT_USER%3C%3EATR_cartState=group&bmUID=1134017829575

Hopefully that will work :)

Edit:

Oh snap! 30 minute video clips!

Shoot digital pictures with the built–in 1.3 megapixel camera with digital zoom lens; use the built-in camcorder to record up to 30-minute video clips.

But alas, the voice memo thing is still ONLY 72 seconds :/

Edit Again: Mods, ya'll probably wanna move this post to the Official 7500 thread or just lock it! :D

[jes]

Knowing Sprint, it's probably a typo and supposed to say 30-second.

[Clash]

Knowing Sprint, it's probably a typo and supposed to say 30-second.

That is also what I am thinking but with the 7500 supposibly have 70+ MB of memory, it could be possibly... although the quality would probably suffer...

[Marlon_JB2]

I want it even more now.

[MacUser]

Oh snap! 30 minute video clips!

Shoot digital pictures with the built–in 1.3 megapixel camera with digital zoom lens; use the built-in camcorder to record up to 30-minute video clips.

But alas, the voice memo thing is still ONLY 72 seconds :/

Edit Again: Mods, ya'll probably wanna move this post to the Official 7500 thread or just lock it! :D

Only 30 seconds, read it all on sanyos site... http://www.sanyo.com/wireless/handsets/index.cfm?productID=1231 :Popcorn2:

[Cnorwapo]

$379.00 full price for this phone makes NO sense and how is it evenly comparable to the Sanyo 9000......this phone should be market at full price at $329.00 ...better yet...$299.00

[Mayimbe87]

I have a 9000 and yea 379.99 is allot for the 7500 but then again 70 mb for internal memory is quite allot and something to look at, so you cant shoot them down for doin so, and besides the 9000 is going to be discontinued, so i guess the 7500 is going to be sanyos top fone in sprint for a while until sanyo comes out with an official minisd fone, i like the 7500

[donblay]

i want it! i want it! i want it! i want it! i want it! i want it! :D

[Jaggrey]

it's officially out now... add to order option and all. Let the madness begin!

Did any1 notice that Sanyo's site says it has a QVGA screen? That can't be right.

[donblay]

Can anyone confirm yet if it does indeed recieve pictues as MMS instead of PictureMail links??? :Popcorn2:

[Clash]

Got it! In San Antonio, TX at the Bandera and 1604 store! Time to activate! :D

[docbrown88]

actually screen info conflicting between home page (1.8" internal TFT LCD, QVGA resolution with 260K colors (240x320)) & PDF Specs page (1.8” TFT LCD; 260K colors; 176 (W) x 220 (H) pixels)...

[Jaggrey]

yea it doesn't have QVGA.

Clash... post pics!!! :D

:needpict:

[Carterism]

Why are Sanyos so expensive? $379?

It doesn't even have QVGA and it's $30 more than the a900.

Insane but I'm sure it's a good phone. Can't wait for those of you who get it and give us reviews w/pix! :clap:

[Jaggrey]

it's not skinny like the a900 tho :p I think if it were to come down to $349 or even $329 it'd be good. How much was the 7400 when it 1st came out?

[Clash]

Pictures soon! Sorry about the delay, for I was running some errands :D

[r0fl]

Here are some pics for you to enjoy. sorry for the lack of quality but my phone isnt that great. The Themes are a nice feature. it does look qvga tho a smaller screen size
http://www.megawirelesspcs.com/su/sanyo7500.jpg
http://www.megawirelesspcs.com/su/sanyo7500 (1).jpg
http://www.megawirelesspcs.com/su/sanyo7500 (2).jpg
http://www.megawirelesspcs.com/su/sanyo7500 (3).jpg
http://www.megawirelesspcs.com/su/sanyo7500 (4).jpg
http://www.megawirelesspcs.com/su/sanyo7500 (5).jpg

[sel1965]

Wow now only if the exterior design would improve this phone would be awesome!

[Clash]

Well, r0fl beat me to showing pictures of the phone, but I cannot find my regular digital camera since stuff is everywhere in parent's house. The house is getting painted so we threw everything in the middle of the room... don't mind the mess in some of the pictures :D

1.3 Megapixel and Fine Quality... outside it is overcast

Whats all inside! Minus the silverware :P
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/3694/7500included7yl.jpg

The living room portion of my parent's house. All the stuff is in the middle because of painting.
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/4281/7500inside1oq.jpg

Reflection of me and the phone against my parent's minivan :)
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/7788/minivanref8an.jpg

My little brother in front of my parent's house :)
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/8229/lilbro5ku.jpg

[zackrhodes]

here are some pictures from the sanyo web site

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b255/zackrhodes/Image1.jpg

[Clash]

Although I've yet to be able to transfer files (mp3, wma, aac) to the phone directly.. it urks me :X

Oh, and I'll add that there is no "3G by Qualcomm" sticker on there... although on the battery, "Qualcomm 3G CDMA" is there :)

[will_z32]

its not hidden on the sprint site anymore

[Clash]

ahhh... Orb and this runs pretty much flawlessly..... I AM HAPPY! :D Hmmm.. now as soon as I get my main desktop back up and running, I will be UBER happy ^_^

[Jaggrey]

those pics look pretty good :tu:

[josh33_unc]

its on phonescoop.com now

http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=847

[liveforfunnow]

*** is the point of this phone vs. the 9k?

[Ovaltine224]

camera looks pretty good

[Clash]

Wirelessly posted (sanyo 7400: Mozilla/4.0 (MobilePhone MM-7500/US/1.0) NetFront/3.1 MMP/2.0)

Visiting SU via my 7500 :)

[toidi]

For anyone here in KC the new store on ward parkway got them tonight i got to play with one. the phone is awesome. it feels great and the custom UI is cool. the phone i used had a Maxim UI on it and it included a picture gallery :D i think it may be time for a new phone

[jes]

For anyone here in KC the new store on ward parkway got them tonight i got to play with one. the phone is awesome. it feels great and the custom UI is cool. the phone i used had a Maxim UI on it and it included a picture gallery :D i think it may be time for a new phone
Maxim UI? Hmmm...does this imply that additional UI themes are downloadble? If so, I may be adding a new phone to my second line.

[Clash]

Yup! Themes are downloadable.

[Carterism]

Why are Sanyos so expensive? $379?

It doesn't even have QVGA and it's $30 more than the a900.

Insane but I'm sure it's a good phone. Can't wait for those of you who get it and give us reviews w/pix! :clap:

Hmmm I guess it does have QVGA! (Just checked the Sanyo site) Awesome! :)

[Jaggrey]

i think it's a type-o.

[josh33_unc]

damn it , if it werent hard enough tryin to ditch this 8300 lockline replacement for my vm4500, and tryin to decide between a a920, a940, 9000, treo 650, or a800, now i gotta consider the 7500. the 74 never appealed to me when i had the vm45, but with 70 for memory, the 70mb is much better on storage for content than this 8300's 2mb

[Carterism]

i think it's a type-o.

thats what i thought too but everyone keeps saying its QVGA....

can anyone confirm this?

[jes]

thats what i thought too but everyone keeps saying its QVGA....

can anyone confirm this?
Go back to the Sanyo site and click on the "Specifications" link. It will bring up the pdf spec sheet which confirms that it is not QVGA. I think they may have cut and pasted from the 9000 and forgot to change that on the main page.

[Clash]

thats what i thought too but everyone keeps saying its QVGA....

can anyone confirm this?

I personally can confirm that it is NOT QVGA. I wish it had it though... the screen is physically smaller than the 7400, so it looks like it could be high res... not so though.

Ohhh.. I LOVE Ev-DO... using Orb mainly (with some web surfing with the Opera Mini client and regular browser), I've used 72,432k in the past twelve hours or so... It was awesome to just be relaxing and watching King of the Hill on FX :)

Edit: Although my life time is only 15 minutes! hehe! :D

I've yet to find a real big use for the widescreen on the outside (except for displaying more text info which is kinda cool)... it is weird whenever the flip is closed in picture mode.... only the middle part of the widescreen is used... plus when it is closed, the video ringer that it came with as well as streaming video are not shown....

Ohhh.. when in the Sprint music store and listening to some music with the flip closed, the Ready Link button acts like a "next song" button.

This phone is roughly the size of a 8300... although being rugged, small and sturdy it seems very nice... Part of me misses the 7400 with how it was bigger and had a larger screen, but after a while, the 7500 seems kinda convient...

The blue is nice... although it becomes a bit dark at the edges around the end button and camera button...

My main complaint is that I so far cannot transfer songs via a data cable... I can use it for tethering... I just did a speed test and to make sure that it just wasn't the cable. My speed result was 68.8 kbyte/sec (about 550 kbits/sec) down and 12.8 (103 kbits :) ) kbyte/sec... not bad! But seriously, the phone supposibly supports non-drm WMA, AAC and MP3 according to Sanyo's website... I'm hoping that isn't a typo! Until then, I attempting to transfer them via m4a/GCD... but they'd all end up as ring tones...

[MRTRIPOD]

pictures look terrible

is the speakerphone sanyo loud?

full duplex yet?

[Clash]

Some of the pictures I may blame on the weather, movement of hand.. hehe, but then again, those are excuses. The pictures when scaled down a bit didn't look so bad and actually fairly decent. I guess the whole 1.3 MP thing is so that it'll look decent when scaled down...

Oh, the speakerphone is Sanyo loud!

Not sure whether it is full duplex. I tried it and it seemed like that, BUT I could've sworn I heard it cut out once or tice. I'm gonna try to do some actual testing on that tomorrow.

Oh, and with all of the music schenanigans, I've resorted to uploading AAC files via the net and they are played as ringers... its a good thing that Ev-DO is fairly fast... :)

[Clash]

I've managed to fill up all but 3,526Kbyte of space..... Ev-DO is great :)

So far, I've used 134MB of data within 15 hours of getting the phone and have only used 18 minutes... I think I'm gonna cut down on data consumption now that I've got my 20 AAC ringers, err, songs on the phone :) (Plus the 4 that I have )

Apparently I now only have space for ten (10) 1.3MP pictures... Thank goodness for picture mail! :D

So, 24 songs, space for 10 1.3 MP pictures, Orb and Ev-DO is making me a happy camper :)

[ZUROBI3]

Sounds like a great phone and maybe better than the 7400 except for the screen size, may have to go to the store and play with see if I'm gonna change my 7400 to this one or wait till next yr.

[josh33_unc]

damn it , if it werent hard enough tryin to ditch this 8300 lockline replacement for my vm4500, and tryin to decide between a a920, a940, 9000, treo 650, or a800, now i gotta consider the 7500. the 74 never appealed to me when i had the vm45, but with 70 for memory, the 70mb is much better on storage for content than this 8300's 2mb

listening to the sirius radio wireless via bluetooth with my bt dongle adapter and red scala on my 8300 is beyond awesome. though, if only they had a sweet phone that was bluetooth, mp3 player, and took a memory card and clamshell style. id definitely be sold. oh wait, thats the a920 it sounds. :lol: the a940 has a better mp camera, and phonescoop says it does ringer id and that the a920 doesnt??? but its not a flip phone :irked: but these themes and rugged 7500 durabilitiy is somethin more to envy. will we ever be happy with a phone? :indiff:

[Jaggrey]

yes the a920 does ringer ID. U kno we shouldn't rely on phonescoop for specs on phones :p

[gla17624]

so does the 7500 have a memory card slot?

[gla17624]

haha, have you guys seen this picture on the sanyo web site with the motorcycle guys? :clap:

[james2K]

LOL!!!!!!!!!! I was just about to post that picture here!!! It's too funny!!!

[Jaggrey]

what's even more funny is the demo... it starts off with them driving by on the phones! I busted out laughing when i saw that!

[james2K]

Just looked at that too, freakin hilarious!!!!!!!!!! They should do commericals like that on TV. It would get people's attention

[ZUROBI3]

Just looked at that too, freakin hilarious!!!!!!!!!! They should do commericals like that on TV. It would get people's attention

You got that right

[Clash]

so does the 7500 have a memory card slot?

Nope... if it did, I'd be uber-excellent :)

[Clash]

Sounds like a great phone and maybe better than the 7400 except for the screen size, may have to go to the store and play with see if I'm gonna change my 7400 to this one or wait till next yr.

I have it and like it, but I can easily see why it wouldn't appeal to many people due to the small screen size. My big thing is how its all nice and rugged... plus tis' small :)

listening to the sirius radio wireless via bluetooth with my bt dongle adapter and red scala on my 8300 is beyond awesome. though, if only they had a sweet phone that was bluetooth, mp3 player, and took a memory card and clamshell style. id definitely be sold. oh wait, thats the a920 it sounds. :lol: the a940 has a better mp camera, and phonescoop says it does ringer id and that the a920 doesnt??? but its not a flip phone :irked: but these themes and rugged 7500 durabilitiy is somethin more to envy. will we ever be happy with a phone? :indiff:

I'm still thinking about the A920.... for some reason I want it, yet I don't due to some bugs that I've been hearing about. :/

[KAT]

haha, have you guys seen this picture on the sanyo web site with the motorcycle guys? :clap:
From the looks of that picture, the 7500 looks WAY to big for me................

[Clash]

From the looks of that picture, the 7500 looks WAY to big for me................

If the phone was that big proportionally, then imagine the size of the screen! :lol:

[KAT]

If the phone was that big proportionally, then imagine the size of the screen! :lol:
Ha! Yes, I was gonna say something like that with my post, we wouldn't be going by inches, but by feet...... "This new Sanyo handset boasts a truly amazing 2.9 foot screen, with 168,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, pixels." And talk about a "Sanyo loud" speaker phone...... :hee:

[RattDawg]

it's not skinny like the a900 tho :p I think if it were to come down to $349 or even $329 it'd be good. How much was the 7400 when it 1st came out?
I paid $379 for the 7400 last Christmas eve. Price dropped not to much longer after that to $350. :indiff:

[tbakergobuck]

pictures look terrible

is the speakerphone sanyo loud?

full duplex yet?

I think the pictures look sharp for a camera phone. Sanyo speakerphones are always loud and I doubt it's full duplex.

Kind of surprising that Samsung prices for phones are coming down a little but Sanyo's are staying about the same.

[KAT]

I paid $379 for the 7400 last Christmas eve. Price dropped not to much longer after that to $350. :indiff:
I got my 7400 at the Radio Shack for $179.00 with a 2 year almost a year ago, but yes, it went for $379.00 when it first came out.

[Clash]

I think the pictures look sharp for a camera phone. Sanyo speakerphones are always loud and I doubt it's full duplex.

Kind of surprising that Samsung prices for phones are coming down a little but Sanyo's are staying about the same.

With my 7500, I could swear that the speakerphone is full dupex! With the testing I've done, it seems like that at least.

[Clash]

Wirelessly posted (sanyo 7400: Mozilla/4.0 (MobilePhone MM-7500/US/1.0) NetFront/3.1 MMP/2.0)

Hmm, it froze when I accidentally hit a button which froze when trying to connect to Vision!

[MRTRIPOD]

full duplex or not...anybody?

[ZUROBI3]

Went yesterday to the sprint store and play with the sanyo 7500 , my first impression dissapoint me and then later on don't know why but I don't think is the phone I would get , I'm gonna stick with my 7400 till a big one comes out cause it got to be next year plus it's gonna give me time to get closer to be entitle to the 150.00 discount, like the rugged part and everything but I'm not gonna get it unless Costco bring it for a really good deal and I doubt it.

[Clash]

Wirelessly posted (sanyo 7400: Mozilla/4.0 (MobilePhone MM-7500/US/1.0) NetFront/3.1 MMP/2.0)

full duplex or not...anybody?

I Believe It To Be... Still Do :)

[Marlon_JB2]

There's a $30 web special on Sprint.com for the 9000. It's making that phone look so much better... :( Due to the recent death of my 8200, this may be my choice.

I still love the 7500 though. ;)

Does the $30 apply for new activations only? (Just answered my own question... it does.) :irked:

[YPG]

Got Mine!
And it is beautiful! I love it to death!
Have to read the book to figure everything out though.
Fayetteville NC Sprint store yeah baby!

[Jaggrey]

More pics!!! :D

[mr anderson]

The phone is actually a lot better than it first appears. It also supports mms picturemail, which is a +. Phone's screen is excellent.

[Jaggrey]

have there been any issues with sending or receiving picmails like with the samsungs?

[Clash]

Wirelessly posted (sanyo 7400: Mozilla/4.0 (MobilePhone MM-7500/US/1.0) NetFront/3.1 MMP/2.0)

have there been any issues with sending or receiving picmails like with the samsungs?

Working Flawlessly For Me :)

[mr anderson]

no probs here...

[Jaggrey]

wow that's definitely good news :tu:

[UAL-Continental]

The phone is actually a lot better than it first appears. It also supports mms picturemail, which is a +. Phone's screen is excellent.

Screen is only a 1.8" 65K 176x220. That's a downgrade from the 7400.

[TAllenKCC]

UPS was kind enough to deliver my 7500 yesterday. It is definitely more solid than the A900. I took some pix but they are too large to attach.

I have had two problems. This morning, the time was off by one hour. I checked it 5 or 6 times in a 20 minute period. Finally it switched to the correct time.

I uploaded a picture from the camera and it soft reset the phone. The image was uploaded and the phone seems fine now.

Overall, very happy. Themes are sweet.

[Jaggrey]

Nice... I can host the pics if u want to email them to me.

[sel1965]

UPS was kind enough to deliver my 7500 yesterday. It is definitely more solid than the A900. I took some pix but they are too large to attach.

I have had two problems. This morning, the time was off by one hour. I checked it 5 or 6 times in a 20 minute period. Finally it switched to the correct time.

I uploaded a picture from the camera and it soft reset the phone. The image was uploaded and the phone seems fine now.

Overall, very happy. Themes are sweet.

More solid than the a900? I think not! Even with the rubber it's still plastic.

[TAllenKCC]

More solid than the a900? I think not! Even with the rubber it's still plastic.

I should have been more specific. The hinge feels more solid on the 7500. A buddy got his A900 on 11/26 and the hinge has definitely become weaker.

[Jaggrey]

Here are the pics from TAllenKCC:

http://home.comcast.net/~jaggrey/7500/7500_v_4930.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~jaggrey/7500/7500_v_7300c.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~jaggrey/7500/7500_v_7300o.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~jaggrey/7500/Image_1.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~jaggrey/7500/Image_2.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~jaggrey/7500/TestPIC7500.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~jaggrey/7500/TestPIC8200.jpg

[MRTRIPOD]

nice pix

[Jaggrey]

Well this is cool... these are image properties from the pic taken with the 7500 (the bigger pic of the box).

[TAllenKCC]

FYI - All but one of the pix were taken with an 8200. The big box was with the 7500.

[Marlon_JB2]

FYI - All but one of the pix were taken with an 8200. The big box was with the 7500.

Very impressive pictures. :)

[josh33_unc]

just called local sprint store, they have blades in, no a920s or 7500s. i recognized the worker that answered, she won a 5600 and didnt know what it was when won it, and wants the 7500 when it comes out. special ppl here in owensboro, ky

i work at radioshack, my manager just called me and asked if we have the 7500 yet in our own store. ok now yall...im sittin here at home, on my off day. hes at the store, ok. and calls me from work, where hes at, to ask about a phone he doesnt know if we have. then i say god no, i wish, it just got released a few days ago. he said ok, well sprint said were gonna be the first ones to carry it. im like, ***....ok, sure. then he asks me which phone i wanted and y, and i tell him bout the a920 and the memory card slot, and blade lacking it, and the 70mb of internal memory in the 7500, and hes like, ok, bye. i guess wantin to further his product knowledge from his own employee, lol. (i didnt even get a chance to get into the changable themes) this is a guy who has a 6100, and is eager for us to drop verizon and switch to cingular which all radioshacks are doin jan 1st.

[james2K]

So is it confirmed that this phone doesn't support any sort of file transfer/mass storage function? I'm wanting the phone more everyday, but the price and now this. I guess sprint wants us to use this phone for downloading music from them...

[17Hz]

I'll make one year with my 7400 in march, by then something else will be out........ :scare:


after all I've read about the 7500, the omnly down side is no full face plate, I have 8 plates for my 7400, I've got to coordinate when I get dressed...... :cool: :cool: :cool:

[ZUROBI3]

I'll make one year with my 7400 in march, by then something else will be out........ :scare:


after all I've read about the 7500, the omnly down side is no full face plate, I have 8 plates for my 7400, I've got to coordinate when I get dressed...... :cool: :cool: :cool:

I'm like you but my 7400 would be a yr. next monday the 19 and I'll bet we're gonna see something better than the 7500 next yr. we have to wait

[PhoneJunkie]

I was thinking the same thing but last week I dropped my phone while cleaning the sleet and freezing rain off of my car so that I could go to work. I didnt realize it until I was on the way to work that my phone was not in my holster. I thought that I may not have put it in my holster and just forgot it. When I got off I found it lying in the street by my mail box where I park my car. It lay there all day getting rained and sleeted on plus it got ran over by me possibly when I left that morning or the mailman or both of us. It still works perfectly though but it has a lot off scratches and dents on the back of the phone from being run over. It is hard for me to keep a phone that has even 1 scratch.

[ZUROBI3]

I was thinking the same thing but last week I dropped my phone while cleaning the sleet and freezing rain off of my car so that I could go to work. I didnt realize it until I was on the way to work that my phone was not in my holster. I thought that I may not have put it in my holster and just forgot it. When I got off I found it lying in the street by my mail box where I park my car. It lay there all day getting rained and sleeted on plus it got ran over by me possibly when I left that morning or the mailman or both of us. It still works perfectly though but it has a lot off scratches and dents on the back of the phone from being run over. It is hard for me to keep a phone that has even 1 scratch.

I agree with you about a scratch phone but jesus still working that mean the 7400 is a good phone ah, but wait is just a little bit I guess buy a case and don't see the scratches

[Sanyo77]

FYI - All but one of the pix were taken with an 8200. The big box was with the 7500.

I'm just impressed the 8200 can take as good of pictures as that!

[17Hz]

I'm just impressed the 8200 can take as good of pictures as that!


Oh I've takem some unbelievable pic's with the 8200, one thing though is they're all outside or in a place ithe great light

[Jaggrey]

My 8200 took pretty good pics when I had it.

[sel1965]

I wasn't really impressed with the 7500 I played with it last night when I got my 9000, the phone itself is very small. The screen inside if it was bigger those new themes would really make a difference. Maybe it will appeal to some but qvga is the only way to go.

[Carterism]

Saw the 7500 in person today while I was looking for some a900 accessories.

It's really small and most people will like that. The screen isn't so bad. Not a bad looking for either.

[theclerk74]

Could someone post some good pics of the UI?

[ZiggyZ]

Wirelessly posted (Sanyo MM9000: Mozilla/4.0 (MobilePhone MM-9000/US/1.0) NetFront/3.1 MMP/2.0)

Does This Handset Support Some Kind Of Storage Card Like A Mini Sd Card Or Something?

[donblay]

Ok, not for the really important question about the 7500. What's it got for the my buddy??? LOL
I hope its not that mouse on the 5600 & 9000, i don't like him

[ZUROBI3]

I think it's not ugly @ least is not the ugly mouse that I have for the 7400

[donblay]

oh, so it is the mouse again? i agree the 3D one from the 5600 and 9000 isn't as ugly as the 7400's. but i still wish it was another creature. i liked the puppy on the 4500.

[Clash]

oh, so it is the mouse again? i agree the 3D one from the 5600 and 9000 isn't as ugly as the 7400's. but i still wish it was another creature. i liked the puppy on the 4500.

Its actually a blue elephant that does karate. Kinda fun when one is bored and pressing random numbers to make the elephant chop hit stuff and what not. :)

[Jaggrey]

lol sweet

[Marlon_JB2]

I want my polar bear back. This elephant sucks, but is way better than the 7400's RAT. :irked:

Roseville, Michigan has some. Also, the Detroit store on 7 Mile and Telegraph has tons, so I've heard.

[KAT]

I think it's not ugly @ least is not the ugly mouse that I have for the 7400
A mouse? It was always my understanding it was a rat. If it is a mouse, it is one ugly mouse....... Oh heck, I got other things to worry about.........

[donblay]

is it seriously an elephant????? that's wierd, i think they would do more domestic animals, lol. would be nice if they had like at least 2 to pick from...oh well, it might be cool, haven't seen it yet
can anyone post any pictures of him? :)

[Marlon_JB2]

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[donblay]

awesome, thanks Marlon_JBT. The elephant all be it a strange choice, doesn't look nearly as creapy as the 7400's mouse/rat thing. i might like it.....

[ZUROBI3]

You got it but you know I still like better the green martian from the 8100 that's nice

[Jaggrey]

that looks nice! :tu:

[josh33_unc]

do samsungs have these buddies too, or is it just sanyos? ive had a vm4500 and now 8300, and am about to get a sammy a920 and want that 7500s elephant on the a920. :D

[Marlon_JB2]

No buddies on Samsungs.

[josh33_unc]

oh ok, damn, its all good though

[Jnice6778]

so can u upload ringtones thru the cable it provides?

[Marlon_JB2]

You know, I'm surprised nobody has mentioned this...

The Sanyo hinge STILL CLICKS!!!! :D :hee:

Some of us actually like that noise. :)

[donblay]

god i want this phone so bad!!!!...... i think i'm even having dreams about it, lol. (j/k about the dreams though ;))

[VegasBaby]

Do you know the program that is needed to sync the 7500 to your computer? What exactly can you transfer over? Stupid questions I know, but I wasn't expecting to get this phone. Now that I have it, I might as well take advantage.

[donblay]

I really think I want this phone. I haven’t gotten to play with one yet. I plan on getting it but there’s some things I’d like to know about it from those of you lucky ones who have it.
Does it MMS retrieval of pictures?
I heard of the 9000 having an issue with if a picture has txt with it you can only get a thumbnail of it; but when it doesn’t have text you can view it full size. Does the 7500 have the same bug?
Does it have a limited number of pictures you can have in the Inbox (and if so, how many)?
Can you forward pictures you receive from others using the phone’s address book; as opposed to the current way have when you forward you have to actually type in the phone # or address to forward to.
When you assign a photo ID does it show in the address book by the name?
Can you Add AND remove words from T9 (is there a menu for this)?
Does the “themes” change menu settings and all, and can you get more than the original 3?
Can MP3’s be used as ringers in addition to the normal MIDI, AAC, and QCP ringers (and if so can you use a full length song)?
Does it have the Select & Copy/Paste feature for text?
Does it have the Vibrate-ID feature?
What Fun-Frames and picture-features (negative, black & white, etc) it has for the camera?

I know that seems like a huge list, but these are the things I think about, lol. Any info at all would be appreciated, thanks!

[Marlon_JB2]

I'll try to answer some of them. :)

1. Yes, it has MMS.
2. Nope, it does not have that issue.
3. Don't know yet.
4. Yes.
5. Yes.
6. Yes, I *think* so. I've seen it somewhere, fiddling around with the phone. Can't remember where anymore. I don't read manuals.
7. No and they're downloadable, so yeah you can have more than those.
8. I don't know, but I did full length on my 8200, so.... :)
9. Don't know.
10. Don't know
11. Color-Tones

[donblay]

Thanks Marlon_JBT.
Another quick question. Can it SEND sms while in digital roam? My 7400 can recive in digital roam due to Sprint's network changes, but it cannot send because the firmware is programmed to not ever try (it prompts you to send later, but does not attempt to send). I would imagine the 7500 doesn't have this programmed in limitation.

[7500pimp]

I love the phone I'm just having major issues tranfering files to and from my pc the sprint site had special drivers for the phone but my the sprint music store uploader nor my port are recognizing the phone if anyone can help it'd be greatly appreciated.

[bobtravis42]

Got mine online from the Sprint website.....traded in my Samsung a900(blade) for it. Like the Sanyo MUCH better!

[KAT]

Got mine online from the Sprint website.....traded in my Samsung a900(blade) for it. Like the Sanyo MUCH better!
Could you elaborate a bit as far as why you like the Sanyo better?

[bobtravis42]

I guess mainly because I'm used to Sanyo phones,but here's the problems I had with the samsung a-900(the Blade). 1) The cover for the charging port and for the headphone jack are both "tethered" to the phone by little nylon lines.They get in the way when you try to either plug in the headset or the charger. You have to literally hold them back with your other hand to use either port,and I really think that their going to be the first thing to eventually break and fall off, but my main concern was
2) BATTERY LIFE- I plug my phone in each night when I go to bed. I've always done this ever since I've been with Spring. Normally I have no problem with the battery lasting me througout the following day no matter how long I talk. With the Samsung "Blade" my battery would need recharging again by 3pm the next day. This thing sucks batteries!! My Sanyo 7500 remains fully charged most of the day and even by nightfall there's still one or two bars left. 3) the "speakerphone" is not user friendly. You have to go into the menu under voice services to turn the speakerphone on initially. Then each time you want to use it when you're calling someone you must hit the "option" key on the phone and then hit"speaker phone on". When you're driving this can be a hassle. My Sanyo gets excellent reception, the speaker phone is activated on or off by one button in the center of the phone as you're talking and it also has the ev-do technical improvements that the Samsung had. Also I found I did not like using a "pouch" to carry my phone, which required me to flip open the top and pull my phone out. With the Samsung you have no other option if you want a case for it. Before I had the Samsung I had a Sanyo 7400 which I used for two years and loved it.

[donblay]

I guess mainly because I'm used to Sanyo phones,but here's the problems I had with the samsung a-900(the Blade). 1) The cover for the charging port and for the headphone jack are both "tethered" to the phone by little nylon lines.They get in the way when you try to either plug in the headset or the charger. You have to literally hold them back with your other hand to use either port,and I really think that their going to be the first thing to eventually break and fall off, but my main concern was
2) BATTERY LIFE- I plug my phone in each night when I go to bed. I've always done this ever since I've been with Spring. Normally I have no problem with the battery lasting me througout the following day no matter how long I talk. With the Samsung "Blade" my battery would need recharging again by 3pm the next day. This thing sucks batteries!! My Sanyo 7500 remains fully charged most of the day and even by nightfall there's still one or two bars left. 3) the "speakerphone" is not user friendly. You have to go into the menu under voice services to turn the speakerphone on initially. Then each time you want to use it when you're calling someone you must hit the "option" key on the phone and then hit"speaker phone on". When you're driving this can be a hassle. My Sanyo gets excellent reception, the speaker phone is activated on or off by one button in the center of the phone as you're talking and it also has the ev-do technical improvements that the Samsung had. Also I found I did not like using a "pouch" to carry my phone, which required me to flip open the top and pull my phone out. With the Samsung you have no other option if you want a case for it. Before I had the Samsung I had a Sanyo 7400 which I used for two years and loved it.
I've never had a Samsung, but from the ones I've played with and looked at, I have to say that Samsungs are NOT intuitive in the least. I'm not going to get into the holy-war debates about what's better quality; sanyo or samsung; but i can say that its so easy to learn how to use every sanyo i've ever had. things makes sense, they're easy to figure out and use repeatedly. seems like much more thought has ben put into how the phone will be used and how to make it easy and practical; both in the physical hardware of it and the software user interface. I don't think i'll ever get a non-sanyo phone

[KAT]

I guess mainly because I'm used to Sanyo phones,but here's the problems I had with the samsung a-900(the Blade). 1) The cover for the charging port and for the headphone jack are both "tethered" to the phone by little nylon lines.They get in the way when you try to either plug in the headset or the charger. You have to literally hold them back with your other hand to use either port,and I really think that their going to be the first thing to eventually break and fall off, but my main concern was
2) BATTERY LIFE- I plug my phone in each night when I go to bed. I've always done this ever since I've been with Spring. Normally I have no problem with the battery lasting me througout the following day no matter how long I talk. With the Samsung "Blade" my battery would need recharging again by 3pm the next day. This thing sucks batteries!! My Sanyo 7500 remains fully charged most of the day and even by nightfall there's still one or two bars left. 3) the "speakerphone" is not user friendly. You have to go into the menu under voice services to turn the speakerphone on initially. Then each time you want to use it when you're calling someone you must hit the "option" key on the phone and then hit"speaker phone on". When you're driving this can be a hassle. My Sanyo gets excellent reception, the speaker phone is activated on or off by one button in the center of the phone as you're talking and it also has the ev-do technical improvements that the Samsung had. Also I found I did not like using a "pouch" to carry my phone, which required me to flip open the top and pull my phone out. With the Samsung you have no other option if you want a case for it. Before I had the Samsung I had a Sanyo 7400 which I used for two years and loved it.

Thanks for your input. If there's one thing I've noticed by reading this forum, it's that Samsung seems a bit more interested in style, eye appeal, and aesthetics, when Sanyo seems to be more into ease of use, funtionality, reliablity, and just less buggy in general. Some reviews I've read have even tagged the 9000 as "Ugly in and out." First of all I don't think that phone is ugly at all, and even if I did, I would prefer that phone over some buggy 'Glitz and Glam' Samsung anyday. I will say that I saw and held the a900 for the first time just last night at Radio Shack, and I must say I was impressed with the looks and feel of the phone for sure, but read far to many negative threads on it to even think about actually getting it. If the a900 was a Sanyo product with a memory slot, I'd probably be all over it. I've had the 7400 for almost a year, and like you, I love it to, I'm looking forward to Sanyo's next high end offering. I understand the 7500 is quite sweet as well, good luck with it.

[KAT]

I've never had a Samsung, but from the ones I've played with and looked at, I have to say that Samsungs are NOT intuitive in the least. I'm not going to get into the holy-war debates about what's better quality; sanyo or samsung; but i can say that its so easy to learn how to use every sanyo i've ever had. things makes sense, they're easy to figure out and use repeatedly. seems like much more thought has ben put into how the phone will be used and how to make it easy and practical; both in the physical hardware of it and the software user interface. I don't think i'll ever get a non-sanyo phone
Yeah, you're right about the Samsungs menu/navigation system, my freind wanted to upgrade, so I brought him to Radio Shack, where my buddy works, to hook him up. He really didn't know anything about phones, his current phone was a totally beat up Nokia candybar deal with a screen that was so cracked you couldn't even see it. I highly recomended the Sanyo 8200, a cam phone that was real cheap, good size screen, that I got for another buddy of mine. (None of my friends give a hoot for fancy high end phones/features much less spend the bucks for it) Well, they didn't carry them anymore, and I noticed they had the 8300 there, which was alot more, but he would probably love it. He backed down saying it was to expensive. He ended up getting some $29.00 Samsung thing, can't remember what it was, small, rounded, and dark blue color. He wanted me to show him all the tricks on how to do this and that, how to get to Google, store email addresses, the whole deal, I said sure, no problem. Well let me tell ya, I was in for a learning experience myself! He's like.. "I thought you knew how to do all this stuff" I said "I do...... but geeezzzz...." I eventually got some of it down, but yeah, it seems I had to do 1 or more steps to do the same thing my Sanyo does. This is another reason way I lean towards Sanyo, besides the other reasons. Oh yeah, and the browser on that thing was SO slow, Sanyo's Netfront browser is way better. Of course, I guess if you were always a Samsung user, their UI seems just as easy as we feel our Sanyo's are eh?

[Marlon_JB2]

Thanks Marlon_JBT.
Another quick question. Can it SEND sms while in digital roam? My 7400 can recive in digital roam due to Sprint's network changes, but it cannot send because the firmware is programmed to not ever try (it prompts you to send later, but does not attempt to send). I would imagine the 7500 doesn't have this programmed in limitation.
I don't know. I'm afraid to try. :)

[Marlon_JB2]

BTW, Wonderful posts, everyone. :)

[sel1965]

Yeah, you're right about the Samsungs menu/navigation system, my freind wanted to upgrade, so I brought him to Radio Shack, where my buddy works, to hook him up. He really didn't know anything about phones, his current phone was a totally beat up Nokia candybar deal with a screen that was so cracked you couldn't even see it. I highly recomended the Sanyo 8200, a cam phone that was real cheap, good size screen, that I got for another buddy of mine. (None of my friends give a hoot for fancy high end phones/features much less spend the bucks for it) Well, they didn't carry them anymore, and I noticed they had the 8300 there, which was alot more, but he would probably love it. He backed down saying it was to expensive. He ended up getting some $29.00 Samsung thing, can't remember what it was, small, rounded, and dark blue color. He wanted me to show him all the tricks on how to do this and that, how to get to Google, store email addresses, the whole deal, I said sure, no problem. Well let me tell ya, I was in for a learning experience myself! He's like.. "I thought you knew how to do all this stuff" I said "I do...... but geeezzzz...." I eventually got some of it down, but yeah, it seems I had to do 1 or more steps to do the same thing my Sanyo does. This is another reason way I lean towards Sanyo, besides the other reasons. Oh yeah, and the browser on that thing was SO slow, Sanyo's Netfront browser is way better. Of course, I guess if you were always a Samsung user, their UI seems just as easy as we feel our Sanyo's are eh?

I have been mostly a sanyo user, but have ventured back to samsung and truly they are no different as far as ease of use. Samsungs are IMO the better UI, but then again When you are used to one it's hard to change to another unless you want to. I have both now sanyo 9000 and samsungs a940 and a900. I really like all three my sanyo is nice a little faster but the samsungs are better for customizing all aspects of the phone. Sanyo people can learn samsung just as samsung people can learn sanyo. It isn't that big of a deal. It's just like quiting an addiction you first have to want to quit.

[laursifer]

I'm just sneaking in here to say I got to play with a 7500 yesterday. I personally wouldn't buy it, but it's a nice phone! The camera is pretty impressive, too. The girl who owned it did try to get me to trade her my 900 for her 7500, though :p


Congrats to those of you who have it. I won't join in the Sanyo vs. Samsung battle :D

[Steven]

do samsungs have these buddies too, or is it just sanyos?:D

The only buddy you'll get with a samsung is a Tuo...

:clap:

[OooOoOOoo]

I've never had a Samsung, but from the ones I've played with and looked at, I have to say that Samsungs are NOT intuitive in the least. I'm not going to get into the holy-war debates about what's better quality; sanyo or samsung; but i can say that its so easy to learn how to use every sanyo i've ever had. things makes sense, they're easy to figure out and use repeatedly. seems like much more thought has ben put into how the phone will be used and how to make it easy and practical; both in the physical hardware of it and the software user interface. I don't think i'll ever get a non-sanyo phone

Sanyo's are hard to use, especially when you get far into the menu interface, to change settings (sounds, display). The lists are too large and things get burried under eachother. Rich Brome from PhoneScoop agrees. Read his Sanyo 5600 review.

[OooOoOOoo]

Yeah, you're right about the Samsungs menu/navigation system, my freind wanted to upgrade, so I brought him to Radio Shack, where my buddy works, to hook him up. He really didn't know anything about phones, his current phone was a totally beat up Nokia candybar deal with a screen that was so cracked you couldn't even see it. I highly recomended the Sanyo 8200, a cam phone that was real cheap, good size screen, that I got for another buddy of mine. (None of my friends give a hoot for fancy high end phones/features much less spend the bucks for it) Well, they didn't carry them anymore, and I noticed they had the 8300 there, which was alot more, but he would probably love it. He backed down saying it was to expensive. He ended up getting some $29.00 Samsung thing, can't remember what it was, small, rounded, and dark blue color. He wanted me to show him all the tricks on how to do this and that, how to get to Google, store email addresses, the whole deal, I said sure, no problem. Well let me tell ya, I was in for a learning experience myself! He's like.. "I thought you knew how to do all this stuff" I said "I do...... but geeezzzz...." I eventually got some of it down, but yeah, it seems I had to do 1 or more steps to do the same thing my Sanyo does. This is another reason way I lean towards Sanyo, besides the other reasons. Oh yeah, and the browser on that thing was SO slow, Sanyo's Netfront browser is way better. Of course, I guess if you were always a Samsung user, their UI seems just as easy as we feel our Sanyo's are eh?

Sanyo 8200? That phone has possibly the worst incarnation of any interface on a Sprint phone, ever. Not only is it the hardest Sanyo interface to navigate in, it looks just plain terrible. Even years older lg/se/samsung phones had better looking, more intuitive interfaces. Not only that, but it had a small small screen for the flips size as wel as the terrible Sanyo earpiece. What kind of friend reccomends something like that over a newer, better, 8300?? Anyways, the A740 is a smaller phone and defenitely not as good feature wise as the 8300, and it has a dumb STN screen, and dumb pastel colors for the interface, but the menus are still better layed out than the 8300s. If you attempt to compare the 9000s interface to an a940/920s, your in for a shocker. Go ahead, see for yourself.

[Marlon_JB2]

Sniff Sniff...

I smell a troll. Or a Tutu?

[Deval]

yeah thats tutu

[Jaggrey]

past tense...

[Deval]

that was fast bro :tu:

[pelermon]

It kinda sounds like a Ford Chevy debate.

Well, Its almost 2006.
When a phone is lacking external storage and blue-tooth, it is not worth $370 or $200.
Its old tech.

[VegasBaby]

I downloaded the Sprint Connection Manager to try to upload pictures and ringers to my 7500. But the computer won't even recognize it. Anybody else have this problem?

[KAT]

Sanyo 8200? That phone has possibly the worst incarnation of any interface on a Sprint phone, ever. Not only is it the hardest Sanyo interface to navigate in, it looks just plain terrible. Even years older lg/se/samsung phones had better looking, more intuitive interfaces. Not only that, but it had a small small screen for the flips size as wel as the terrible Sanyo earpiece. What kind of friend reccomends something like that over a newer, better, 8300?? Anyways, the A740 is a smaller phone and defenitely not as good feature wise as the 8300, and it has a dumb STN screen, and dumb pastel colors for the interface, but the menus are still better layed out than the 8300s. If you attempt to compare the 9000s interface to an a940/920s, your in for a shocker. Go ahead, see for yourself.
Like I said before, my friends simply don't care for the fancy latest greatest stuff, I may have been wrong with the Sanyo model (8200) that I got for a previous friend, let me just say he was very happy with it, whatever it was, and that's all that really matters eh? So I thought I'd get my other freind the same model, but they didn't carry them anymore, he didn't want to spend the bucks on the 8300, (which was my highest recomendation of all, I didn't even notice it was there at first) and when I said he picked a Samsung, I was wrong, he picked a small LG phone, the one I tried to help him on, and it was a horror compared to my 7400 to navigate thru, and one of the slowest phones I've ever come across, but still better than his ancient candybar nokia which did nothing except barely make a call, so it's all good. Not everyone on the planet is a full blown phone geek who studies this stuff day in and day out, they just want something that's hopefully a bit better than whatever they had last, and they go on their way

[KAT]

I have been mostly a sanyo user, but have ventured back to samsung and truly they are no different as far as ease of use. Samsungs are IMO the better UI, but then again When you are used to one it's hard to change to another unless you want to. I have both now sanyo 9000 and samsungs a940 and a900. I really like all three my sanyo is nice a little faster but the samsungs are better for customizing all aspects of the phone. Sanyo people can learn samsung just as samsung people can learn sanyo. It isn't that big of a deal. It's just like quiting an addiction you first have to want to quit.
I agree, and said the same thing before, whatever you are used to, of course it will seem easy. I did think I read somewhere that Sprint has been trying to integrate Sanyo and Samsungs Menu's/UI's so there is less of a difference between them, don't know if that is true, or if anyone has noticed this.

[donblay]

just thought of another 7500 question I have (hoping to get the phone this week). What happens if you send just text to your pm.sprint.com address? does it come up just as txt (like SMS). On older phones even if the content is just text it sends you a link to your PM account (pretty much what shortmail was). I would think you would get the text, since 1) you don't get links to your pm account anymore anyhow, 2) the MMS protocal supports handeling of text as well as multi-media content; if its implimented fully.
Anyone try this yet?

[*A8*]

Like I said before, my friends simply don't care for the fancy latest greatest stuff, I may have been wrong with the Sanyo model (8200) that I got for a previous friend, let me just say he was very happy with it, whatever it was, and that's all that really matters eh? So I thought I'd get my other freind the same model, but they didn't carry them anymore, he didn't want to spend the bucks on the 8300, (which was my highest recomendation of all, I didn't even notice it was there at first) and when I said he picked a Samsung, I was wrong, he picked a small LG phone, the one I tried to help him on, and it was a horror compared to my 7400 to navigate thru, and one of the slowest phones I've ever come across, but still better than his ancient candybar nokia which did nothing except barely make a call, so it's all good. Not everyone on the planet is a full blown phone geek who studies this stuff day in and day out, they just want something that's hopefully a bit better than whatever they had last, and they go on their way

So true...the LG 125/225/325's interfaces are the slowest around. Like a two second delay to respond to keypresses...Ridiculous.

[defmorte]

Hi,

Does anyone know how to connect this to your PC to transfer files (wallpapers, mp3's) via the supplied data cable. Are there drivers or programs to download? I can't explain why Sanyo would include a data cable without any software to support it. Very strange.

Thanks in advance.

[db2300]

http://backup.coremobility.com/sprintmusicstorebackup/
Music transfer application but I cannot get this to work.

[donblay]

http://backup.coremobility.com/sprintmusicstorebackup/
Music transfer application but I cannot get this to work.
i was just about to post the same thing. i downloaded it too, and it keeps saying that it cannot detect the phone, even though its plugged in and windows does see the device. anyone get this to work?

[VegasBaby]

I posted the same question and no replies... Everyone loves the phone but nobody knows how to transfer data to it... We need software... :wavey:

[donblay]

I posted the same question and no replies... Everyone loves the phone but nobody knows how to transfer data to it... We need software... :wavey:
It looks like the way we're supposed to is via that backup program. but I’m thinking it was a rush on the software and there's a bug in it that it doesn't detect the phone properly. It’s unlikely that all of us would be having the same problem just by coincidence. So basically it looks like they released the software to appease the masses, but in practicality its useless until they come out with an update :irked: . I’m looking for 3rd party software, but no luck. phone seems to be too new.

[VegasBaby]

I just downloaded the Sprint Connection Manager again. It's still initializing the phone and seems to recognize it. But I just don't know how to download ringers and such.

[donblay]

I just downloaded the Sprint Connection Manager again. It's still initializing the phone and seems to recognize it. But I just don't know how to download ringers and such.
I thought the connection manager was for using the phone as a modem?
Both the connection manager and music store backup seem to install the drivers properly, i think its the music store backup though just can't detect it. this is VERY disappointing. I think its kinda of unprofessional of Sprint/Sanyo to release a high-end, and rather expensive phone, that simply comes with a cable and no software or instructions on how to use it. it shouldn't be this difficult

[VegasBaby]

Then how do you download ringers from your computer to your 7500? Thats all I want to do.

[donblay]

Then how do you download ringers from your computer to your 7500? Thats all I want to do.
i don't know how to do it with the datacable. wihtout the software that cable is useless box filler.
for now i think the only way is from the internet, either from a ringer site or an uploader site.

[VegasBaby]

Just tried the music store software and now the computer can't find t the phone plugged in.

[donblay]

Just tried the music store software and now the computer can't find t the phone plugged in.
yup, exactly.

[VegasBaby]

that's so weird, because it recognizes it with the Connection Manager. Unless the 2 Sanyo drivers are not the same. But it recognizes it on 1 program and not the other.

[Jaggrey]

From what I understood, all the EVDO phones that come with cables only work for DUN purposes, not for loading any content.

[donblay]

that's so weird, because it recognizes it with the Connection Manager. Unless the 2 Sanyo drivers are not the same. But it recognizes it on 1 program and not the other.
thats why i tend to think its a bug in the Music Store software. the driver seems fine, but the software cannot detect it. I think they rushed it out the door and plan on "patching" it later.

[VegasBaby]

Oh well. Hopefully they'll keep us posted...

[donblay]

i'm thinking about trading it in for the 9000, but i really LOVE the look of the 7500. i'm torn :crying:

[Jaggrey]

u better stick with that 7500 after all the clamoring u did over it! :p

[aerojef]

Good morning, I just got mine yesterday, upgraded from Nextel for better coverage. So far I really like it, tons of features - found this forum exploring how to upload wallpapers and ringers and such, but it looks like there's no easy way yet to do that.

I'll keep checking the site and let you know if I find a way to do it...

[donblay]

u better stick with that 7500 after all the clamoring u did over it! :p
LOL, i know it, i've been drooling for weeks over it. i'm just really disappointed with the media player. all it plays is pay-for-content. and as of yet there's no way to put your own music on it to play in the "music store". i expected the media player to be like the 9000 and have access to anything on the file system and also to do visualizations when it plays music. That is how the 9000 works, right????

[KAT]

i'm thinking about trading it in for the 9000, but i really LOVE the look of the 7500. i'm torn :crying:
I know you've been clamoring about this phone, but so what, things can change, eh? But I tell ya, if you can get past the difference in the looks dept, since you like the looks of the 7500 so much, I would try the 9000, WAY better phone IMO, WAY bigger QVGA display, mini SD, you know all this stuff, and for the same price, I would think these 2 features alone would make you forget rather quickly about the difference in looks, (personally, I never thought the 9000 looked bad at all) Anyway, to each their own, but it seems the 9000 trumps the 7500 in at least these two major features mentioned, especially since they cost the same.

[Deval]

I think you guys are trying to use the phone as Mass Storage? I dont think the phone supports that

[donblay]

I think you guys are trying to use the phone as Mass Storage? I dont think the phone supports that
not realy mass storage; just looking to be able to play MP3's on it like it says its capable of. its marketed as having an MP3 player built in, but the feature seems rather elusive and not as functional as it should/could be. There's no way to put MP3's from your PC onto the phone, though the Music Store says there is; the software doesn't seem to work.

[Marlon_JB2]

I can't wait until BitPim supports the phone. :)

[Deval]

not realy mass storage; just looking to be able to play MP3's on it like it says its capable of. its marketed as having an MP3 player built in, but the feature seems rather elusive and not as functional as it should/could be. There's no way to put MP3's from your PC onto the phone, though the Music Store says there is; the software doesn't seem to work.

yeah I dont think you can...thats the issue...I'm wondering if it was never implemented, and the info in the Music store is just wrong?

[donblay]

yeah I dont think you can...thats the issue...I'm wondering if it was never implemented, and the info in the Music store is just wrong?
yeah, it appears to be wrong. ON the music store they have a download specifically for the 7500, for you to put music on the phone; it actually says for Sanyo 7500 only. But no one can get this software to work. I just keeps saying it cannot find device. So far everyone that's posted here has reported the same problem.

[Deval]

yeah keep in mind, even on the A900, it has a menu option for MASS STORAGE, which allows you to use it as mp3 player

[aerojef]

Yeah, I'm getting the same freakin' error. Looks to me that there's a problem with the software interfacing with the driver properly, or the driver's bad. I'm currently on hold with Customer Ignore, with a 20 minute wait time - I'll post what THEY tell me the problem is. :sleep:

[aerojef]

Wow, I made it 57 minutes listening to the customer "service" music, and decided to hang up because the phone was getting really hot. So much for 15-20 minute wait time. Wondering about exercising my 14 day trial period...

Anybody else have problems with Customer Service?

[Deval]

I personally wouldnt really waste time calling up, but thats just me...apparently something isnt done right, and if its just the phone software not having the option, we are kinda FUBAR?

[db2300]

Tech told me this AM her notes showed its a software problem.

[donblay]

i'm now on my quest to get the 9000....which is like pulling teach since no stores around here seem to have it.
and the girl at the Nashua NH store is just about as unhelpful as you can get, just told me to call back, it shoud be in within the 14 days; but also saying i can't return it anywhere but the store i bought it. Several others stores in the area are sold out too, but at least they don't makes stuff up. the Manager at the Burlington MA was real nice and even called another store for me (so much for not being able to return it anywhere but where you bought it).

[Deval]

with the 9000, you are better off ordering it over the phone

[jpeepers]

How much internal memory is available for applications, srceen savers, etc.?

Has anyone used the Garmin or Telenav app with it yet and if so does it work?

I currently have the A900 but just cannot live with the short battery life of this phone and I'm thinking about getting the 7500.

Thanks,
JP

[db2300]

70mb, Garmin works, Telenav not on evdo phones

[Marlon_JB2]

I can't give up this phone. :)

I hate the 9000/5600's vertical external screen. I shall wait patiently for BitPim to support it...

[Marlon_JB2]

Forgot to say... it's either

1. The Supplied data cable doesn't work for file transfer
2. BitPim has yet to support it.

My other data cable (from 3gcables) is in my dorm room at college. I'll have to test it then...

[donblay]

with the 9000, you are better off ordering it over the phone
i was lucky and they had seveal in stock in the Nashua NH Radio Shack :headbang2

[Deval]

yeah I forgot about RS

[duanea]

I downloaded and installed the Music Store backup tonight and it allowed me to transfer a song on to my phone (MM-7500).

I have also been able to use Bitpim to download (pictures, numbers, etc.) from the phone by manually selecting the mm-8300 and setting the com port to the port for the Sanyo Serial Driver. However, I have not been able to upload any numbers to the phone or see the file system.

If anyone has figured out how to transfer numbers to the MM-7500, please let me know.

Thanks!!

[kh6idf]

Hi duanea, I just got a MM-7500 and am wondering how to transfer pictures off the phone to my pc. You seem to have figured it out. I am downloading Bitpim now and will experiment. Could you give me a few more details? I would really like to ba able to do this! Thanks!

[duanea]

Here is a description of what I did to get it working.

1) I installed Sprint Connection Manager from http://www4.sprint.com/pcsbusiness/support/downloads/index.jsp
This was suppose to install the drivers automatically but I had a problem with one of the drivers so I installed them manually from a Sanyo directory that I found under Program Files. When I finally got my drivers installed properly I had two devices in device manager (Sanyo USB Phone and Sanyo Serial Port).

2) In the settings dialog in Bitpim, I manually selected the MM-8300 and the Com port that the Sanyo Serial Port device is assigned.

3) Using the Get Phone Data feature in Bitpim, I was able to get to phone numbers and pictures in my phone.

I have still not figured out how to write numbers to my phone and am eager to hear from anyone who has figured out how to write numbers to this phone.

[schnergun]

can you please help me get songs to my 7500?!?!??!

[kh6idf]

duanea - thanks for the reply. I found the drivers at the Sanyo web site, a file called sanyo_usb_drivers.zip. So far I have not been successful at installing this driver under windows 98se (and I read the windows 98 troubleshooting section) but will keep trying. Now I know to look for Sanyo USB phone and Sanyo Serial Port in device manager as an indicator of a successful install. I have Bitpim installed now so as soon as I can get the Sanyo driver properly installed it sounds like I will be able to transfer pictures from the phone.

Sanyo and/or Sprint should have really included a CD with the drivers and some sort of data transfer software with this phone, especially since it doesn't have a removable memory card like the 9000. In fact I was told by the Sprint salesperson that I would be able to transfer pictures from the phone to my PC using the included cable. I should have asked them to demonstrate this feature at the store!

[kh6idf]

duanea, are you running windows XP? I see the connection manager for usb cables under the windows XP choices, it says it has the drivers for mm-7500. But I am running windows 98se, and under those options that connection manager is not listed.

I do have the usb drivers from the Sanyo web site, there is a win9x folder with 3 files in it: mdmsanyo.inf, mdmspcssp.inf and Sanyomdm98.inf. But when I try to install these it says wrong driver for the device. I get a Sanyo USB phone showing in device manager with a yellow ? next to it and never get the Sanyo serial port to show up.

So I don't know if there are any mm-7500 drivers available for Win98se. I may have to upgrade to XP to get this to work.

[ssaifull]

I have given up on Samsung and the A900 and rejoined the Sanyo fold and purchased the Sanyo MM-7500. It has been only 24 hours, but let me just say I am pleased! :)

[Jaggrey]

Tell us about your experience!

[Ovaltine224]

o damn. i just noticed that the 7500 has an antenna.

[ssaifull]

Alright! But a little disclaimer: I am in no way, shape or form trying to unfairly harp on the A900. It was a great phone but it has some issues. The most annoying was the poor battery life. I can't count how many times my conversations were interrupted by the low battery beeping (that's on all samsungs) and then I would plug the charger in the awkwardly positioned charging slot and try to talk on the phone at the same time but it would become disengaged constantly. I need a phone to work and be dependable.

For starters:

+'s and things just done right:

-battery life: seems like it's going to be solid, esp. coming from the Blade where I had to carry the charger around everywhere like an oxygen tank

-earpiece: Sanyo has followed on the heels of the 5600 and 9000 with the excellent earpiece. Not too bassy or too tinney; just right!

-click hinge! : Sanyo has brought back their click hinge and has merged it with their more robust hinge design. Very nice and satisfying every time you open or close the flip.

-improved hinge design: on the 5600 and 9000 we saw the 90 degree angle on the hinge/back of the phone and that made for an uncomfortable experience, esp. given the size of the phone. Sanyo has opted to round out that sharp edge and it feels great.

-Excellent reception: the A900 for as great as it was, had only average reception and the bars still fluctuated wildly at times even with the YL10 SW upgrade. The 7500 is getting me 1-2 bars more without the antenna extended.

-Backlighting on keypad: very nice and bright blue! I'll admit the styling of the keypad in the stock photo's makes it look pretty bland, but with the bright blue backlight coming through with no dark spots, it looks pretty cool.

These are my first impressions, as I use it more fully I will post a review in the Reviews Section.

[Ovaltine224]

i thought it was the same Sanyo earpiece??? cuz its always sounded muddy and unbearable to me

[kh6idf]

I've had my 7500 for 2 days now, and I really like it so far. The garmin mobile application works amazingly well. After the 30-day free trial I plan on subscribing.

[duanea]

duanea, are you running windows XP? I see the connection manager for usb cables under the windows XP choices, it says it has the drivers for mm-7500. But I am running windows 98se, and under those options that connection manager is not listed.

I do have the usb drivers from the Sanyo web site, there is a win9x folder with 3 files in it: mdmsanyo.inf, mdmspcssp.inf and Sanyomdm98.inf. But when I try to install these it says wrong driver for the device. I get a Sanyo USB phone showing in device manager with a yellow ? next to it and never get the Sanyo serial port to show up.

So I don't know if there are any mm-7500 drivers available for Win98se. I may have to upgrade to XP to get this to work.

I am running XP. I also tried the drivers from Sanyo's website with no luck (I think they are old drivers).

[Maxie1935]

Are we going to see interchangable faceplates available anytime soon?????

[Sprague]

do you like your phone, and why?

I have a A920 - I was told it was easy to transfer data between the TF Card and the phone, but I have found transfering data is near, nigh, impossible... the USB cable it comes with is worthless...

I have been told the 7500 is easy to work with and transfer data.... true?

I wish I could have gone the 9000 route, but now it is too late for that....

I want a phone that takes decent pictures (so not the 8300), I can easily work with on the computer (ringtones, pictures, etc)... I'm still in my 14 days, so I need to figure something out fast - I'm dealing with Sprint Online here, because the local store stinks on selection of phones - they are convinced the 8300 is the end all....

[TartMyWay]

The MM-7500 is an ok phone. But with the 70 MB of memory, its shared between Camera, Camcorder, Picture Mail, My Content, and Music. The average size of a music file downloaded from the Sprint Music Store is 1 MB. If all 70 MB of memory is available, the phone can store approximately 70 songs. Thats if there are no pictures stored etc. The handset does allow you to make backup copies of d/l songs from the Sprint Music store. The phone does connect to the computer better than the Samsungs do. My choice would be the 9000, but as you said it was to late! :frustrate

[mr anderson]

I've been using my 7500 for a while now, and coming from a 7400, it took a little getting used to at first because it is a bit smaller..
Once that was done, the phone is great. The pictures are 20x better than what they were on the 7400. I've used the pic-bridge with the phone and it works great.

I never considered the 9000 because to me, all it is is a recycled 5600. So it was down to the blade and the 7500, with the 7500 winning because of all the features, sturdiness (and it is a solid phone), and the internal storage.

[db2300]

To me once I switch to the 9000 there was no going back to the 7500
the 9000 is far better on reception, storage, screen size - turn your 7500 (176x220) sideways and thats how wide the 9000 (240 x 320) screen is but the phone is much bigger to and that can be what some may not like.

[refrieddreams]

I love mine. Pictures are great, video ringer is so cool, and it is easy to use. I also got it for 99 bucks too ;)

[YPG]

I absolutely love My 7500!
All it does is improve upon the original.
The only flaw is the smaller screen size and the stupid missed alerts thing instead of just showing what came in with a V,T, or P.

[kh6idf]

Sprague: I'm running windows 98SE and it is impossible to get any pictures or other data off the 7500 using the supplied USB cable, because there are no drivers for the phone that will work with win98SE. There is nothing supplied with the phone other than a cable, and no instructions on how to use it. One person so far has managed to get it to work with Bitpim and Windows XP, but it was not easy. Other than this one problem I think the 7500 is a great phone.

[5.4]

Is there anyway to see this. I have the A900 and I really like being able to do this, my wife has the 7500 and I have been playing with it and would really like to be able to see this....I already ordered me one :headbang2 I had a 7400 before this, just feels like home. Dont get me wrong, A900 awesome phone, but sanyo feels at home ;)

[jamy]

Hi, I just received my Sanyo MM 7500 and getting ready to switch my number. Now there are a couple of questions I have
1. Where can I find a current driver so my Labtop recognizes the phone as a modem ( I had a Sanyo MM 7400 before but I guess it uses a different driver because my new MM 7500 doesn't get recognized) Any place where I can download a driver?
2. Was anyone successful to get the phone working with BitPim?

[duanea]

Check out the post at http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=813607 which explains where I found drivers for 7500 on XP and the limited success I have had with Bitpim

[ksj6968]

I was told by sprint technical dept that you have to download a sanyo driver not the connection manager, but sanyo doesnt offer the driver on it's website you have to call sanyo to see if they have it if not she told me i have to buy from the music store only. that sucks

[Deval]

www.sprint.com/downloads

http://musicstore.sprint.com

[Maxie1935]

Here are the detachable faceplates available at the Sprint Store.

[ksj6968]

I got mine from the hayward calif sprint store



At least post a link.

[ksj6968]

i went and instlled the bkup utility from sanyo.com then installed it first it didnt work then i reinstalled it and it did work once it reconized my phone i clicked on add to phone then went to documents & settings in the open file box found my songs picked the ones i wanted and uploaded i hv like 9 songs for free on my phone and they sound great it does reduce your memory though











thats why i tend to think its a bug in the Music Store software. the driver seems fine, but the software cannot detect it. I think they rushed it out the door and plan on "patching" it later.

[ksj6968]

i went and instlled the bkup utility from sanyo.com then installed it first it didnt work then i reinstalled it and it did work once it reconized my phone i clicked on add to phone then went to documents & settings in the open file box found my songs picked the ones i wanted and uploaded i hv like 9 songs for free on my phone and they sound great it does reduce your memory though but the sprint people are no help they told me thered was no driver for sanyo 7500 and i woul hv to get songs from music store only











thats why i tend to think its a bug in the Music Store software. the driver seems fine, but the software cannot detect it. I think they rushed it out the door and plan on "patching" it later.

[Metal Massacre]

I've been able to get the phone working on bitpim using the method shown here....however I can't figure out how to get my own ringers on there. I've got the phone to go as far as PC Sync mode and the little message comes up...but past that I cant' get the ringers I upload to it to actually show up. Is there any way to do this at the moment, or is it still unknown? This was one of the main reasons I got this phone and I"m a little dissapointed that I can't use this feature right of the bat. The one custom ring tone I do have is from a service I used to send the link to myself. That's fine but I'd rather cut out the middle man, especially since I'm not gonna have internet access on this phone for too much longer. Any help would be much appreciated.

[djmaher]

Hi, I just received my Sanyo MM 7500 and getting ready to switch my number. Now there are a couple of questions I have
1. Where can I find a current driver so my Labtop recognizes the phone as a modem ( I had a Sanyo MM 7400 before but I guess it uses a different driver because my new MM 7500 doesn't get recognized) Any place where I can download a driver?
2. Was anyone successful to get the phone working with BitPim?
This might help.

I had the same trouble getting my WinXP computer to recognise my phone. In Device Manager, I had 2 exclamation marks under Other Devices. I don't use BitPim.

After trying everything I could think of to get it to work, I revisited my original FutureDial generic USB driver that they have posted on their web site. The 7500 is still so new that they don't support it yet, so I figured I try using the basic USB drivers they offer. Go to http://www.futuredial.com/registration/Download.aspx. , then use the "No serial number or using non-FutureDial software?" option they show there. I used it because my phone is not supported yet for the FutureDial Suite.

After the USB software install, I had the Found New Hardware prompt pop up. For both exclamation marks listed in Device manager, I had to point the above hardware prompt to the folder I installed the USB driver in. Once I did that, it recognised my phone as a Sanyo phone, and installed the drivers for it, under the categories of "Modems" (shows Sanyo USB Phone), and "Ports" (shows Sanyo Serial Port (Com4)) Once it showed that, I was able to use my FutureDial software, albeit in a limited fashion, to move data using the Serial Port option.

Now when I plug in my phone, it recognises it each time in this manner.

[ksj6968]

you can use the usb to transfer songs from your computer to the phone go to sanyo.com click on the 7500 scroll down look for the tiny words sprintmusicdownload and clik it download the backup utility follow the instructions plug the usb to your phone put it on modefy standby when a box comes up clik add to phone then another box will pop up asking for where your files are go to doc & settings there are the songs clik the ones u want and clik upload it worked for me. u cant transfer them via win media player u must go in to documents & settings

[ksj6968]

I want to know why when you download screen savers they come on screen as half shots not take up the ful screen?



For anyone wanting the link here it is.

http://www1.sprintpcs.com/explore/PhonesAccessories/PhoneDetails.jsp?navLocator=%7Cshop%7CphonesAccess ories%7CmultimediaPhones%7C&selectSkuId=sanyomm7500&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=1602749&CURRENT_USER%3C%3EATR_SCID=ECOMM&CURRENT_USER%3C%3EATR_PCode=None&CURRENT_USER%3C%3EATR_cartState=group&bmUID=1134017524046

[Deval]

make sure you are making them 220l x 176w

[ksj6968]

how do I do that usually when I download them from 3gfor free or 3gupload I dont get a choice in the size

[Deval]

how do I do that usually when I download them from 3gfor free or 3gupload I dont get a choice in the size

could be a problem with that site...nothing you can really do about that

[Lanthanide]

Well, I spent 5 hours researching all this, and I guess the 7500 is what I will go with. I was really hoping for mini sd or something similar, and would like a larger screen, but since it is listed on the telenav site, and most reviews seem positive... I was going for the mm9000, but that seems out now. Things I need most in a phone other then calling people, are, loudness, clarity (im a little tone deaf), Telenav ( I get lost everyday), mp3 ringtones would be awesome (I listen to music no one listens too), and ruggedness. Now I just have to find a real good dash mount for this phone for my truck. Am I making a mistake with this phone?

[ksj6968]

this is a great phone no regrets if i wnat bluetooth i will hv to get the adapter but oh well

[MilitaryMan]

Lanthanide,

I agree with KSJ6968 --- I have had the 7500 for 3 weeks now and am fully satisfied.
Really glad that I stuck with Sanyo quality.

No regrets

[ksj6968]

thank you military man I aggree with you I think we should start a sanyo 7500 club where we can post about our phones, problems, free ringer sites like 3gforfree, & db ringers for screensavers & ringers. and any other topic we want to discuss. we can start the club here or wherever let me know I can hook up somehing in Yahoo groups or something let me know pm me

[ksj6968]

SANYO7500@yahoogroups.com

[Jnickraz]

this may or may not be why many of you are unabe to get the sprint music computer software to work. When you install the software, and it asks you to highlight your phone during driver installation, it appears as though it is, but is in fact not. you must manually click the phone, and then continue the installation. i did it the right way (haha as i am saying) and it worked, my buddy did it the wrong way (assuming it was already highlighted as it appears) and he suffered the same issues many of you'll did too.

hope this helps!

[jfs937]

So if we are able to get the drivers to load will the 7500 work with #777 ??

[Techn0 N3205]

I got mine in Canton, OH!!!

[c0`]

This might help.

I had the same trouble getting my WinXP computer to recognise my phone. In Device Manager, I had 2 exclamation marks under Other Devices. I don't use BitPim.

After trying everything I could think of to get it to work, I revisited my original FutureDial generic USB driver that they have posted on their web site. The 7500 is still so new that they don't support it yet, so I figured I try using the basic USB drivers they offer. Go to http://www.futuredial.com/registration/Download.aspx. , then use the "No serial number or using non-FutureDial software?" option they show there. I used it because my phone is not supported yet for the FutureDial Suite.

After the USB software install, I had the Found New Hardware prompt pop up. For both exclamation marks listed in Device manager, I had to point the above hardware prompt to the folder I installed the USB driver in. Once I did that, it recognised my phone as a Sanyo phone, and installed the drivers for it, under the categories of "Modems" (shows Sanyo USB Phone), and "Ports" (shows Sanyo Serial Port (Com4)) Once it showed that, I was able to use my FutureDial software, albeit in a limited fashion, to move data using the Serial Port option.

Now when I plug in my phone, it recognises it each time in this manner.

That was the most excellent advice ever. I've also gotten the BitPim to work with my MM7500 using this method. I chose MM8300 from the drop down menu and it synched on Port 5. When the images loaded I was overjoyed but my excitememnt didn't last long until I double-clicked on an image and it opened Paint shop Pro, but nothing loaded. Frustrated, I right-clicked on one of the pictures and did a Save-As and BitPim gave me an exception. The only thing that worked was Right Click and copy, then paste it to desktop or wherever. Once on desktop, i can open the image.

Haven't tried anything else but the images so far because I gotta get going, but I'll give it a shot later on tonight. ;)

[MyGosh]

Umm, I think the last few posts strayed away a little, but anyways. I'm sort of looking forward to it the Katana. I mean, it might not be the most attractive phone but it doesn't seem to me that Sanyo neccesaril goes for the best looking device. It seems that their primary focus is and has always been praticality with functionality, period. And just like a lot of things, it will inevitably grow on. And whose to say that this IS what the phone will look like. The pictures are fairly blurry and may not do an justice to the real thing. I mean, maybe I have a bias because I love Sanyo. I'd take and 8300, as simple as it is, over the darn "Blade" anyday. If the rumors are correct about it being and entry level phone, then when have to keep in mind that the primary goal of Sanyo is to simple make the phone usable for the price conscious consumer. Also, keep in mind that the RAZR is fairly entry level as well. The only thing that may help it stand out is bluetooth. Other than that, all of the features are pretty much the same as every other entry level Moto before it. In my opinion, the $300+ price tag was only merited because everyone was so infatuated with it being so slim and pretty good-looking. But I am almost willing to bet the functionality of the Katana will blow tha of the RAZR out of the water....

I think that's it.

[knelson]

my son is supposed to get a replacement for his 7400 - they are offering a 8300 but he wants the 7500 - which one is the best phone?

[Carterism]

my son is supposed to get a replacement for his 7400 - they are offering a 8300 but he wants the 7500 - which one is the best phone?

i'd go for the 7500 over the 8300. :tu:

[ZUROBI3]

My father in law got the 7500 and I still love the 7400 over that one

[bobtravis42]

I'd go for the 7500 without a doubt.

[MilitaryMan]

The 8300 was fine (had it for the 2 week trial) but the 7500 allows use on the evdo network which I love. Other than that the 7500 seems like it may be able to take a bit more abuse.

[Sanyo]

i thot i loved the 7400 then it broke and i had the 8300 as a replacement but that was so gay i complained enough they gave me the 7500 free and i love it!