Sanyoannounced its new line of slim and good lookin' phones, the Katana DLX and Katana II, exclusively for use on Sprint's network. The Katana DLX will come in three colors: Platinum Ice, Champagne, and Pink Satin. The Katana II is a bit more original when it comes to colors and will come in Cosmic Black (= a lost Hawkwind track), Pink Fascination ( = probably the Floyds at their best) , and Midnight Steel ( = Judas Priest still can't get no rest).

Katana users will have access to Sprint Power Vision, featuring fast over-the-air downloads from a library of more than 1.6 million songs, access to over fifty channels of live and on-demand video content via Sprint TV, and GPS navigation.

Both models will include the following:
* two-inch QVGA internal displays and a one-inch TFT external displays.
* camera phones (1.3-megapixel for the DLX; VGA for the Katana II)
* microSD Card slots (for up to 4GB of storage or as many as 4,000 songs)
* Bluetooth functionality; however, The Katana II includes a universal 2.5-inch headphone jack for music listening, while the

Price we pay: Katana DLX -- $129 with a two-year contract; Katana II -- $49.99 with a two-year contract.