WIRELESS AND MOBILE NEWS

Kyocera announced the launch of the Kyocera Laylo and Domino handsets at MetroPCS. Laylo is an eye-catching red "slider" with a soft-touch finish and a reflective twist - sliding it open reveals a hidden vanity mirror.

Domino is a bar-style phone that also comes in red and sports features beyond the norm at its entry-level price point. Both are available in all MetroPCS markets and online at MetroPCS.

Perfect for any on-the-go user, Laylo boasts a 2.2-inch contoured high-resolution display, a 1.3 megapixel camera and a discrete vanity mirror revealed when the phone is opened. Inside, the phone sports a large keypad with excellent tactile and visual separation of the keys for faster, easier typing. Laylo features Bluetooth 2.0 wireless technology, a WAP 2.0 browser, BREW 3.1.5 and both multimedia and instant messaging.

The Laylo sells for $99 before a  $20 American Express-branded prepaid card mail-in rebate.

Also included are wallpaper and ringtone shuffle, room for 500 contacts with five numbers each, powerful speakerphone with dedicated function key, and productivity tools including alarm, calculator, scheduler, stopwatch, tip calculator and more. In keeping with Kyocera's long history of environmental responsibility, Laylo includes a paperless user guide pre-loaded into the phone.

Domino is a streamlined bar-style phone that's a breeze to use with its large display, roomy keypad and large, legible fonts. It has robust sound quality and includes Bluetooth 2.0 wireless technology, a WAP 2.0 browser, BREW 3.1.5 and virtually all of the other convenience and productivity features found in the Laylo.

The Laylo and Domino support a full suite of features and applications offered by MetroPCS including: Pocket Express for delivery of user-customized content including news, sports, weather and more; mail@metro for accessing e-mail on your phone; Metro411 for unlimited directory assistance; MetroBACKUP^s for automatic backup of contact directories, Mobile IM for instant messaging and myMetro to manage your MetroPCS account.

MetroPCS is based in Dallas and provides wireless service in the largest metropolitan areas in the United States, including New York City, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Dallas, Jacksonville, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Detroit, Boston, Orlando, Miami, Tampa and Sacramento. The company has more than 6.3 million subscribers and has access to licenses covering a population of approximately 143 million people.