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Sometimes you're so happy when a loved one calls, you just light up. Now your phone can light up, too.

Sanyo's Katana Eclipse ($99.99, Sprint) has LEDs that illuminate in seven colors that can be mixed-and-matched to create up to 40 different lighting effects that you can assign to individual callers. For instance, your phone can flash red when your significant other calls or a glow purple when your boss calls. Separate effects can be set for incoming calls, text messages received or voice messages left.

Colored lights flashing also make a ringing Eclipse easy to spot when its buried in a deep dark bag or backpack, or lets you know when a call is coming in without it ringing loudly and rudely in a quiet locale.

For football fans, Eclipse includes NFL Live, live audio and video broadcasts of all NFL Network games with real-time red zone alerts, scores and stats, along with fantasy team management.

But Eclipse is more than just a flash-in-the-bag. It's a fully-featured EVDO phone with a 1.3 MP camera with 12x digital zoom, and complete access to Sprint's streaming music, radio and TV services, including music downloads and stereo Bluetooth. You also get Sprint's turn-by-turn GPS navigation system, email and wireless backup of your personal phone book.

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