Sprint and Kyocera Communications announced their new smartphone, the Kyocera Echo, on Monday. Powered by Google’s Android OS, the Echo is the first smartphone to have a dual touch screen.
The smartphone includes access to the 3G network, a 5-megapixel camera, and access to all 100,000 applications on the Android Market, the Kyocera Echo could entice users to buy due to its convenient features.
The smartphone features a pivot hinge that allows easy movement, enabling users to operate independently on each screen, according to a press release from Sprint. The company said that the two screens would make multitasking very convenient.
Although it can open at a wide angle for maximum handiness, the Kyocera Echo is a pocket friendly cell phone when it is closed, said Sprint.
The “Kyocera Echo is the first device that allows us to do a different task on each of two screens while also providing a tablet-like, larger screen experience that easily fits in a pocket when closed,” said Sprint CEO Dan Hesse.
There are four ways that users can use the phone’s touch screen.
The phone is a normal touch screen device in “Single-Screen Mode. In ”Simul-Task Mode,“ different programs can be accessed at once on its dual display screens. In ”Optimized Mode,“ the two display screens support one program. For example, the user could have their email on one screen and a keyboard on the other. ”Tablet Mode” allows one application to be displayed fully on both screens.
The Kyocera Echo will be released during the spring for $199.99 with a two-year contract. The phone is said to be able to last for one day with full use of both screens, and will be sold with an additional battery pack, according to Engadget.
The smartphone includes access to the 3G network, a 5-megapixel camera, and access to all 100,000 applications on the Android Market, the Kyocera Echo could entice users to buy due to its convenient features.
The smartphone features a pivot hinge that allows easy movement, enabling users to operate independently on each screen, according to a press release from Sprint. The company said that the two screens would make multitasking very convenient.
Although it can open at a wide angle for maximum handiness, the Kyocera Echo is a pocket friendly cell phone when it is closed, said Sprint.
The “Kyocera Echo is the first device that allows us to do a different task on each of two screens while also providing a tablet-like, larger screen experience that easily fits in a pocket when closed,” said Sprint CEO Dan Hesse.
There are four ways that users can use the phone’s touch screen.
The phone is a normal touch screen device in “Single-Screen Mode. In ”Simul-Task Mode,“ different programs can be accessed at once on its dual display screens. In ”Optimized Mode,“ the two display screens support one program. For example, the user could have their email on one screen and a keyboard on the other. ”Tablet Mode” allows one application to be displayed fully on both screens.
The Kyocera Echo will be released during the spring for $199.99 with a two-year contract. The phone is said to be able to last for one day with full use of both screens, and will be sold with an additional battery pack, according to Engadget.
