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Sprint unveils dual touchscreen Kyocera 3G smartphone

Written by Andre Yoskowitz @ 07 Feb 2011 11:01 User comments (2)

Sprint unveils dual touchscreen Kyocera 3G smartphone

Sprint has unveiled the Kyocera Echo today, an Android device with dual touch screens.
The smartphone goes on sale in the Spring for $200 with contract.

Kyocera, of Japan, is not very well known in the United States although they do make a plethora of feature phones.

The Echo has dual 3.5-inch screens and will allow users to run multiple apps at the same time, or watch videos whilst surfing the Web on different screens, for example.

Another example is splitting the operations of one app, such as having the email inbox on the top screen and the email text in the bottom screen.

The company says the phone will run on Sprint's 3G network, not their WiMax 4G network, but 4G models may come in the future.

Finally, the phone has huge power drain, because of the dual screens, so Sprint is adding a free spare battery in the package.

(Pic via Engadget)

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2 user comments

18.2.2011 13:45

Dual screens, hmmmm.........And i wonder how the battery life is going to be.

This message has been edited since its posting. Latest edit was made on 08 Feb 2011 @ 1:46

28.2.2011 16:17
lissenup2
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Kyocera???????????

Holy shizzy my nizzy...............they're still around??

They started back in the day of when Sprint was "Sprint PCS"

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