Sprint and Kyocera have unveiled a phone which they are hoping will change their fortunes. Echo is the name given to the distinctive looking smartphone which will go live in Spring. I say distinctive because it happens to be the first Android powered smartphone to sport a dual touchscreen.
Let's take a closer look at what it has to offer from the hardware side of things. Kyocera Echo will be powered by a 1 Ghz processor which is not what you would expect in the year which is set to be dominated by dual core processors. 5 MP camera with Flash and HD video recording will do nicely for the image capturing moments. The phone has an internal memory of 1 GB and and an 8GB microSD card (can be increased to 32GB).
But the spotlight of the phone is undoubtedly the dual-touch screen and its unique and innovative uses:
- Single-Screen Mode with all the functionality of a single-display, touch-screen smartphone.
- Simul-Task™ Mode with two of the phone’s seven core apps (messaging, e-mail, Web browsing, phone, gallery, contacts and VueQue™) running concurrently but independently on the dual displays – e.g., reading e-mail on one screen and opening a text message on the other.
- Optimized Mode with both displays supporting a single, optimized app with complementary functionality and enhanced usability – e.g., composing e-mail on one screen with a touchscreen keyboard on the other.
- Tablet Mode with one application spread across both displays for a full 4.7-inch viewing area. Ideal for viewing maps, videos, websites etc.
[via Business Wire ]