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Kyocera Echo Phone | Dual Touch Screen Phone | Kyocera Echo Android smartphone
Android 2.3.4 upgrade (Gingerbread) features:
An upgrade to the Sype 3.0 virtual keypad, with Tap Correction and Horizontal Word Choice List (predictive text)
An improved Downloads application, offering easy access to any file downloaded from the browser, email or another application
Pinch-to-zoom in Browser, Gallery, Maps, & Sprint Navigation
Internet calling over Wi-Fi
A Near Filed Communications (NFC) Reader to interact with posters, advertisements, products, etc.
Echo Mode
A customized app from Kyocera that helps users manage battery life on their devices. User can pre-set a point (Based on percentage of battery charge remaining) at which their phones will go into low-power-consumption mode. When in Eco Mode, Echo automatically will change various settings - chosen by the user - to conserve power, including Screen Timeout, Display Brightness, Wallpaper, Auto-Sync, Hpatic Feedback and Auto-Rotate Screen.*
Echo Highlights
Dual-3.5" WVGA Touchscreen – combine to form a 4.7" display
Three Phone Positions
Closed – pocketable format, instant access to touchscreen
Open Tilted – for convenient table top viewing of pics and videos
Open Flat – a 4.7" large display
Four Operating Modes
Single-Screen Mode – with all the functionality of a single-display touchscreen Android smartphone
Simul-Task™ Mode – with two of the phone's seven core apps running concurrently but independently on the device's dual displays
Optimized Mode – with both displays supporting a single, optimized app with complementary functionality and enhanced usability
Tablet Mode – with one application spread across both screens for a full 4.7" viewing area
Patent-pending pivot hinge – lightweight yet ultra-durable super copper allow hinge
5 MP camera with flash, autofocus and and 720p HD camcorder
Apps & Messaging
Google™ mobile services including Google Search™, Google Maps™, Google Talk™, instant message, Gmail™, YouTube™ and synchronization with Google Calendar™
Full HTML Web browser and Google search, optimized for dual-screen experience
VueQue™, a pre-loaded app that lets users watch a YouTube™ video in one display, while browsing, queuing and buffering additional YouTube videos on the other
Corporate (MS Exchange Active Sync) and personal (POP & Imap) email access
Messaging – personal and business email, Google Talk™ instant message and text messaging
Sprint Zone™ one-stop wireless account access, phone tips, news and more
Access to Telenav GPS Navigator, Sprint TV