Kyocera announces CDMA 2000-compatible Android smartphone "Kyocera Echo", with two touch panels installed

Android smartphone that supported "CDMA 2000 system" Kyocera adopted by KDDI in Japan "Kyocera Echo"For the American market.

By adopting a newly developed hinge called "pivot hinge", by installing two touch panels it is possible not only to use individual operations on each display but also to use two displays as one display It has become a different kind.

Details are as below.
According to a press release sent from Kyocera, the company is said to release the Android smartphone "Kyocera Echo" for the American mobile phone company "Sprint".

"Kyocera Echo" is a model equipped with two 3.5-inch WVGA touch panels, adopting a hinge called "pivot hinge", when using the terminal, when using a single display like a conventional smartphone Besides being able to use it, it is possible to use two displays when opening.

The 1st generation Snapdragon "QSD 8650 (1 GHz)" and 5 million pixel camera for 720p movie shooting, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, 1 GB internal memory, wireless LAN compliant with IEEE 802.11 b / g, microSD card slot etc. are carried , The OS version comes with a spare battery of 2.2.1370 mAh and a dedicated small charging stand.

This is "Kyocera Echo". At first glance it is an ordinary smart phone ... ....?


It will look like this when you open it.


In addition, "Kyocera Echo" realizes the following usage using two displays.

◆ Single screen mode
It is possible to operate all functions of the smartphone with the usual single screen touch screen.

◆ Simultaneous task mode
Two functions in the seven main applications installed, such as e-mail software and browsers, such as "reading mail on one display while opening a text message on the other display" Operation is possible using display.

◆ Function Assist mode
For one application to use such as "use the other display as a large keyboard when creating e-mail", "watch YouTube, choose the movie you want to see next on the other display", the other display By using, you can use supportive usage of that function or use it to improve operability.

◆ Tablet mode
A mode of displaying maps, videos, websites, etc. on a large 4.7-inch screen that connects two displays.

It is a smart phone with a rather interesting concept, but is there any plan to be released for the Japanese market ...?