Sprint unveils Kyocera Echo Android phone

By Staff , CBS News, 8 February, 2011 10:04

Sprint Nextel has launched a smartphone with two screens, one stacked on top of the other.

The Kyocera Echo, unveiled on Monday, has a top screen that slides out and can be snapped into place so that the two lay side by side, producing screen space that rivals a tablet computer. The phone is made by Japanese manufacturer Kyocera Corp and the screens are each the size of an iPhone's display. Put together, they create a larger space for typing emails, playing games and watching videos. The resulting display is still about half the size of an iPad's, but larger than those found on most phones.

Sprint Nextel has unveiled the Kyocera Echo smartphone with dual screens that can be laid side by side. Photo credit: Kyocera/CNET UK

The Echo runs Google's Android software. Adding an extra screen is Sprint's way of making the phone stand out from dozens of other Android smartphones.

For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see Sprint To Sell Dual-screen 'Echo' Smartphone on CBS News.

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