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2011-02-08 , 20:07
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http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/07/s...nounced-we-go/
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19736_7...?tag=mncol;txt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOke3-R9JE0
Introducing the World's first dualscreen phone. I think we might have the first phone since the Lg Prada, Nokia n95, Original iPhone, and HTC Touch that is actually innovative and not just a device with upgraded specs. The importance of this device is that it offers an experience like no other, but hey people are complaining about because it is made Sprint and Kyocera rather than the device being made by Apple, HTC, or Motorola and being released on Verizon or AT&T.
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2011-02-08 , 21:48
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Like the toshiba folio, it doesnt look like the software makes very good use of the dual screens
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2011-02-08 , 22:08
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Looking at the demo and reading the specs it strikes me as mediocre other than the dual screens. I second the notion that the software doesn't make exceptional use of both screens, maybe it will improve, maybe it will get enough traction to create a market for dual screen Android. Too early to tell.
 
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2011-02-08 , 22:14
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This concept would be really cool with a bezel-less display. I have always thought the next great innovation would be a pocketable device with a 3.5-5" screen that folds out into a screen twice that size like a tablet.

But yeah, they need to step up the use cases for this like extended desktops, multitasking, Nintendo DS-like app functionality etc.
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2011-02-08 , 23:44
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Originally Posted by dmberta View Post
Looking at the demo and reading the specs it strikes me as mediocre other than the dual screens. I second the notion that the software doesn't make exceptional use of both screens, maybe it will improve, maybe it will get enough traction to create a market for dual screen Android. Too early to tell.
The specs aren't important the new user interface for smartphones is.
 
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2011-02-08 , 23:45
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Like the toshiba folio, it doesnt look like the software makes very good use of the dual screens
You mean the Toshiba Libretto.
 

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2011-02-08 , 23:47
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Here is the promo video from Sprint http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk7nf6TNHH4
 
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2011-02-09 , 00:38
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Sprint does say there will be a special SDK for this
 
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2011-02-09 , 00:52
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Originally Posted by railroadmaster View Post
I think we might have the first phone since the Lg Prada, Nokia n95, Original iPhone, and HTC Touch that is actually innovative and not just a device with upgraded specs.
I agree on the form factor, very cool. But if the OS doesn't deliver, and deliver soon, the Echo will be soon forgotten as a "two-screen-wonder". Hey, I remember some time ago Nokia released one of these "innovative" devices and at first everybody was like "hey this is f**king cool" but then later on the OS fell kinda off the radar and now everybody's like "hey Nokia better man up cuz their last one was a POS..."

juust kiidddiiing my peeps, I love my N900!
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2011-02-09 , 01:29
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I agree on the form factor, very cool. But if the OS doesn't deliver, and deliver soon, the Echo will be soon forgotten as a "two-screen-wonder". Hey, I remember some time ago Nokia released one of these "innovative" devices and at first everybody was like "hey this is f**king cool" but then later on the OS fell kinda off the radar and now everybody's like "hey Nokia better man up cuz their last one was a POS..."

juust kiidddiiing my peeps, I love my N900!
Yah will have to see if their are any apps that take advantage of the second screen.
 
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