The Kyocera Hydro booked its ticket out of CTIA and straight to the FCC, where the recently unveiled Android 4.0 handset was put through the paces. Filed under its model number of C5170, the Hydro showed off its CDMA 1900MHz radio support, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, and Bluetooth. Based off of their history with Kyocera and [...]

Kyocera came to CTIA with a device that has a slide-out 4-row QWERTY keyboard that’s very comfortable to use. It’s getting a bit rare to see that in this day and age, so it caught my eye for a quick second. It shares a lot of characteristics from its keyboard-less cousin Hydro, but it differs [...]

Kyocera made a couple of key announcements. One of the phones they were excited to unveil was the Kyocera Hydro, a full-touch smartphone that, for the time being, is completely stock Android 4.0. The device was running on Qualcomm’s 1GHz 8655 single-core processor. I can’t say that I was shocked to see decent performance despite [...]

It’s been a minute since Kyocera unveiled an Android smartphone, but their back with two new offerings out of CTIA. The Kyocera Hydro and Kyocera Rise are entry-level handsets running Ice Cream Sandwich atop hardware that includes a 1GHz MSM8655 CPU and 3.5-inch HVGA display. THe Hydro, as its name so cleverly suggests, is waterproof. [...]

Originally designed for smartphone users who are hard of hearing, Kyocera showed off their new “bone conduction” technology at CTIA and it could make a traditional speaker earpiece obsolete. This new tech was shown off in a Kyocera demo unit and essentially uses a vibrating display to rattle the skin and bones of its user, [...]

The folks at Tucows, who were once known for their applications (free, shareware or otherwise) repository for desktop operating systems are looking to introduce a new venture that’s interesting, to say the least. With the help of Sprint they have launched Ting, a pay-as-you-go service that gives users extremely good value compared to other PAYG [...]

As if $50 for this phone wasn’t cheap enough, Sprint’s set to make it even cheaper for those interested. You’ll soon be able to buy the Kyocera Milano for just $30. It’s probably one of the most affordable devices in its range and class. It features an 800MHz processor, a 3 inch display, a hardware [...]

It’s the end of an era, folks. T’was the world’s first 4G smartphone and first Android device to feature a 4.3-inch screen and front facing camera. Yes folks, the HTC EVO 4G will finally reach its “End of Life” (EOL) in only a few short weeks. Even though the Evo 4G beat out all other [...]

Sprint today introduced a new low-end offering from Kyocera, the Android 2.3 Kyocera Milano. The pint-sized handset rides the line between messaging feature phone and full-fledged Android smartphone. It features a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a 3-inch display, and 512MB of onboard memory. It also gets the Sprint ID treatment for device personalization. The handset can [...]

Looks like “Change is the name of the game” for Sprint moving forward and with that comes a handful of policy changes and fee increases. In an effort to keep customers from walking away onto rival carriers, Sprint is attempting to make it less attractive for those trying to get out of their contracts early. [...]

Looks like Sprint flew under our radar and dropped the price yesterday on some of their “old school” Android lineup. If you’re a new customer you can now sign up for a 2-year agreement and snag yourself a Samsung EPIC 4G for $100, Nexus S for $50 ($30 online), and the Kyocera Echo for free. [...]

In what seems like more of a “thank you” gift than an attempt at bolstering sales, Kyocera announced today that they would be giving away same of the hottest games in the Android Market for users of their wildly popular dual-screened Echo handset on Sprint. This is part of their “Summer of Free Apps” campaign [...]

Due to bugs (and not so much due to a very misleading changelog), Kyocera had to delay the Gingerbread update for their dual-screen Android on Sprint. Whatever issues were still lingering around must be fixed up now, though, because it’s just about ready to pop out of the oven. Changes are the same as before [...]

[Update 2]: And now the Gingerbread update is rolling out. Check for it over the air. [Update]: Looks like it was a mistake after all, but the possibility doesn’t completely dissipate. A Kyocera representative told BriefMobile that both the WiFi calling and NFC support features were listed by mistake. Android 2.3.4 listing apparently went up [...]

For all 4 of you who picked up Kyocera’s dual-screened Echo and were worried the device would simply be lost in time, stuck with it’s customized Android 2.2 firmware, fear not. Kyocera is increasing their Android “street cred” thanks to an Android 2.3 Gingerbread update making its way to Echo’s all over the country. The [...]

The Kyocera Echo launched to pretty mixed feelings. It’s dual-screen design was both innovative and frustrating, with a user interface that at times just missed the mark and a battery life that led to the manufacturer including a second battery and charger out of the box. But for all its flaws, the Echo is apparently [...]

We imagine this one won’t be met with much fanfare, but here it goes anyway: the Kyocera Echo is now officially available from Sprint. After a brief period of exclusive availability for premier customers, those of you who were looking forward to this dual-screen smartphone/tablet wannabe can go ahead and scoop it up for $199.99 [...]

Sprint’s iDEN network is being shutdown by 2013 but the carrier won’t be leaving those customers in the dark. They have announced plans to debut new push-to-talk devices on their current CDMA network, a technology they will call Sprint Direct Connect. They’re touting faster and more reliable mobile internet, triple the square-mile reach of the [...]

It was just last week we saw the Kyocera Echo grace the FCC, but Sprint already has a date lined up for the release of the dual-screened Android smartphone debuted backed in February. The Echo will launch on April 17th, but beginning March 26th customers can pre-order the device that takes an innovative approach to [...]

Just like a true sleight of hand trick, no sooner was the Kyocera Echo magically revealed than it disappeared from view with little mention since from Sprint. While no certain release date has been tacked down just yet, it looks like the handset is moving forward towards release with a recent FCC filing. We weren’t [...]