Controller Enables Double-Touchscreen Smart Phone

Apr 20, 2011 4:44 PM, MD&D News Staff

Atmel’s maXTouch mXT224 touch controller is driving Kyocera’s Echo, which the companies call the industry’s first smart phone with dual touchscreens.

Atmel’s maXTouch mXT224 touch controller is driving Kyocera’s Echo, which the companies call the industry’s first smart phone with dual touchscreens. Echo provides two 3.5-in., 480-by-800 displays, that operate individually or unfold into a single, 4.7-in., 960-by-800 display like a tablet. The screens interface mechanically via Kyocera’s patent-pending sliding liquid-metal pivot hinge. Additionally, the smart phone exploits a 1-GHz processor running on Android 2.2, integrates a 5-Mpixel camera with 720p video capture, and runs apps such as e-mail and YouTube.