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The ultra rugged Kyocera Torque will be arriving on Sprint’s network on March 8th, priced at $99 with a two-year service agreement. The Torque is the first handset to offer 4G LTE service and Sprint Direct Connect push-to-talk service with an ultra-rugged design.
The Torque features a 4-inch IPS display and a dual-core processor, and will be running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Usually, rugged handsets are stuck with older versions of Android, limiting some of their functionality. But with Ice Cream Sandwich running on the Torque, fans of Android’s Holo theme and features will be happy.
The specs on the Kyocera Torque are those of a mid-range device. It sports a 5 megapixel rear camera, a 1.3 megapixel front-facing camera, and a 2,500 mAh battery. This handset can withstand 10 straight days of 95 percent humidity, six hours of heavy dust, and submersion in 1 meter of water for 30 minutes. The Torque is also rated to run in -4 degrees to 122 degrees F temperatures for three hours.
Also included in this device is the Kyocera Smart Sonic Receiver, which is a “proprietary tissue-conduction audio technology” which transmits sound to your eardrum and inner ear through body tissues, enabling users in noisy areas to be able to hear their calls. This rugged phone will no doubt be a favorite among construction workers and the like who need the functionality of a smartphone while working in dirty and loud environments.
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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
