Other Pre-loaded Apps

Along with the usual apps that Sprint loads onto its phones, the Echo comes with a few other notable apps such as VueQue, MyBooks, and Jibe Social Messenger. VueQue is a YouTube application that lets you queue up videos while you watch. MyBooks turns the Echo into a mini ebook reader, complete with ebook store. Jibe, which replaces the Facebook app found on many other Android phones, lets you link up your multiple social networks (much like Friend Stream on HTC Sense) and view them in a clean, easy to navigate layout.

Multimedia

The 5-megapixel camera does a decent job at capturing still images. Videos didn't seem to have that problem, but the camera did have a tendency to over-expose whites.

While overall the camera was okay, holding the phone to take pictures was not. With both screens open, I had to hold the phone by the top screen to make sure I wasn't accidentally blocking the camera. This isn't a problem when the phone is closed, however.