Amazon-owned retailer Woot is known for sometimes offering great deals on refurbished, reconditioned, or used gear backed by a generous warranty. As such, a new one-day-only sale features the first-gen "regular" Echo, as well as the Echo Look and Echo Connect.

The Amazon Echo was originally released back in 2015 and can be purchased today for only $29.99 in either black or white. These tall cylindrical smart speakers are in "good" but not great condition, with "minor cosmetic blemishes" on them and a 90-day limited warranty. The units are repackaged in non-retail boxes, these devices have been returned, inspected, and restored to "fully working condition."

Woot also has the Echo Look on sale for $29.99. With the Echo Look. The unit is "factory reconditioned" and marked "as close to new", indicating that it has gone through refurbishing, testing, and certification operations to "look and work like new." The Echo Look which usually retails for $99.99 is a hands-free camera optimized to capture your outfits and act as a style assistant. With built-in LED lighting, Style Check to get a second opinion on your outfit, and a dedicated app where you can see yourself from every angle and build your personal lookbook, Echo Look helps you manage your style.

Meanwhile, you can purchase the Echo Connect for $14.99. The Echo Connect essentially turns your Echo into a voice-controlled speakerphone, using your existing home phone service to make and receive calls. It usually retails for around $35. The unit is "factory reconditioned" and marked "as close to new", indicating that it has gone through refurbishing, testing, and certification operations to "look and work like new."

Sprint rolled out the Gingerbread update for the Kyocera Echo on August 1st, but faced problems when the update bricked some phones. Sprint has now released a statement claiming that they had addressed the issue along with Kyocera.

Along with updated your handset to Android 2.3, the update brings support for pinch-to-zoom, enhanced gaming and improved power management. The power management is offered through the Eco Mode app which allows you to set a point where you would like to conserve power on your device. The settings affect the Screen timeout, display brightness, wallpaper, auto-sync, haptic feedback and screen rotation.

If you are a user of the Kyocera Echo, let us know if this update has worked for you and if you had issues with the previous update leaving your phone bricked.

The Kyocera Echo is now receiving the Android 2.3 Gingerbread software update starting today from Sprint. The update brings features like pinch-to-zoom support, Swype 3.0, Eco mode and an improved downloads app. Features like NFC support and Wi-Fi calling have not still found their way to the device.

The update is available over-the-air and you should be receiving a notification on your device that it is available. You can also try a manual update under the Android settings menu.