Last year at MWC HTC announced three new handsets, the HTC Legend and HTC Desire went on to be extremely popular devices. This year though, HTC have literally doubled their efforts in announcing 6 new devices at MWC 2011.
The new products fall in to three categories:
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Evolution products that build upon existing platforms and take them to a new level. These include the HTC Desire S, HTC Incredible S and HTC Wildfire S.
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Social products; the HTC ChaCha and HTC Salsa billed by many as the ‘Facebook phones’
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Finally the HTC Flyer, HTC’s first entry in to the Tablet market.
There will be a full press conference held at MWC at 8:45am today, these handsets were all under embargo until that time but a few naughty people have broken that embargo so it’s go, go, go!
We’ve got full details of each new products coming up in individual posts so keep your eyes peeled!
Posted by: Matt
Tomorrow is the day that all you HTC fans have been waiting for. At around 08.45, GMT, HTC kick of their press conference at Mobile Word Congress in Barcelona. Our man Gareth will be at the event to get the low down and some hands on time with the new devices that are being announced.
There has been much speculation about what HTC has up its sleeves for us this year and without giving anything away i will just urge you to keep an eye on the site tomorrow morning.
Full details from the press event will be live at 08.45 UK time.
Posted by: James
Gareth has been busy seeking out the new devices at Mobile World Congress this week and after the Sony Ericsson press event on Sunday night he had the opportunity to get close up and personal with the Xperia Arc.
Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc – Key features
- Slim, lightweight and strong, with perfect ergonomics
- Extra wide 4.2" multi-touch Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA® Engine to ensure ultimate multimedia and viewing experiences
- Sony Exmor RT for mobile: for best-in-class low-light photography and video capture
- 8.1 megapixel camera and HD video recording capability
- Android MarketT – thousands of applications to keep you entertained
Check out the video below:
LG Electronics (LG) today officially unveiled the eagerly- awaited LG Optimus 3D, the high-performance smartphone offering the world’s first full 3D experience, at Mobile World Congress 2011, the LG Optimus 3D introduces a number of innovative “first” technologies, including the world’s first dual-core, dual-channel and dual-memory architecture as well as the first 3D platform allowing for recording, viewing and sharing of 3D content.
Superb Performance with Unique “Tri-Dual” Configuration
The LG Optimus 3D is a showcase of superior speed and power made possible with LG’s unique “tri-dual” configuration – dual-core, dual-channel and dual-memory. This configuration enables users to enjoy significantly improved performance and run-time compared to smartphones offering 1GHz dual-core processors.
Unlike other single-channel, single-memory dual-core smartphones, the LG Optimus 3D offers significant performance benefits as a result of the simultaneous – and thus faster – transfer of data between the dual-core and dual-memory. Users can browse web pages, multitask between programs, play games at a higher frame rate and enjoy movies more smoothly and longer than ever before.
It wasn’t long ago that the latest dual-core processor to join the Snapdragon family was announced – the APQ8060 was revealed to be the brains behind the new HP webOS TouchPad. Their newest chip though is an entirely different beast; the APQ8064 is a quad-core processor capable of scaling up to 2.5GHz! That’s not all – the 28nm design also includes a quad-core Adreno 320 graphics processor, which apparently has 15 times the performance.
That might already be jawdropping, but this is the real kick – the APQ8064 has 12 times the overall performance while drawing 75% less power than the original Snapdragons. Qualcomm have also thrown in some extras too – support for dual 20MP cameras, 3D displays and video recording, PCIe, USB, WiFi, GPS, NFC and almost every other technological acronym you can think of.
The expected launch date of mid 2012 is a long way away, so keep dreaming for now!
Posted by: Vince
Whether you are into gaming, social network or enjoying your multimedia on the go, the new Acer ICONIA TAB A100 is your dream come true. Stylish and compact, this 7″ tablet offers unrivalled portability and matches it with the ultimate high performance, taking your mobile experience to the next level.
The Acer ICONIA TAB A100 primary focus is on providing a truly rich user experience. This is why it will be equipped with Android 3.0 “Honeycomb”, the new Android operating system specifically optimized for tablets. On the home page, resources are grouped into four main content usages, within easy reach of your fingertips:
Fun and productivity, entertainment and work. Our lives are made of different sides, that seamlessly blend one into the other. The devices we use should reflect this flexibility and ability to multitask, allowing us to enjoy and share content as well as be productive when there is the need. This is why Acer created the ICONIA TAB W500, with an innovative design that effectively combines the best of two worlds: tablet and PC.
Acer ICONIA SMART perfectly combines the capabilities of a tablet in a smartphone format: a huge 4.8″ widescreen with a 21:9 aspect ratio and a super cool chassis.
Its revolutionary design, characterized by a stretched out, thin and slightly curved shape, makes it a fascinating device that will not go unnoticed. Its full metal body, enriched by subtle wavy patterns, conveys a sense of timeless elegance. What’s more, it offers a perfect fit in your hand thanks to its smoothly curved back and minimal width (64.5mm).
LG Electronics (LG) today unveiled the highly anticipated LG Optimus Pad at a press conference on opening day of Mobile World Congress 2011. With diverse multimedia and productivity features, the LG Optimus Pad features a unique 8.9-inch display for one-handed portability and uncompromising viewability, a departure from the trend toward tablets featuring 7- and 10-inch screens.
The LG Optimus Pad is powered by Google’s Android 3.0 platform and the NVIDIA Tegra 2 mobile processor. The world’s first tablet with a 3D camera, the LG Optimus Pad wraps users in an immersive multimedia environment with Full HD 1080p decoding.
Mobility and innovation, which have always been part of Acer’s DNA, now find a new form of expression in the new Acer ICONIA TAB A500, a 10.1-inch tablet designed to maximize content enjoyment, providing the same rich multimedia, gaming and Web experience you can enjoy on your home PC with the added user-friendliness of multi-touch technology.
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