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MWC 2009
Android disappointed at CES 2009, now also at MWC 2009
After the absence of new Android smartphones at the CES 2009 the hopes where set on the Mobile World Congress 2009 for a big Android showing. Android fans are supposed to be happy with the new HTC Magic coming from Vodafone in Europe. What Android fans actually wanted to see is a high-end Android smartphone that can compete with the iPhone and the upcoming Palm Pre. A HTC Touch Pro2 running Android would have been enough for starters.
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Posted on Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
HTC Magic Android Phone debuts at MWC 2009
As rumored yesterday Vodafone and HTC introduced the HTC Magic Android smartphone aka Google G2 at the MWC 2009.
The HTC Magic is pretty basic featuring a 3.2 inch touchscreen with 320x480 HVGA resolution and running on a Qualcomm MSM7201a CPU 528MHz.
Other features of the HTC Magic include Bluetooth, WiFi, 3.2MP Camera, microSD card slot, G-Sensor, GPS and digital compass.
The T-Mobile G1 at least offers a QWERTY keyboard. The G2 is not better than the G1 it just offers a smaller size.
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Posted on Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:24:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
MWC 2009: Windows Mobile 6.5 Hands-On Videos
Microsoft officially unveiled Windows Mobile 6.5 at the MWC 2009 in Barcelona. The new WinMo update looks quite nice and is something to look forward to when it gets released on the first handsets in the middle of this year.
The new HTC Touch Pro2 and HTC Touch Diamond2 will be upgradable to Windows Mobile 6.5. At the MWC 2009 HTC already showed off a Diamond2 running Windows Mobile 6.5. Engadget and Gizmodo published video walkthroughs of the Windows Mobile 6.5 OS running on the Diamond2.
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Posted on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:42:03 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
MWC 2009: LG Touch Watch Phone coming from Orange
Orange today announces at the MWC 2009 that it will be the first operator to offer the LG Touch Watch phone (LG-G910) in Europe.
LG has unveiled the GD910 3G Wrist Phone at the CES 2009.
The LG-GD910 is not just 3G it actually supports HSDPA with 7.2Mbps download speeds. On the watch face is a video camera to use the LG-GD910 for video conferencing or video capture.
LG crammed the UI of the LG-GD910 wristphone on a 1.43 inch touchscreen.
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Posted on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Acer Tempo M900, F900, X960 and DX900 unveiled at MWC 2009
Acer announced their first smartphones at the MWC 2009 today.
The Acer Tempo smartphone line consists of the Tempo M900, F900, X960 and DX900.
The X960 and DX900 already leaked.
The Acer Tempo M900 (photo) features a 3.8 inch WVGA touch screen, QWERTY keyboard, Fingerprint reader, 5 Megapixel autofocus camera, HSPA, WiFi, Bluetooth and Windows Mobile 6.1.
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Posted on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:06:27 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Windows Mobile 6.5 unveiled at MWC 2009
As anticipated Microsoft unveiled Windows Mobile 6.5 at the MWC 2009 today.
The new Windows Mobile 6.5 honey comb home screen keeps people up-to-date on important information by providing a dashboard-like experience to items such as new e-mails, texts, missed calls and calendar appointments.
Windows Mobile 6.5 also includes an improved touch-screen interface, making it easy to take action with a finger, and an updated version of the latest Internet Explorer Mobile browser, which in a third-party research study sponsored by Microsoft supported execution of up to 48% more assigned tasks than the other browsers and phones studied.
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Posted on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:03:49 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Huawei Android Phone announced at MWC 2009
Huawei today showcased its first Android smartphone at the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona. The Huawai Android smartphone will be commercially available in the third quarter of 2009.
That is pretty much all the information Huawei revealed in their press-release about their first Android phone.
So far Android has a very weak showing at the MWC 2009. After CES, where Android was totally absent this is kind of a bad sign. The MWC just stired hope that things will still change. The only highlight so far is the news that Vodafone will offer the HTC Magic aka G2.
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Posted on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:01:08 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
First transparent Phone LG LG-GD900 unveiled at MWC 2009
LG dazzles us at the MWC 2009 with the introduction of the world's first transparent mobile phone. The LG LG-GD900 is a touchscreen phone with slide out keypad which consists of transparent glass.
The slide-out keypad is the only transparent part on the LG-GD900. To make sure everybody sees this novelty feature it is illuminated.
Despite the transparency just being a gimmick it is highly innovative and fun. LG already impressed with their full 3D cube based UI found on the new LG Arena at the MWC 2009.
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Posted on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:37:24 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Google Android G2 on Vodafone rumored at MWC 2009 [Update]
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It has been rumored for a while that there will be a Google G2 phone. Previous rumors suggested that the G2 would, like the G1, be from T-Mobile.
Update: HTC Magic Android Phone official.
Pocket-lint now reports that they heard from a close source that the Google G2 phone would be announced tomorrow at the MWC 2009 on Vodafone. Update: Rumor confirmed, Vodafone will launch the HTC Magic aka G2. More details on BGR.
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Posted on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:15:40 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
NVIDIA promises $99 Tegra powered HD MID at MWC 2009
NVIDIA today introduced a new platform at the MWC 2009, based on the NVIDIA Tegra 600 Series computer-on-a-chip that enables a $99, always-on, always-connected HD mobile internet device (MID) that can go days between battery charges.
NVIDIA says that this platform will enable OEMs to quickly build and bring to market devices that carriers can offer for as low as $99 —bringing broadband connectivity and all of the Web’s HD content to the masses.
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Posted on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 05:16:10 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
HTC Touch Diamond2 unveiled at MWC 2009
Besides the cool new HTC Touch Pro2 HTC unveiled also a new version of the Touch Diamond with the Diamond2.
The HTC Touch Diamond2 features a larger 3.2-inch high-resolution wide-screen VGA display for a greater viewing area in a design just 13.7mm thick. The Diamond2 also includes a new touch sensitive zoom bar for even faster zooming of Web pages, emails, text messages, photos or documents.
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Posted on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 05:06:55 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
HTC Touch Pro2 unveiled at MWC 2009
HTC unveiled the HTC Touch Pro2 at the MWC 2009 today.
The HTC Touch Pro2 is a major evolution of the currently available HTC Touch Pro with its slide-out keyboard. The Touch Pro2 is rounder and features an updated TouchFLO 3D interface still based on Windows Mobile 6.1.
Focused on making navigation easier and more intuitive, TouchFLO 3D brings important information to the top-level user interface, including quick access to people, messaging, email, photos, music and weather.
As part of this improved Windows Mobile integration the touch focus areas have been enlarged to be more finger-touch friendly.
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Posted on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:58:55 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
MWC 2009: Nokia Ovi Store announced - Yawn!
Surprise! Nokia launches an App Store. Apple is sure rolling on the floor laughing by now seeing all other mobile phone vendors launching App stores - it is kind of sad really.
The Ovi Store will launch is not even launching yet, it will launch in May.
Nokia says that the Ovi Store will consolidate the best experiences from the current content services including Download!, MOSH and WidSets to a single channel, and expands upon Ovi Services to deliver media influenced by the people and places that matter to you.
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Posted on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:45:57 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Nokia 6710 Navigator and Nokia 6720 classic launched at MWC 2009
Nokia unveiled the new Nokia 6710 Navigator GPS mobile phone and the Nokia 6720 classic at the MWC 2009.
The new Nokia 6710 Navigator features a slightly updated style and improved navigation software. Nokia Maps has been updated to include a number of new features such as high-resolution aerial images, 3D landmarks for over 200 cities, terrain maps, weather service, premium travel and events content and traffic and safety warnings.
The new Nokia 6710 Navigator now includes a compass, working in conjunction with the new features of Maps, the pedestrian navigation experience has been significantly improved.
Nokia gave the 6710 Navigator a decent camera with 5 megapixel, Carl Zeiss optics, and dual LED flash.
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Posted on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:39:04 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
MWC 2009: Nokia E75 and Nokia E55
Nokia unveiled today at the MWC 2009 the E75 and E55 QWERTY messaging phones.
The Nokia E75 with its slide-out QWERTY keyboard was already leaked a couple of days ago.
The Nokia E75 and Nokia E55 are the first phones to ship with the new email user interface from Nokia that wants to compete with the BlackBerry email solution.
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Posted on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:20:52 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Samsung BeatDJ M7600 and BeatDISC M6710 official at MWC 2009
As reported a billboard ad already unveiled the BeatDJ music phone at the MWC 2009 this weekend. Now Samsung officially announces two new music phones with the Samsung BeatDJ M7600 and BeatDISC M6710.
The Samsung music phone line takes pointers from DJ equipment and uses the disc as input and shape inspiration.
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Posted on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:00:05 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Sony Ericsson W995 Walkman Phone unveiled at MWC 2009
Sony Ericsson unveiled the W995 Walkman mobile phone at the MWC 2009 in Barcelona.
The new W995 is the most powerful Walkman phone to date offering features like Turbo 3G, Wi-Fi and a 8.1MP camera.
Still it the W995 just bores big time. It is yet another Walkman phone that improves on hardware and software. The W995 will only be attractive to those who are already handling a Walkman phone on their commute. It is just not innovative. The new Sony Ericsson Idou concept that has also been unveiled at the MWC 2009, follows the same path and is just improving media playback with an impressive feature set, but it is not revolutionary and it most likely will not turn around sales for Sony Ericsson.
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Posted on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:02:35 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Idou Concept Phone by Sony Ericsson unveild at MWC 2009
Sony Ericsson unveiled the Idou media smartphone at the MWC 2009. Idou is a concept name for this phone and not the final name under which the Sony Ericsson is going to market it.
The Idou is supposed to give consumers best in class entertainment experiences in a single device, broadening entertainment experiences and fusing communication with entertainment.
Sony Ericsson offers up in the Idou a 16:9 high resolution touchscreen and a 12.1MP camera. More technical details are not available.
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Posted on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 01:46:11 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
MWC 2009: Ericsson Pixl8r Mobile Photo Sharing launched
Ericsson today announced the launch of a social networking service portfolio for mobile network operators comprised of the Pixl8r open standard initiative and a social media portal.
The technologies together offer simplified sharing of user-generated content between friends across diverse networks.
The Pixl8r initiative is an open-standard solution that allows photo sharing sites to interact in real time. With Pixl8r, mobile subscribers can easily share social media across different operator portals and receive SMS notification of friends' activities regardless of network. Pixl8r creates a federation of community portals that can connect the world's about four billion mobile users.
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Posted on Sun, 15 Feb 2009 05:47:08 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Samsung OMNIA HD and BeatDJ unveiled on Billboard at MWC 2009
The Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona officially starts on Monday, but a big billboard already revealed two more interesting Samsung Mobile Phones.
The MWC 2009 Samsung Billboard unveils the new Omnia HD (aka Acme i8910) and the Beat DJ (aka M7600).
As the name suggests the Omnia HD is a new version of the existing Omnia touchscreen smartphone with a higher resolution screen.
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Posted on Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:05:28 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Samsung Pico Projector Phones I7410 and W7900 debut at MWC 2009
Samsung will debut their first mobile phone with integrated DLP projector.
The Samsung I7410 for European market and the Samsung W7900 for Korean market features an integrated DLP Pico projector.
The Samsung projector phones can project content with flexible image sizes much larger than traditional phone screens. Images in excess of 50-inches are possible depending on ambient light conditions.
The Samsung projector phones not just shine with their Pico Projector feature, an OLED color touchscreen and a 5MP camera make these phones very hot.
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Posted on Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
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