Tuesday, February 15, 2011

MWC Phones

    So far the Mobile World Congress is about halfway through. The biggest news seems to be the Nokia announcement that they are getting into bed with Microsoft and adopting Windows Phone 7. I can't say I really car. If they succeed or die trying it really has no effect in the long run because the competition in the smartphone market is so fierce already one more OEM or OS wont make a difference.
     Samsung announced a new Galaxy tab that is designed to run Android 3.0 Honeycomb. Since its a Google experience device Samsung can't screw up the update process. I wish I could say that fir the Galaxy 2 phones they showed off because the phone looks awesome.
     LG showed off a nice looking tablet. Its half way in between the ipad/xoom size and the Nook Color/Blackberry Playbook/ Galaxy Tab size. I would like to see one just based in the size alone. It also has Honeycomb which im excited about. Unfortunately this tablet and LGs new high end phone both have 3d integration with cameras and screens capable of taking in and displaying 3D content. I don't care about this feature and view it as a gimmick.
    Special thanks to www.engadget.com and www.androidcentral.com They have both had awesome live blots, updates, tweets and podcasts with everything that has been going on at the show.

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