Even though NVIDIA is at rage on the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain - all of the industry players are heavily working on next-generation of devices which threatens to turn the current generation obsolete.
You can say that the Mobile World Congress isn't one of Apple's territory; arguably more of an Android-centric affair this year. But despite the lack of appearance of the iPhone makers, the company was awarded the award "Best Mobile Device" for the iPhone 4.
We got a chance to spend a few minutes playing around with a couple of prototypes of Asus' Eee Pads at the Mobile World Congress and although it was clear that these models were far from production ready units, Asus will have something on offer that none of its competitors currently has. The big selling point of both the Eee Pad Transformer and the Eee Pad Slider is the fact that they have near full size QWERTY keyboards which makes them productivity devices and not just consumption devices.
Japanese NTT Docomo was demoing some of its rather unique phones at the Mobile World Congress and one of the more interesting devices that was on display was the Sharp Lynx 3D SH-03C which features a 3.8-inch 800x480 pixel glasses free 3D display. This Android handset is exclusive to NTT Docomo and was developed specifically for the operator by Sharp, one of many partners that develop unique phones for NTT Docomo.
Viewsonic has announced the V350 that claims to be the world's first dual-SIM Android 2.2 (Froyo) smartphone at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
After its success with the ViewPad 7, ViewSonic is continuing to expand its lineup of tablets and at the Mobile World Congress we got to spend a few minutes with ViewSonic's latest additions, the ViewPad 4 and ViewPad 10s as well as its new dual-SIM 3G Android handset, the V350. Sadly we didn't get a chance to see the ViewPad 10Pro, as ViewSonic had some problems with the demo unit when we visited their booth.
Intel didn't have a ton of new things to show at the Mobile World Congress beyond its new XMM platform for smartphones and tablets, but one thing the company is communicating very clearly at the show is that Intel will have Atom powered phones in the market later this year. These will be based on Intel's upcoming 32nm Medfield Atom processor which the company claimed will offer at least the same kind of standby power as the competition, presumably referring to ARM based products here. Intel also showed off a MeeGo tablet based on the Oak Trail Atom processor, although the company will also actively support Android on both tablets and smartphones.
Most DC comic fans will recognize the name "Kal-El", which is the Krytonian birth name of Superman. Well, looks like "Kal-El" is also the codename for Nvidia quad-core processor for mobile devices and tablets that was unveiled at Mobile World Congress 2011.
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We went past Acer at the MWC and got some hands on time with the Iconia Tab W500 AMD Ontario tablet that also doubles up as a netbook thanks to its keyboard dock. We also took a quick look at the Iconia Tab A500 and A100 Android tablets, both sporting a Tegra 250 SoC and Android 3.0.
This year's tablet wars just got more interesting. HTC has finally joined the crowd with the HTC Flyer, a 7-inch Android tablet that comes with a battery-powered stylus. Read on to find out more.
At Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona, Research in Motion has announced two models 4G PlayBook models that support LTE and HSPA+ networks. On top of that, the company has also announced a new BlackBerry Travel App that lets you plan, book, manage and share travel activities easily.
The Samsung GALAXY S II was unveiled at Mobile World Congress, and today, the Korean manufacturer has announced the GALAXY S Wi-Fi 4.0 smart player designed to offer music, smartphone-like innovation and app experiences.
LG has unveiled their latest lineup of mobile devices at the Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona, Spain. The devices include the LG Optimus 3D smartphone and Optimus Pad tablet.
Samsung has announced the new Galaxy Tab 10.1 (model: P7100) Android tablet at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. The new tablet is running Android 3.0 Honeycomb and claims to provide superb multimedia experience to users.
The much anticipated and already leaked Sony Ericsson Xperia Play was launched last night at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain and VR-Zone was on location to get an early hands-on with the new PlayStation certified mobile gaming Android handset. Although the units on display weren't final production handset, we were impressed with what we saw and it's clear that Sony Ericsson is serious about its Android based products.
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