Mobile World Congress - Barcelona 2009

[marriott0.01]

Due to being the Mobile world congress this week, I thought I'd make a thread to talk about all the phones being unveiled.

The current phones unveiled are :

Sony Ericsson

• Sony Ericsson W995 - Symbian OS, 8MP Camera, WiFi, 2.6inch VGA Screen, first Sony Ericsson which has CyberShot and Walkman range combined - more
• Sony Ericsson Idou - Symbian OS, 12.1MP Camera, WiFi, 3.5inch TouchScreen, worlds first 12 megapixel camera - more

Garmin/Asus

• Garmin-Asus G60 - First phone from Asus and Garmin - Windows Mobile 6.1, Wifi, Best ever GPS on a phone, Touchscreen Phone - more

Samsung

• Samsung OmniaHD - Worlds first phone to capture 720p video, 3.7inch AMOLED TouchScreen, 8MP Camera, Windows Mobile 6.1 - more
• Samsung UltraTouch - Not much announced at MWC - more
• Samsung BeatDJ - Yet to be announced - more
• Samsung Memoir - Already launched in Europe only new thing is launch in USA by T-Mobile - more
• Samsung BeatDisc - Yet to be announced - more

Microsoft
Not really a phone from Microsoft but Windows Mobile 6.5 has been leaked onto YouTube, it's due to be announced later on this Mobile World Congress. Here is the vid

Palm
I left this one out by accident but the Palm Pre, launched at this years CES has had it's first official sneak peek video and it can be found here
The palm pre has already called controversy with the law suits between Apple and Palm, but already the pre is due to be phone of the year 2009, snatching the top spot from Apple's legendary iPhone

I'll try update as soon as the new phones are chucked out of Barcelona, but I can't promise anything.


Thread moved from 'Technology Discussion' by Yoshimitsu (Forum Super Moderator): To fir it's forum specific section.

[marriott0.01]

T3/The Alloy
No not a huge manufacturer of Mobile phones, but a Technology magazine taking along a prototype of a phone they designed way back in 2008 and fooled people into thinking it was real. However our dreams were dashed and the phone, codenamed The 01, was announced as a fake idealistic phone.
This Mobile World Congress however T3 and the Alloy will be taking a long a prototype of the new phone which can be found here
It really is a dream phone, and will probably be a show stopped once unveiled at this years MWC, I honestly can't wait.

[Jordy]

Good post, I'm quite looking forward to it this year (More so than the crappy CES which had hardly any decent announcements).

Windows Mobile 6.5 is looking incredibly good.

Combination of the Zune interface with a good Touch screen interface.



Hopefully some Android announcements too, in terms of Hardware and Software.

[marriott0.01]

Motorola are gearing up a Android Handset, so it can only be good news for the Android OS.

And yeah I'm loving Windows Mobile 6.5, shame Zune never came to the UK so this could be the first time for some people in the UK to see the Zune UI.

I thought CES was deemed as okay this year, with 3D Technology really taking the limelight, and the Pre is good news, so CES wasn't that bad.

One awful Tech event this year has to be MacWorld, no Steve Jobs, and awful announcements, apart from DRM free iTunes

[GommeInc]

My friend helped set up last years Mobile World Congress He met Graham Norton back stage and has aload of LG posters and cut outs in his bedroom.

It sounds like it's going to be an interesting year for the mobile world

[marriott0.01]

Mainly from Android I'm guessing, but then again Symbian is throwing out all the good handsets at the moment, Android needs to pick its pace up, it's such a good Mobile OS.

[marriott0.01]

Breaking Microsoft News
Microsofts new Windows Mobile 6.5 has the beta-2-ROM which is now available to download onto the Xperia X1 from Sony Ericsson. More

More Microsoft News
MyPhone, the service from Microsoft to backup your phone and much more, has launched the pre-beta registration. Register here

[marriott0.01]

UPDATE
Microsoft

• My Phone has officially been announced by Microsoft at their MWC Conference.
• Windows Marketplace for Windows Mobile Apps.
• Windows Mobile 6.5 Officially announced for launch "later this year"
• More Microsoft Stuff HERE!
  

Nokia
Not really any amazing announcements from Nokia, but the Ovi store, which is Symbian's version of the iPhone App Store, or the Android Marketplace, has been announced.

• New Handsets in the form of the Nokia E75,Nokia's GPS-centric 6710 Navigator and 6720 classic announced, Nokia E55.
• Ovi Store Announced

Android
Android is set to have an amazing year and 2 announcements regarding the Android OS so far. They are:

• The T-Mobile G1 gets upgraded and is no longer on T-Mobile. It's now called the HTC Dream. - here
• Nvidia has jumped on the Android Bandwagon - here

HTC
The big daddy of Smartphones, have launched an array of upgrades to previous handsets, honestly they are gorgeous.

• First thing is the HTC TouchPro2, which obviously is the upgrade to the TouchPro, and this one comes with amazing features that blows it's predecessor away. - here
• HTC have also upgraded it's Diamond, with the cleverly named, HTC Touch Diamond2 - here

Samsung
We've already shown off some Samsung handsets but more have been announced and details of ones that were unknown are now here.

• Samsung BeatDJ is now official - here

LG
LG used to be a small player, there chucking out 50 Windows Mobile HANDSETS by 2012!
Currently these are the ones on display at MWC, with more to be announced later :

• With a transparent keyboard LG's KD900 is somewhat different - here
• LG GM730 is one of 50 Windows Mobile Devices to be launched this year. - here
• Worlds first LTE Enabled phone - here

50 Handsets - here

BREAKING NOKIA NEWS
Even though I could have edited, this is breaking News, Nokia have chucked out a new N-Series phone with an 8MP Camera, which is a first for Nokia Handsets - here

Current Handsets :

Sony Ericsson
- Sony Ericsson Idou 12.1-megapixel phone launches (see news and video here)
- Sony Ericsson W995 8-megapixel phone launches (see news and hands-on photos here)

Samsung
- Samsung OmniaHD 720p HD phone launches (see news and hands-on photos here)
- Samsung M7600 Beat DJ music phone launches (see news and hands-on photos here)
- Samsung launches Blue Earth solar-powered phone (see news here)
- Samsung Tocco Ultra Edition handset announced (see news here)

Nokia
- Nokia E55 smartphone launches, world's slimmest (see news and hands-on photos here)
- Nokia E75 smartphone with slide-out QWERTY keypad (see news and hands-on photoshttp://www.t3.com/news-gallery?articleId=8125 here)
- Nokia 6710 Navigator phone launches, with GPS technology (see news here)
- Nokia 6720 Classic candybar phone launches, with 5-meg camera (see news here)
- Nokia announces Ovi store will launch in May with downloadable apps (see news here)

HTC
- HTC announces Touch Diamond2 smartphone (see news here)
- HTC's Touch Pro2 launches with slide-out QWERTY keypad (see news here)

LG
- LG's KS360 mobile to be updated with Android platform this summer (see news here)

Garmin-ASUS
- Garmin-ASUS announces Nuvifone M20 smartphone (see news here)
- Garmin-ASUS announces Nuvifone G60 smartphone (see news here)

[marriott0.01]

Breaking Phone News
It's always promising when a technology company, who have designed and manufactured computers for years, joins the Mobile Phone Industry.

The newest arrival in this certain sector is - Acer.

Acer have unveiled, not one, but four phones, and they are real iPhone competitors. Acer call the quartet, the Tempo.

They look really promising and Engadget have more information on each one here.

Also
LG
LG have announced that their new WatchPhone will be exclusively on Orange in Europe

Android
Sexy Android Phone has entered the line. The handset is from a relatively unknown company, but it's the second helping of Android to be announced at MWC so far.

LG
Worlds first 3D Touchscreen interface has been announced at the MWC in the form of the LG Arena.

[Recursion]

But still no damn Cupcake update for us Android users yet!!! :@