One day before the official start of Mobile World Congres 2011 in Barcelona, both Samsung and Sony Ericsson are organizing press conferences. The topic of SE conference is Xperia family of phones. We know that one of them is Xperia arc, but is Sony Ericsson going to surprise us with another one ? Check out our previous post on details about Xperia arc. We will be there, so expect more info on 13. Feb.
According to IDC, ZTE has taken fourth place in global cellphone rankings, jumping ahead of Apple and moving RIM into "Others" category.
ZTE has improved annual shipments to 94% ! We are waiting for their press conference at Mobile World Congres 2011 in Barcelona, scheduled for 10:00AM CET, Monday 14th of February…
Source: BGR
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One of the best selling Android phones will get a successor. Samsung Galaxy S will soon be acompanied with a new Galaxy member called S2 or "Seine". The unveiling will take place at Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona (14-17. February). One day before the official start of the congress Samsung will present this phone, rumored to have following specs:
The real question, when will it become available at operators and retail stores. We are looking forward to MWC, we'll be there and keep you up to date!
Source: Unwired View
As we witnessed ourselves, Google has been giving away free Nexus One phones for all registered atendees at Android Developers Lab's technical conferences at Mobile World Congress. While we are entering this text Nexuses are being unboxed and a bunch of people are walking trough Barcelona with grey new phones and pink X signs on their hands.
Way to go, Google!
It has been a busy start here in Barcelona at Mobile World Congress 2010. We just saw the HTC's new 3 models, Desire (aka Bravo), Legend, and HD Mini (photon). The event itself was hosted by Peter Chow, CEO of HTC along with it's colleagues.
HTC has introduced the new HTC Sense, improved and ready to ship with these models as well as some older ones (confirmed for HTC Hero). As far the specifications go, you allready know everything, we had them first 
Microsoft is currently hosting Windows Phone event at Mobile World Congress / Barcelona. ai.rs blog is on site and we will update this post live.
15:51 CET – Three fundamental principles: Accountability for user experience, New platform with deep integrated services, A strong ecosystem.
15:48 CET – A different kind of phone designed for Life in Motion.
15:47 CET – Windows Phone 7 movie shows. Wow, tells us that we are confused with number of apps and that we need to step over. Steve Balmer takes over.
15:45 CET – The demo will be available to see at Microsoft's boot at WMC. So the Windows Phone is usable already.
15:43 CET – The next is Games hub, featuring Xbox LIVE.
15:41 CET – Joe shows Zune desktop application. Content on the phone are accessible directly from the app.
15:39 CET – Music and Video part of the WM is next. Joe shows the music+video hub. Every WM phone will be a Zune, but go beyond.
15:38 CET – Office hub allows us to create notes in One Note, connect to SharePoint, and collaborate with people consisting with upcoming Office 2010.
15:36 CET – Pictures are present regardless of the way the got to the phone. Next is productivity.
15:34 CET – The next section is Pictures hub. UI is nice and clean, clear fonts, everything is in 2D, looks sleek.
15:31 CET – Joe shows the way WP will connect to People. People hub is the people-oriented UI section, integratiin all the available services (Outlook, Facebook, MSN). People hub is panoramic, can be panned to left and right. All the contacts are present trough People hub showing all the available info (Windows Live, Facebook status…)
15:29 CET – Outlook is great, e-mails available offline as well. Optimized for finger use. There are no scrollbars.
15:28 CET – Fonts are improved, 1/3 of the screen shows additional commands accessible via fingers. All the WP devices will have capacitive screens.
15:26 CET – The browser looks OK, Windows Phone 7 browser is based on desktop IE code, giving the compatibility. Crowd is confused, IE code ?
15:24 CET – The search button brings up Bing, showing the local relevant results (e.g. sushi bars are shown in Barcelona)
15:22 CET – Joe shows Bing maps, that changes the visualization, shows satellite photos when zoomed enough. Supports pinch-zoom. His demo device is not HD2!
15:20 CET – The calendar looks good, appbar showed as well. Users can access advanced commands trough appbar.
15:19 CET – The tiles are scrollable, and user customizable. Applications as well can be live tiles.
15:16 CET – All the devices will have 3 buttons, start, search and back. Joe shows live demo. Calls the icons – Live Tiles
15:14 CET – Joe – it is designed for Life in Motion with smart design and integrated experiences.
15:13 CET – Video is playing, UI looks great. Short but effective. Crowd cheers…
15:11 CET – Joe says all the phones started to look the same, Microsoft would like to focus to end user.
15:10 CET – Je Belfiore steps on the stage. The Vice President / Windwows Phone, starts to talk about the opportunity for change
15:09 CET – Steve Balmer steps on the stage, will talk about phones and next generation of Windows Phone series – 7.
15:07 CET – We just saw guys from Engadget, angle of the photos gave them away… Music is playing, nothing yet…
14:57 CET – The hotel lobby is leaking on our Sony Vaio P – just moved to another spot. Not good for start
Hello everyone, just to say Hi from Mobile World Congress 2010 at Barcelona. Stay tuned for more info. ai.rs blog team is gearing up to the announcement of Windows Phone 7 as well as the announcement of HTC Legend and Bravo.
