What To Expect At MWC 2011 ~ GoAndroid

Sunday, February 13, 2011

What To Expect At MWC 2011

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Simranpal SIngh

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Well folks, it’s that time of year again. CES has come and gone and Mobile World Congress is upon us. Easily one of the biggest phonegasm meetings of year, MWC promises an exceptional show for us. With an expected attendance of 50,000 plus, it’s going to be elbow to elbow trying to report all of the mobile tech news coming out of that venue. So, what Android goodness can we expect to see? Here are a few things we’ll be keeping tabs on at the event:

Xperia Play – aka the PlayStation Phone, should be given its fair share of time at the event. And though it’s not new to us, as we’ve seen it demoed and previewed before, it will be nice to see a nearly finished product and get some good o’l quality hands on time with it.

Samsung Galaxy S2 – We expect to see a ton of Samsung products coming out of MWC this year. Among the anticipated will be the highly acclaimed Samsung Galaxy S2, sporting a dual-core 1 GHz processor, 4.3″ screen, super thin and light form factor, Gingerbread 2.3 and a Super AMOLED Plus display. Not too mention its HSPA+ radios installed, making it a blazing fast device.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 – Definitely looking forward to seeing the Galaxy Tab 2 in action. A reported 10″ display, dual-core 1 GHz processor and Honeycomb (3.0), it’s sure to be the hit of the party. It will also house an 8 mp camera and “full HD” support.

Samsung Mid-Level Entry Phones – We should also see several low-end to mid-level android devices by Samsung presented at MWC this year. Among them are the Galaxy Ace, Galaxy Fit, Galaxy Gio and Galaxy mini. These devices will have somewhere in the vicinity of a 3-3.5″ screen and 600-800 MHz processors.

LG’s Optimus 3D - LG should be touting their Optimus 3D device, the first to incorporate a glasses free 3D display. Who can’t use one of these? We expect to see this device with a dual-core CPU and 4-inch plus multi-touch display of some sort, possibly Super AMOLED.

LG G-Slate Tablet – We expect to see more 3D devices than just smartphones by LG. The upcoming LG G-Slate will tout HSPA+ 4G speeds (21-42 mb/s), a high definition 8.9″ 3D-capable multi-touch display, the ability to record in 3D and full HD video. In addition, the Slate also supports 720p HD on-device video playback and HDMI output to show 1080p content on 3D and HD displays. It will also come packed with Nvidia’s Tegra 2 dual core processor, 32 GB of storage and Honeycomb (3.0)

New Honeycomb Applications – We saw several videos showing off Honeycomb and even had the pleasure of streaming the Honeycomb event live at the Googleplex. However, we’re sure we are going to see a slew of new apps to compliment the new tablet OS during MWC this week.

Dual-Core Chipsets – Although Nvidia has been steeling the show with all of their dual-core glory, it’s possible we can see some new contenders in the “two is better than one” dept. Samsung, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments could be debuting their new processors at MWC along with some new hardware to house it.

So, be sure to head back to Talk Android as we report the news by the butt load during MWC. What device are you most excited about to see this year? We’d love to read your thoughts in the comments below.