ZTE Skate with Android Gingerbread-based

ZTE participate also enliven the Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona, by launching a smartphone named Skate. Just like Acer Iconia Smart, the phone also took Gingerbread Android OS, despite a lower specification.

ZTE Skate weighs 120 grams with 4.3-inch screen at a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels. ZTE Skate wear Android OS 2.3, 800 MHz processor, and GPU Adreno 200 for supporting the HD widescreen display mounted. There's Also a 5MP camera, Bluetooth, A-GPS, compass, and G-sensor.

ZTE Skate supports GSM / GPRS / EDGE 900/1800/1900MHz frequencies and HSDPA / UMTS 900/2100MHz frequencies. Also it features wifi installed.

ZTE recently scored achievement by getting rid of Apple as the fourth-largest mobile phone vendor in the world. Most vendors selling from China's reliance on low-cost phone line. ZTE predicted Skate himself worthy cheap enough though ZTE has not mentioned it.

ZTE Skate Features:

• Supports GPRS, EDGE, 3G 
• Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, EDR, Wi-Fi connectivity
• 4.3 inch TFT capacitive touchscreen with 16m colors
• Includes an accelerometer, Proximity sensors & Digital compass
• 5.0 megapixel auto focus camera with LED Flash, digital zoom, Geo-tagging
• Multi-touch input method
• Powered by 800MHz processor
• Provides camera resolution of 2592 x 1944 Pixels
• Supports MP4, H.263, H.264 video players
• WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML browser support
• Runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS
• Up to 32GB micro SD card slot support
• Push Email, Instant Messaging
• Can access social networking services
• MP3, Polyphonic, WAV ring tones support
• Supports MP3, WAV, & eAAC+ music players
• 3.5mm Audio Jack
• MicroUSB 2.0 port
• GPS with A-GPS support

     

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Acer Iconia Smart, Hybrid of Smartphone and Tablets

Acer enliven the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2011 in Bacelona by presenting Acer Iconia Smart. Acer's first handset in the form of half tablet half phone with extra wide screen and is intended for portable multimedia players. Iconia names similar to the Acer laptop products that use 2 screens, Acer Iconia.

Acer Iconia Smart has a 21:9 widescreen display measuring 4.8 inches diagonally and a resolution of 1024x480 pixels. It also provided the sound system speakers with Dolby surround sound technology for impressive sound experience.

Iconia Smart use Android Gingerbread with Acer UI interface version 4.0 (Breeze). Snapdragon 1GHz processor and a browser that supports flash 10.1. In addition, there 8MP camera on the back with an LED flash and video recorder capabilities 720p. While in the front there 1.3MP camera for video calls. There is also a gyroscope and accelerometer in this handset to play games that are controlled by motion.

Acer Iconia Smart specifications:
General
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100

Size
Dimensions 141.7 x 64.5 x 13.6 mm
Weight 185 g

Display
Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 480 x 1024 pixels, 4.8 inches
- Acer UI 4.2
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
- Touch-sensitive controls
- Six-axis gyro sensor
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Multi-touch input method

Sound
Alert types Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
- Dolby Mobile sound enhancement

Memory
Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Practically unlimited
Internal 8 GB storage, 512 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
Card slot microSD, up to 32GB

Data
GPRS, EDGE
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, UPnP, DLNA
Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
microUSB v2.0

Camera
Primary 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, face and smile detection, image stabilization
Video 720p@30fps
Secondary 2 MP

Features
Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
CPU 1GHz Scorpion processor, Qualcomm MSM8255-1 Snapdragon
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email
Browser HTML
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
GPS, with A-GPS support
Java Via third party application
- SNS integration
- HDMI port
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail
- YouTube, Google Talk, Picasa integration
- MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player
- XviD/MP4/H.264/H.263 player
- Organizer
- Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Adobe Flash Player 10.1
- Voice memo/dial/commands
- Predictive text input

Battery
Standard battery, Li-Po 1500 mAh
Stand-by Up to 450 h (2G) / Up to 500 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 11 h (2G) / Up to 8 h (3G)


     

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HTC Flyer, Android tablet with 7-inch screen

HTC enliven the tablet PC market. Do not want to lose to rivals who had already been launched tablet, this Taiwanese manufacturer launched the HTC Flyer, a 7 inch tablet.

Located at the Mobile World Congress 2011, HTC Flyer displayed. Unlike the HTC Scribe has been using Android Honeycomb, HTC Flyer that his form looks solid tablet is still using the Android Gingerbread operating system

For those who expect Android Honeycomb seem to be quiet. HTC promises users will be able to upgrade HTC Flyer to a version of Android 3.0 or Honeycomb.

Just like the smartphone, HTC to immerse the user interface mainstay, HTC Sense optimized for tablets. Tablet with Super LCD  tech screen can also be navigated with capacitive stylus, where the user can record or draw directly on the Flyer.

HTC Flyer are also integrated with OnLive, a cloud-based gaming service. Thus, the user is allowed to play games with the cloud-based.

HTC Flyer will be circulated around the second quarter of 2011. Reported price range around 499 Euros.

The following specifications HTC Flyer:
- Network
   - HSPA/WCDMA:
     Europe/Asia: 900/AWS/2100 MHz
   - Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:
     850/900/1800/1900 MHz
- Dimention 195.4 x 122 x 13.2 mm
- Weight 420 grams (14.82 ounces) with battery
- 7 inch screen 1024x600 resolution
- 1.5 GHz single core CPU
- 1GB RAM
- 32GB of Flash storage
- Construction aluminum unibody
- Dual camera (5 megapixel rear, 1.3-megapixel front)
- 4000 mAh battery
- microSD card slot
- Bluetooth 3.0
- 802.11 b / g / n WiFi
- Integrated GPS receiver

    

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HP Touchpad, WebOS with big screen

Finally, HP's entry into the tablet market. With the latest release tablet that is named HP Touchpad. The presence of these products increasingly fierce competition in the world confirms the tablet-not just from the product side, but from the side of the platform as well.

HP Touchpad will carry the operating system called WebOS. If you remember, WebOS is an operating system developed by Palm and is introduced through a mobile phone, Palm Pre and PalmPixi. However, since Palm bought HP last year, WebOS like missing. Well, this is the new touchpad, WebOS comes back.

From the screenshots shown HP, WebOS appearance relatively unchanged. On the front page there are the Quick Launch bar contains shortcuts to frequently used applications, such as web browsers, mail, instant messenger, and gallery. While the application is currently active and is in the background (WebOS already supports multitasking) is displayed in the form of "cards".

HP Touchpad itself has a size 9.7-inch screen with a resolution of 1024x768. These specifications are the same as Apple iPad, but not as high as Motorola Xoom which has a resolution of 1280x800. Processor using Qualcomm APQ8060 which is a two-core processor with a speed of 1.2 GHz. Touchpad itself is not a mobile device, because it only relies on WiFi as a connection to the internet. But HP promises Touchpad can synchronize to the device based smartphone WebOS.

Speaking of smartphones, at the same time HP also released two new smartphones based WebOS, namely Pre3 and Veer. HP Pre3 is a smartphone for the business segment that offers 3.58 inches and a physical keyboard. While HP Veer is a tiny device the size of the hand with a handful still has a physical keyboard.

HP TouchPad features and specs:

• HP webOS
• Dimensions: 190 mm x 242 mm x 13.7 mm (7.48 inches x 9.53 inches x .54 inches)
• Weight: approximately 740 g (1.6 pounds)
• Qualcomm Snapdragon dual-CPU APQ8060 1.2-GHz processor
• 9.7-inch diagonal XGA capacitive, multitouch screen with a vibrant, 18-bit color, 1,024 x 768 resolution display
• The option of either 16 GB or 32 GB of internal storage
• High-performance browser with full access to the web, including support for Adobe Flash Player 10.1 beta for access to rich, Flash-based web content
• Wireless connectivity:
  • Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n with WPA, WPA2, WEP, 802.1X authentication
  • A-GPS (3G only)
  • Bluetooth® wireless technology 2.1 + EDR with A2DP stereo Bluetooth support
• Multimedia options, including music, photos, video recording and playback, and a 3.5 mm headset/headphone/microphone jack
  • Internal stereo speakers and Beats Audio
  • Front-facing 1.3-megapixel webcam for live video calling
• Email, including EAS (for access to corporate Microsoft Exchange servers) and personal email support (Google Gmail push, Yahoo!, POP3, IMAP)
• Robust messaging support
• Light sensor, accelerometer, compass (magnetometer) and gyroscope
• Rechargeable 6,300 mAh (typical) battery
• Micro-USB (Charging and PC Connect) with USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
• Built-in HP Touchstone technology for easy charging (HP Touchstone for TouchPad sold separately) and HP touch-to-share to share web addresses between TouchPad and compatible webOS phones

   

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HP Pre 3 webOS Smartphone, The Pre 2′s successor

Other Smartphones successor of Palm Pre 2, which was launched this HP comes with a platform other than webOS, recorded with some specifications such as WVGA touch screen is 3.6 inches with a resolution of 480x800 pixels and a slider QWERTY keyboard. For business pengabadi picture, HP Pre 3 has a 5 megapixel main camera with autofocus and LED flash. Also, supported a 1.3 megapixel secondary camera located on the front, which allows you to do video calling.

In order to best performance, HP Pre 3 also armed with 1.4GHz processor Snapdragon 8x55 and 512 MB of RAM memory. For storage media, HP Pre 3 comes with two options ie, 8GB or 16GB. As for business connectivity, the HP Pre 3 comes with facilities like Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR and A-GPS module.

From its HP Pre 3 is similar to the HP Veer just bigger with Width 64mm (2:52 inches) Height: 111mm (4:37 inches) and Thickness: 16mm (0.63 inches) seems so bulky compared to the HP Veer, but of course will be convenient to use.

For information, HP Pre 3 originally was designed to be a dual mode phone. This means that this smartphone will be present as a mobile GSM / HSPA + and CDMA on-board. However, this smartphone is expected to be present with only GSM mode only.

Here's full specs of HP Pre 3:
- HP webOS
- 3.58-inch multitouch screen with a vibrant 24-bit color, 480x800 resolution WVGA display
- Slide-out physical QWERTY keyboard
- Qualcomm MSM 8x55 (1.4 GHz)
- Microsoft® Exchange email with Microsoft Direct Push Technology
- POP3/IMAP (Yahoo!® Mail, Gmail™, AOL, Hotmail®, etc.)
- Integrated IM, SMS, and MMS
- Built-in GPS
- 5-megapixel auto-focus camera with LED flash, HD (up to 720p) video recording, front VGA
- Mono speakerphone; dual-mic noise cancellation
- Accelerometer, ambient light, proximity, and compass
- Audio formats: MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR, QCELP, WAV
- Video formats: MPEG-4, H.263, H.264
- Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n 5GHz) with WPA, WPA2, WEP, 802.1X authentication;
- Bluetooth® wireless technology 2.1 + EDR with A2DP stereo Bluetooth support; A-GPS;
- Wi-Fi router functionality for up to five devices using HP mobile hotspot
- 512MB RAM; choose from 8GB or 16GB internal storage
- USB mass storage support
- Battery 1230 mAh
- Charger/microUSB connector with USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
- 3.5mm stereo
- HP Touchstone Compatible
- Dimensions 64 x 111 x 16 mm (2.52 x 4.37 x 0.63  inches)
- Weight 156 grams (5.5 ounces)

    

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HP Veer, Smartphone Mini from 'HP-Palm'

Not only tablet that will launch the HP (Hewlett Packard), HP also will launch a new mobile phone which is a continuation series of Palm Pre 2 the first mobile phone released since HP's acquisition of Palm.

Mobile the smartphone category. Although many industries that emit the device with a large size, HP sure that the mini gadget will remain the trend. No wonder if smarpthone named HP Veer measuring only 3.25 inches.

HP Veer is a 3G smartphone with the power that comes with touch screen measuring 2.6 inches and supports display with a resolution of 320x400 pixels. Diusungnya operating system, of course, is WebOS. Sliding model with a QWERTY keypad. Although small, its features are not less bersaign with 8 GB memory, 800 MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, supports WiFi and HSPA+, as well as an accelerometer sensor, proximity, and light. This device can also function as a mobile hotspot.

Original size HP Veer is 54.5 mm x 84.0 mm x 15.1 mm and weighs only 103 grams and has supported the Adobe Flash Player 10.1 beta, wifi, GPS, and multimedia such as music player, video and 5 megapixel camera.


HP Veer features and specs

• HP webOS
• High-speed connectivity
• Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM7230 800-MHz processor
• 2.57-inch multitouch screen with a vibrant, 18-bit color, 320 x 400 resolution display
• Dimensions: 54.5 mm x 84.0 mm x 15.1 mm (2.1 inches x 3.3 inches x 0.6 inches)
• Gesture area, which enables simple, intuitive gestures for navigation
• Full slide-out QWERTY keyboard
• 8 GB of internal storage
• High-performance browser with full access to the web, including support for Adobe Flash Player 10.1 beta for access to rich, Flash-based web content
• Wireless connectivity:
  • Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n with WPA, WPA2, WEP, 802.1X authentication
  • Integrated GPS
  • Bluetooth® wireless technology 2.1 + EDR with A2DP stereo Bluetooth support
  • Wi-Fi router functionality for up to five devices using HP mobile hotspot
• Multimedia options, including music, photos, video recording and playback, a 5-megapixel camera with geotagging and 3.5 mm stereo headphone adapter
• Email, including EAS (for access to corporate Microsoft Exchange servers) and personal email support (Google Gmail push, Yahoo!, POP3, IMAP)
• Robust messaging support (combining IM, SMS and MMS capabilities)
• Proximity sensor, light sensor and accelerometer
• Rechargeable 910 mAh battery
• USB mass storage mode to transfer your media and other files quickly between desktop and device
• Ringer switch, which easily silences the ringer with one touch
• Compatible with HP Touchstone (sold separately)
• Tri-band UMTS, quad-band GSM/EDGE world phone
• Weight: 103 grams (3.6 ounces)

      

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