The Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2010, which is taking place in Barcelona from Monday, ends today, being marked by the presentation of much more than traditional phones. A number of devices or notebooks were on display.
Companies have introduced operating systems, applications for smartphones and structural. Mobile operators and enterprises bet big on these too.
One of the most unusual examples is the Puma phone, an alliance of the famous company of sports equipment with the manufacturer Sagem. A cool interface, integrated GPS that allows you to plan rides or races or the inclusion of a solar panel to recharge the battery partially are some aspects that make this phone so unique.
In turn, the Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo has shown how they can become the interface of the future, to reveal a mobile phone controlled by eye movements. For this , operator will be the time when mobile phones are only accessories that become part of our lives not by his power but by how we interact with them.
Another original bet in terms of mobile phones was the model Sh-04B, of Sharp, which has the appearance of a chocolate bar, available in color ‘cocoa’ and ’strawberry’.
Vodafone launches model for emerging markets. The leading phone manufacturing company
Vodafone wants to bet on emerging markets like India and Africa, and this launched the Vodafone 150 model, the model of mobile phone more “accessible in the world”, available at a price of $ 15 (about € 11).
The model is rudimentary and does not have the modern and innovative features that most consumers want today in their devices, but on the other hand, the accessibility of the model could be an advantage in certain markets in British carrier, which will start marketing in India and Turkey as well as eight African markets.
Is there still a top model that already has a color screen. The Vodafone 250 model will also have a size larger than the Vodafone 150, and can be purchased at a price of $ 20 (about € 14.7).
New devices in Barcelona
Among the many devices that were revealed in the MWC are high profile cases, such as two netbooks made by Acer. Acer Inspire One 532g is the first netbook graphics specifically dedicated to high-definition video (HD), while the Acer Android comes with two operating systems from scratch (Android and Windows 7) which can be changed according to user need. The computer uses the Android platform to connect in seconds, and you can restart the computer and go to the Windows system.
The part of the model arises Samsung N150 LTE, which has a 10.1-inch screen and is the first model of a netbook fourth generation.
The new rival iPad and Kindle
The Indian company Notion Ink also used the conference in Barcelona to present their new tablet, the Adam, which the company defines as “an iPad for the masses.” The screen of Adam can switch, on the one hand may be touch and color and the other is a black-and white-and-ink style (the model popularized by Amazon’s Kindle).
The lower your model must have a starting price of $ 325 (€ 238.5), while the cheapest model of the iPad will cost $ 499. It will use the operating system from Google – Android – and is scheduled to be a contest with a prize of one million dollars (€ 733.9 thousand) to encourage software developers to produce applications for Adam.
The device’s battery will last for “days” in the way e-ink (similar to the performance that the Kindle already have), so 25 days in music player, 16 hours of Internet browsing and 8 hours of standby player video HD. The Adam came bundled with the Flash software (used in the majority of Internet sites), something that Steve Jobs rejects terms for the iPad.
Telefonica will sell e-books
There were also several new features at the betting operators. An emblematic case is the agreements between the Spanish operator Telefonica and Vodafone, who want to enter the market of e-books available these titles in their various platforms.
Telefonica has made an agreement with the Spanish National Library to ensure certain content in Castilian, and announced it will launch new devices, including tablets.
Wireless Charger arrives in Portugal in June:
Another surprise was the U.S. company Powermat, which had a space at the fair in which demonstrated their solutions to charge the batteries of electronic devices through a process known as magnetic induction.
Basically this allows mobile phones, music players, cameras or laptops can be loaded without the use of boots with wires. The company has already sold 750 thousand of these rugs in the U.S. and intends to launch this technology in Portugal from June.
Steve Jobs under the spotlight
We also announced the winners of the 2010 Global Mobile Awards, where Steve Jobs – CEO and a founder of Apple – won the prize of mobile personality of the year.
Other winners were highlighted in Kenya (who won the prize for government leadership) and the HTC Hero (best mobile phone or device) and also to Mozambique Celular SARL (which took the prize for green network).