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This was a very interesting Mobile World Congress. And not actually in terms of devices; although we saw some special stuff, there was nothing to top the hardware inside Motorola’s dual-core Tegra 2 Xoom and Atrix announcements at CES last month. But the show was certainly rather more interesting in terms of the strategy and positioning [...]
Opinion: The winners and losers of MWC 2011
img srchttpcdn.mos.techradar.comclassificationseventsMWC2011LG20Optimus20Padlgoptimuspad1200200.jpgpThis was a very interesting Mobile World Congress. And not actually in terms of devices although we saw some special stuff, there was nothing to top the hardware inside Motorolas dualcore Tegra 2 Xoom and Atrix announcements at CES last month.ppBut the show was certainly rather more interesting in terms of the strategy and positioning of the various mobile chip and operating system players.ppIn terms of hardware, the LG Optimus 3D was of great interest, the Samsung Galaxy S2, Galaxy Tab 10.1 and LG Optimus Pad superb, while HTCs hardware disappointed with no dualcore although it surely wont be long and the specs of the HTC Flyer were a letdown unless it can hit a stupidly low, iPadbashing price point, of course. ppIf youd any doubt about it before, Android 3.0 is huge. Honeycomb is, of course, where its at but the openness of Android has helped it become the mobile ecosystem that accepts all comers. ppAnd that means that everybody from neverheardof bitpart players through to Samsung to LG to Dell to Nvidia is talking up the OS. All had massive Android branding everywhere. ppThe Android stand itself was something to behold, with its own slide yep, you read that right and huge numbers of partners demoing their wares. Android is here to stay and Honeycomb especially is seriously grade A. It feels good. It looks good. And it works wonderfully.ppWe also like HPs webOS. But HP will have to be careful it doesnt get crushed under the Android juggernaut. And thats before you think about the BlackBerry PlayBook. ppOnce again, despite its promises to the contrary at CES, Intel was a footnote at MWC 2011. ppstrongWhat about MeeGostrongppCould it be that we we were going to see a MeeGopowered N9 at MWC before the Microsoft Windows Phone deal was signed We think so at CES we got the distinct impression it was planning to announce a device here in Barcelona. ppIntel may keep saying that its serious about smartphones and tablets but come on show us the partners, show us the devices. ppWhy the urgency Because the performance that ARM and its partners like Qualcomm, Nvdia and Texas Instruments are talking about shows epic promise over the next few years. ppTegra 3, future Snapdragon and OMAP 5 all look so good, while looking further on, versions of ARMs CortexA15 design will undermine Intels Atom and Core still further it supports the Windows DirectX 11 graphics platform for when the OS becomes ARMcompatible. ppAt the show Intel staged a preview of Medfield, its 32nm mobile processor. But, as with Intels previous mobile announcements, there was no partnership to talk of only the mention that it was sampling to customers.ppBut who Anand Chandrasekher, senior vice president of Intels Ultra Mobility Group, showed a prototype Android phone nope, not MeeGo packing the processor, but it was a tease it could have been the Aava Mobile handset that has been mooted but again there was no partner announcement. ppIntel says it will continue with MeeGo on its own, but it surely wont make an impression on the market and could very well go the way of Symbian, the phone OS with no summer wine left. Nobody is mourning good old Symbian, the phone OS weve all used and, at one point, cherished. ppstrongNokia and MicrosoftstrongppThe Nokia QT stand looked rather like the HD DVD stand did at CES a couple of years ago completely deserted. ppIndeed, it was interesting to see that everybody was mentioning the NokiaMicrosoft deal when talking about the industrys direction and, in terms of sheer numbers of device shipments, we think well see Windows Phone really start to be the third mobile OS of choice. ppIt helps that Windows Phone is terrific to use when Microsoft said that 93 per cent of people that bought Windows Phones were really pleased with them it might have been PR bluster but we can well believe its true. ppThe Windows Phone ecosystem will get better and better. It shows a softer side to Microsoft, one thats willing to learn and work together rather than dictate. But its Android thats the mobile OS powerhouse. pimg width1 height1 srchttprss.feedsportal.comc669f415081s12c7afdfmf.gif border0div classmfrelatedpRelated StoriespulliMWC 2011 LG Optimus Pad and LG Optimus 3D more details emergeliliMWC 2011 Samsung Galaxy S II and Samsung Galaxy Tab II officialliliMWC 2011 Samsung Galaxy S II confirmed specs revealedliuldivdiv classmfviraltable border0trtd valignmiddleimg srchttpres3.feedsportal.comimagesemailthis2.gif border0 tdtd valignmiddleimg srchttpres3.feedsportal.comimagesbookmark.gif border0 tdtrtabledivbrbrimg srchttpda.feedsportal.comr94603276616u49f415081c669s12c7afdfkg254042436893143170172189216a2.img border0img srchttpfeeds.feedburner.comrtechradarmobilecomputingnews4HpRal5pCDMA height1 width1a targetblank relnofollow hrefhttpfeedproxy.google.comrtechradarmobilecomputingnews3HpRal5pCDMAstory01.htmTechRadar Mobile computing newsa
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