Two notable trends emerged from this week’sMobile World Congress 2008 showin Barcelona ( no , I did n’t get to go ) . First , manufacturer are come out with iPhone - like touch - screen equipment , and 2nd , everyone is eager to see what the Android telephone set will expect like .
The previous entrant in the “ we ’re just like an iPhone ” plot is a partnership between Sony Ericsson andMicrosoftwith its Xperia X1 twist , which campaign the Windows Mobile operating system and features advanced nomadic World Wide Web connectivity ( it supports Wi - Fi , Bluetooth and the advanced HSDPA / HSUPA wireless meshwork ) . The 3 - in - wide touch screen has VGA result , a 3.2 - megapixel digital camera , euphony thespian , FM radio receiver and a full keyboard that slides out in an bow from underneath the display . Sony Ericsson said the earpiece would be useable in the 2nd half of 2008 .
Other touch - blind models from Sony Ericsson include the G700 and G900 models , which take aim to get signature - screen devices to the mainstream . The G700 let in touch - controlled Notes practical software that permit users to compose and absorb memorandum with their fingers , a 2.4 - column inch display and 3.2 - megapixel digital camera . The G900 includes a 5 - megapixel digital camera , 2.4 - column inch screen , embedded Wi - Fi for Internet approach and touch - enabled medium player . The headphone patronize the UMTS 2100 meshwork , and will be available in selected markets ( European first , most potential ) in the second quarter .
Another impressive cell phone model wasSamsung Electronics’Soul telephone , the tardy model in its Ultra edition series . The Soul is a slider - character handset with a trace control panel under the presentation . The board show navigation icons that can convert grant to the current coating hunt on the handset . For instance , when in photographic camera mode the phone displays zoom and brightness icons , with music - player icons appearing when the phone is in medicine style . The GSM - base handset operate over HSDPA , have Bluetooth 2.0 , has a 5 - megapixel digital tv camera , FM radio and Radio Data System support . The phone is being marketed toward European customers for availableness in April .
While there were n’t any prescribed phones with theGoogleAndroid software political platform , several Saratoga chip manufacturers were showing off paradigm and proof - of - concept phones at the show . Freescale , Marvell , NEC Electronics , QualcommandTexas Instrumentswere showing off various devices with what an Android phone might seem like later this class .
Since Texas Instruments only make flake , example were insisting that their prototype would just be an representative of what a finished Android telephone set could appear like , forget development of the computer hardware and software system interface up to others .
One concluding note : TheBluetooth Special Interest Group(SIG ) declare it was develop “ an innovative method of wireless substitution ” that would allow Bluetooth protocol , profiles , security and geminate to be used in devices while getting quicker throughput from temporary use of a subaltern radio already present in the gadget ( such as Wi - Fi ) . The Alternate MAC / PHY architecture will take a two - phase approach as Bluetooth SIG members drive the specification forrader , the SIG said . The goal would be faster transfer of turgid - format data , such as music , video and photos , over the faster connection but still utilizing the Bluetooth protocols .
