MWC 2001: What to expect?

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CES showed a lot of new smartphone/tablet devices.
But the annual Mobile World Congress taking place in Barcelona on Feb. 14-17 is most likely going to be even more exciting
Mobile World Congress | Global Conference Expo for Mobile Technology and Business

What can be expected:

1. Nokia will show up (was practically non-existent on CES).
Lots of rumors: dropping Symbian, embracing either Android or WP7. MeeGo fate. N9?
2. Intel might show their Medfield phone
3. LG new tablets and smartphone
4. Samsung Tab2 and Galaxy S2
3. Tegra2 on more devices

Interesting times ahead...

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It has been confirmed that LG's next Optimus will have glasses-free 3D... videoconferencing
LG confirms Optimus 3D for MWC 2011: glasses-free screen and 3D camera -- Engadget

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RealVNC will show its Android tools...
Realvnc readies viewer for android - The Inquirer

On a similar note, a while ago Cisco promised an Android IPSec and AnyConnect app.
Hopefully it will be shown during MWC...

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New Galaxy S... teaser
Samsung sucks at Photoshop: The next Galaxy S (video) -- Engadget

Judging by the reflection image, it looks very much like the iPhone 4. Wouldn't be Samsung's first...

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The Medfield rumor mill thickens...
Aava Mobile reportedly set to reveal Medfield-based Android / MeeGo phone at MWC -- Engadget

Hard to believe that Intel has some silicon ready to compete with ARM and its dual core siblings: Tegra 2, Orion, etc.
But I don't think any consumer would mind if they do. Especially with an option to run either MeeGo or Android on a 8.9mm thin handset...

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Quite a few gadgets are expected from HTC, LG, some not even heard about
HTC Desire 2, Flyer, Pyramid and LG Optimus 3D, Star Tab surface in Vodafone Germany inventory system -- Engadget

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Broadcom is planning to announce a new Android chip that does everything including dishes...
Broadcom announces yet another Android-friendly dual-core processor -- Engadget

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 and S2 are leaked and expected to be introduced during Samsung keynote tomorrow...
Samsung preparing a 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab 2 with Honeycomb for this Sunday? -- Engadget
Samsung Galaxy S 2 and 10.1-inch Honeycomb tablet leaked on Korean website (Update: high res press shot!) -- Engadget

The phone looks sweet: 4.3" screen, dual-core 1GHz, 8.5 mm thin, Gingerbread, 802.11a (!) in addition to b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0...

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With Nokia making MeeGo a "learning project", the future for this Linux smartphone OS is anything but bright.
But it looks like Intel - Nokia's partner "in crime" in creating MeeGo - isn't giving up yet.
Intel promises, teases MeeGo smartphone and tablet for MWC -- Engadget

Although it is a bit of a stretch to assume that Intel will jump into the smartphone/tablet manufacturing market with both feet
and use MeeGo as its OS (but stranger things happened), I believe if they want to compete with ARM for the "brains" CPU,
they need some OS to showcase their offerings. MeeGo might be just what is needed, if only for a short while.

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EDIT:
May I ask the admins to change 2001 in the title of this thread to 2011?
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Those leaks start resembling waterfall...


Samsung S2 tablet (Honeycomb; I hope it is less $$$ than Xoom) and phone
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/12/samsung-galaxy-tab-ii-pictures-leak-out-ahead-of-barcelona-event/

LG phones: looking almost as good as the ladies showing them off
LG Optimus 3D has dual-core 1GHz OMAP 4 CPU, video codecs up the wazoo -- Engadget
Have they been sued by Apple for something yet? If not, I think it's time...

LG Honeycomb G-Slate tablet

Cook can call Android 3.0 vapor as much as he wants, but the way I see it Honeycomb is head and shoulders above iPad GUI...

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