The Mobile World Congress expo is underway in Barcelona, Spain. It’s truly a psycho-erotic thrill ride of cell phone and tablet news, some of which pertains to the U.S., some of which doesn’t, and all of which gushes forth uncontrollably until everyone goes home.
Here’s a look at some of the more newsworthy items from the past day.
Tablets
Acer Iconia Tab trio detailed [Pocket-lint]
Acer Iconia Tab A100 hands-on [SlashGear]
Acer Iconia Tab A500 hands-on [SlashGear]
HP Touchpad and WebOS demo at MWC 2011 [jkkmobile.com]
Hands-on with Intel’s MeeGo Tablets [Chip Chick]
Hands-On With LG’s Eye-Crossing 3D Optimus Pad [Wired]
LG G-Slate Hands-On [Gizmodo]
Motorola Xoom (silver) tablet hands on [Netbook News]
RIM announces two more PlayBook models with LTE and HSPA+ [Netbook News]
Samsung Galaxy S WiFi 5.0 preview [Engadget]
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 at MWC 2011 [jkkmobile.com]
T-Mobile G-Slate hands-on [SlashGear]
ViewSonic ViewPad 10Pro hands-on [Engadget]
Phones
Acer Iconia Smart hands-on [Engadget]
Acer Liquid mt hands-on [Engadget]
LG Optimus 3D hands-on [BGR.com]
LG Optimus Me: Android on a budget [Pocket-lint]
Motorola Pro hands-on [Pocket-lint]
Samsung Galaxy S 2 at MWC 2011 [jkkmobile.com]
Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc Hands-on [Akihabara News]
Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo Hands-On [Phone Scoop]
Sony Xperia Play Officially Launched at MWC 2011 [Newlaunches.com]
Sony Ericsson Xperia Play Hands-on [Akihabara News]
Sony Ericsson Xperia Play vs iPhone 4 [Pocket-lint]
Sony Ericsson outs Neo, Pro smartphones [The Register]
T-Mobile Galaxy S 4G [Engadget]
Hands-On: ZTE Amigo, Skate and Blade [Phone Scoop]
General News
An interview with Nokia CEO Stephen Elop [BGR.com]
Intel talks Medfield: will ship in a phone and have the longest usage time [Engadget]
Kinect to get Windows Phone 7 gaming action [Pocket-lint]
Nokia in talks with Verizon over CDMA possibility; is “considering everything” [SlashGear]
Windows Phone 7 Getting Mutli-Tasking, IE9, Twitter in 2011 [Phone Scoop]
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