Mobile World Congress roundup: cellphone mania

Whew, it was quite a day for cellphones at the Mobile World Congress, and there's more to come this week -- but if you haven't been watching Engadget Mobile (where the full coverage is being posted) or are just getting up to speed, here's everything that's gone down.

Sony Ericsson

• The Sony Ericsson W980
• Sony Ericsson's XPERIA X1 QWERTY with Windows Mobile and HSUPA
• Sony Ericsson's G700 and G900: "touchscreen organizers"
• Two for the Cyber-shot crowd: Sony Ericsson intros C702 and C902
• The Sony Ericsson Z770: "your life in a clamshell"
• First live photo of Sony Ericsson's XPERIA X1
• Video: Sony Ericsson's XPERIA X1 "Panel Interface"
• No wonder Sony Ericsson's XPERIA X1 is so good: HTC makes it
• Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 does a good job looking pretty at launch event
• Sony Ericsson ties up with Microsoft for Windows Mobile devices

HTC

• HTC P3470 is only EDGE, but has GPS
• HTC Advantage X7510: now upgraded with 16GB flash memory

Nokia

• The Nokia 6220 classic, all 5 megapixels of it
• The Nokia N78, in European and North American flavors
• The Nokia N96 redefines "high-end"
• The Nokia 6210 Navigator
• Nokia goes public with Maps 2.0 beta, plans Series 40 version
• Nokia CEO: No plans for Windows Mobile, S60 touch-screen launch in 2H 2008

Sad, lonely Moto

• Motorola's pathetic MWC showing: Z6w, W161, and W181
• LG says it has no plans to buy Motorola's cellphone biz

Everybody else

• Samsung's F480 Armani (without the Armani), Dual Touch Chic G400 flip and F400 B&O slider
• NVIDIA shows off APX 2500 cellphone applications processor
• Hands-on with Sony Ericsson's world-beating XPERIA X1
• Samsung hauls a load into Mobile World Congress
• First pics of CDMA BlackBerry Curve 8330 surface
• What's an iPhone? 14.3m Windows Mobile phones sold in the past six months alone
• LG gets official with the KF700, KF600, and KF510
• Samsung's HSDPA-equipped G810 slider gets official

More after the break.


Microsoft

• Microsoft buys Danger, Windows Mobile Sidekick imminent
• MSN Direct now on Windows Mobile
• Iris browser brings WebKit to Windows Mobile
• What's an iPhone? 14.3m Windows Mobile phones sold in the past six months alone

Android and Linux

• Google attacks: Android at Mobile World Congress
• Samsung wants Android phone by next year
• LiMo Foundation plans SDK for mid 2008
• ACCESS Linux Platform gets integrated with MontaVista Mobilinux
• LiMo Foundation makes a splash; adds members, shows hardware

More announcements

• Bluetooth SIG looks at Bluetooth-WiFi to hasten transfers
• CSR shows off eGPS, says it's superior to A-GPS
• SanDisk launches 16GB iNAND embedded flash for handhelds
• Starbucks brews up WiFi pact with AT&T, disconnects T-Mobile
• Dolby and SRS Labs bring surround sound to mobiles
• Qualcomm goes wild at MWC 2008, unveils slew of new chips
• LiMo Foundation makes a splash; adds members, shows hardware
• Samsung's latest mobile processor integrates 3D graphics acceleration
• MusicStation Max offers unlimited free music downloads to your mobile
• Plantronics intros "military grade" Explorer 370 Bluetooth headset
• On2 Technologies reveals 1080p hardware video decoder for handsets
• TI touts chips for integrated pico projectors, HD recording on mobiles

[CUBSWILLWIN @ Feb 11th 2008 10:17PM]

great event. Cell phones are by far my favorite gadgets really.

[Fernando @ Feb 11th 2008 10:37PM]

"sad, lonely Moto" :( aw come on, don't be so negative, Z12 will bring us hope.

[athousandleaves @ Feb 11th 2008 10:45PM]

anyone know what the happy face button does on the XPERIA X1?

[athousandleaves @ Feb 11th 2008 10:46PM]

oh, wait maybe it removes all sony branding from it!?

[Richard @ Feb 11th 2008 10:47PM]

Nah!

Makes you think you're actually running Symbian!

Maybe it's a booster button for Active Stink.

[michael @ Feb 11th 2008 11:22PM]

I assume it's emoticons. You know, the kind of expression faces you might use in IM?

Hopefully Sony did a good job on that. I love WinMo, and I'm glad that Sony at least got the better specs and bigger screen part right. And it does look gorgeous. Can't wait to try one out.

[Zak @ Feb 11th 2008 10:59PM]

So... no touchscreen Blackberry??? (aka 9100) ???....

[Ayle @ Feb 12th 2008 12:58AM]

I think it bring up the fancy tiles menu.

[Jesse S @ Feb 11th 2008 11:23PM]

I want a CDMA Xperia.

[Ayle @ Feb 12th 2008 1:37AM]

you won't get one: there aren't any high end cdma SE phones....

[Jonyah @ Feb 12th 2008 12:48AM]

so when do we hear from rim? been holding off on a new phone to see what they have next. I know they're there. Well it doesn't end till thurs, so hopefully we'll hear from them in the next couple of days.

[MasterCKO @ Feb 12th 2008 4:56AM]

uh, CDMA Curve?

don't these companies usually announce new things in the first day or something?

[Jonyah @ Feb 12th 2008 11:07AM]

Rim hasn't actually annouced the CDMA curve yet. and there's rumors of other phones they'll announce. They bring out phones q2 and q4 each year. Hopefully we'll hear from them soon.

[Jonyah @ Feb 12th 2008 11:15AM]

well it looks like rim won't be announcing anything this week. according to their press release, they'll be doing it next week at the TD Newcrest Tech-Media-Telecom Conference in canada, next thurs.

http://www.rim.com/news/press/2008/pr-07_02_2008-01.shtml

[david_topping @ Feb 12th 2008 5:59AM]

So what happened to HTC?

They're one of the largest manufactureres of phones, this is the premiere event to launch things and they come out with the two of thier own phones and some kudos for building Sony's new qwerty slider.

I really had hoped we'd be hearing about the HTC Omni by now. My Universal is getting a bit "old school".

[Marty @ Feb 12th 2008 10:25AM]

Was really hoping for the E61i replacement.