Mobile World Congress 2010 in a nutshell
If you have not followed the detailed (or even live) coverage of Mobile World Congress, that post will give you a quick overview of things that we found particularly interesting.
New handsets: “mini” is fashionable again!
Although there were surprisingly few new handset announced by major handset manufacturers, a good chunk of those that were announced were a “mini” version of an established Smartphone. From our vantage point, we did not see that there was a surging demand for smaller smart phones, but someone must associate “mini” with “cheaper” with “higher volumes” and “mainstream”. moment will tell, but the fact is that a “mini” version with a much smaller screen often makes the experience
less compelling. Soon, we will see whether that was just a marketing gimmick, or whether users are really OK with putting with a lesser experience to save some bucks. That said, whether the notes plans don’t get cheaper, there’s little point to save $100 on a lesser smart phone only to pay close to $2000 by two years on the plan. See XPERIA X10 mini, HTC HD Mini, LG GD880 Mini…Permalink: Mobile World Congress 2010 in a nutshell from Ubergizmo | RSS Sponsor: Win a Fellowes Microshred Paper Shredder!
Orginal post by Mike