The Mobile World Congress is under way in Barcelona, Spain, and the superphones are out. New features in even more powerful new devices include quad-core processors, 4G LTE, Android 4.0, and cameras with resolutions up to 41 megapixels.
Take HTC's new One X, for instance, the most muscular offering of the new One series that includes the One S and the One V. Running Android 4.0 OS also known as Ice Cream Sandwich, it offers a Tegra 3 quad-core processor, running four 1.5-GHz main cores plus a core for low-power tasks. The 1280x720-pixel screen has a 4.7-inch Super LCD for HD display, its 8-megapixel camera can shoot every 0.7 seconds, and it offers Beats Audio advanced sound processing software. The One X will be available in the U.S. in the spring, via AT&T.
Projectors, 3D Video, NFC Tags
The Samsung Galaxy Beam phone, with a mere 1-GHz dual-core processor and a 5-megapixel camera, has a 15-lumens projector that can show an HD 50-inch image at 720p on any surface.
LG's new Optimus 3D Cube Android smartphone can both shoot and edit 3D video right on the device, and its 3D MAX, which can also shoot 3D video, can display it on a 3D HD TV set.
LG is also hoping to create a new way of interacting using the near-field communication (NFC) technology now appearing in its -- and others' -- devices. NFC is generally used for mobile e-commerce transactions, so that users can leave their plastic credit cards at home.
But LG is releasing NFC Tag stickers that a user can place anywhere, to trigger desired functions. For instance, a Tag sticker could be placed in a car, so that, after a user touches the phone to the tag, the phone automatically increases its volume.
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