#mwc 2011

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hat took this so long? Never mind, the good news is that the Norwegian company Opera Software has confirmed that it’s making a version its web browser for the iPad and other tablets.

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After getting leaked earlier this month, the LG Optimus 3D is now official.

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Ever heard of the saying – Every gadget you don’t buy today gives you a better chance of nabbing that gadget of tomorrow? No? There isn’t one? Well, there should be one because it’s so apt with Samsung’s newest Android flagship phone, theSamsung Galaxy S II.

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Look at those UI !!! Amazingly Made, Thumbs Up~

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MWC 2011 - Le bilan

Je vous fait un peu en avance le bilan du MWC 2011 qui se tenait a Barcelone. Ouais je sais il ne finit que le 17 fevrier. Mais il est important de ne plus coller a l'actualite mais de l'anticiper. Une revue a froid de toutes les nouveautes qui viennent de sortir s'impose pour s'y retrouver dans cette avalanche de nouveaux lancements... Nan je deconne. Un je n'y etais pas. Deux toutes ces foires, conferences et autres messes me gavent. Ca pourrit a chaque fois la timeline pendant 4 jours. Et en plus a force de voir plein d'acronymes avec toujours les memes marques qui reviennent on s'y perd completement. On dirait un immense billet sponsorise qui dure des jours a base de: on vous delivre un scoop et on vous explique comment ca fait trop plaiz de toucher du plastique.

Mais c'est pas parce que je crache dans la soupe que je vais me priver de citer quelques noms de produits, piques a gauche et a droite. Je serais bien incapable de vous dire leurs caracteristiques, mais je me dis que ca doit etre bon pour le traffic. On blogue comme un gros porc ou on ne blogue pas. Alors, il y a le flyer d'HTC, le Playbook de blackberry qui est a peine sorti qu'on a deja le droit a l'annonce du Playbook 4G et autres upgrades, l'Xperia play de Sony Ericson. Trois noms de marques ca fait deja beaucoup. Je m'arrete la. Je suis creve.

Ah oui, et la petite question pour faire interagir ma grande communaute: Et vous, vous en pensez quoi de la MCW 2011? Ah c'est vrai vous pouvez pas participer car j'ai pas mis l'option commentaires. Ben tanpis pour vous!

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NVIDIA blowing away the competition with the Kal-El

NVIDIA has announced their Quad-Core Tegra SOC for tablets. The Tegra 3 (codename: Kal-El) was seen running a 2560 x 1440 stream displayed on the 1366 x 768 screen of the tablet and was additionally running on a 30 inch, 2560 x 1600 monitor without any struggle. They were also running Great Battles Medieval at 720p with 650 soldiers on the field which the Kal-El was able to run with ease. That's because it has a new 12 core GeForce GPU. Devices running on this SOC are promised to have 12 hours of HD video playback under the right circumstances so the battery performance seems to be fine. According to NVIDIA the Kal-El has a better performance than a Core2Duo (T7200).

NVIDIA has also revealed their Tegra roadmap for the next three years. The next releases are codenamed Wayne, Logan and Stark. Imagine the possibilities in 2014! By announcing this SOC NVIDIA has changed the game. Who would buy a tablet at this moment if you look at what NVIDIA has in the pipeline? The expected date of the Kal-El should be around August, it's only February right now but it looks like the current tablets (even the ones announced at the MWC) are pretty much outdated already.

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LG Optimus 3D and Pad: Hands On

Having had a thorough play with LG's Optimus 3D - the first smartphone to shoot in 3D and with 3D screen - as well as their tablet the Optimus Pad which shoots in 3D I'm definitely feeling a little more agnostic about my technology choices (I'm a staunch iPhone, iPad and Mac user because they make my life easier). So can LG tempt this Apple fanboy away from his beloved iDevices?

LG Optimus 3D

As we can see it's a bit wider than my iPhone but of similar dimensions otherwise. When I turned it on the screen was bright and sharp, and the controls responsive. There are a few touch sensitive buttons on the front which I kept pressing accidentally so I fiddled with the phone for a while before working that out but once I cracked up Gameloft's 'Alphalt 6', a racing game much like the many decent 3D racers on iPhone, I was completely taken in by the 3D menus. You can toggle between 3D and 2D any time in case it starts to mess with your head which is handy and in Asphalt 6 there is a slider to alter the strength or I guess you could say depth of the 3D. Having it up full was too much but on a mild setting genuinely added to the game and was impressive.

I played with the camera which seemed as great as any phone cam these days but with the added novelty of stereoscopic vision! You can also record 3D video and upload to YouTube, who began to adopt 3D formats last year, so friends can see your 3D videos at home presumably using current YouTube viewing options like wearing glasses or crossing your eyes like you used to have to do to see Magic Eye pictures.

Pros

Sharp, bright screen

Big processing power - nothing seemed too much trouble

3D screen requires no glasses and was convincing

Shoot in 3D and upload to YouTube

Can switch between 2D and 3D with dedicated hard button

Cons

Touchscreen not as sensitive as iPhone

Touch sensitive buttons on lower front of phone easily to mispress

3D, whilst brilliant, isn't as easy on the eye as 2D and I personally would switch 3D off unless I was gaming

LG Optimus Pad

This time LG slim down against their Cupertino-born rival with Apple's iPad looking decidedly hefty against the Optimus Pad.

At the press conference earlier in the day LG made many a veiled comparison between theirs and Apple's tablets, a key distinction being around the size and weight. The point behind this is that these dimensions make it true widescreen, which is fair enough actually. And having handled the beast, albeit securely leashed to the desk ahead of its April release, I can say that it definitely feels lighter and more portable. Not that I ever get sick of carrying my iPad everywhere, and I do carry it everywhere, but for some people who aren't so happy to carry a bag (don't dare call it a 'manbag'!) I can see the Optimus Pad appealing. Oh, and whilst the LG heads were cagey about price you can be fairly certain it won't set you back £700 ($1000) like the top-end iPad.

The Pad felt good to use, better even than the Optimus 3D. If you said I had to trade in either my iPhone or iPad for the LG equivalent I'd take this. It, like it's little brother, has what I can only describe (as I'm not a phone component geek) as a shed-load of computing power and it just feels so snappy to use. Everything happens instantly and nothing feels like it's straining the inner brain. The camera is a nice touch and the extra screen real estate is used really well for extra camera controls to nail that perfect shot.

There are two lenses on the back and this enables shooting in 3D as well as direct uploading to YouTube like the 3D phone.

This version of Android seems to work particularly well with the Google suite of apps and services including GTalk which allows video chat via the front-facing camera and altogether this feels like the first genuine threat to the iPad's domination over the tablet market.

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BlackBerry PlayBook Need For Speed Demo (MWC 2011)