Some figures of the Telecom World 2006 which finally was more a kind of Telecom Asia due to the low representation of US and European Telecom giants and also due to the strong presence of Chinese companies (30%).

• Exhibition center : 43'000 m2
• 690 represented companies, among them 230 Chinese ones.
• US Pavillion, 400 m2 only !
• Visitors est. 42'000 to 57'000
• Visitors, 60% from Asia, 18% Europe & 20% Americas.
• VIP / CEO's /Govt representatives : 2000
• Industries : 18% for Mobile, 17% for Networks & 17% for IT hardware/software.
• Company type : 25% Mobile operators

• Best stand (my own opinion) : Samsung
• Prettiest hostesses (see photo): Samsung mobile

 Source : ITU Stats

 

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The HTC "Excalibur" S620 is on the european market for only few weeks now and according SoloPalmari, HTC is already presenting its successor. 

Both smartphones looks similar but the CPU will be twice faster than the actual Omap 850, a 2.0 MB pixel camera will replace the actual 1.3 and UMTS & HSDPA communication protocols will jump on board.

ETA : Q1 2007 ?  

HTC Cavalier

HTC Excalibur (S620)

Operating System: Windows Mobile 5.0 CPU: Samsung SC 2442 at 400 MHz Memory 64 MB RAM, 128 MB ROM Integrated Keyboard Control-pad JOGGR Camera : 2.0 megapixel Display: 2,4", resolution 320 x 240 TFT, 64k colors Phone Module: quadband, GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSDPA Interface: Wi-fi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth 2.0 Expansion: slot MicroSD Audio: speaker mono (loudspeaker), stereo headset (miniUSB), etc.. Battery: 1050 mAh Dimensions: n.d

Operating System: Windows Mobile 5.0 CPU: TI OMAP 850 at 200 MHz Memory: 64 MB RAM, 128 MB ROM Integrated Keyboard Control-pad JOGGR Camera 1.3 megapixel Display: 2,4", resolution 320 x 240 TFT, 64k colors Phone Module: quadband, GPRS/EDGE Interface: Wi-fi, Bluetooth 2.0, miniUSB Expansion: slot MicroSD Audio: speaker mono (loudspeaker), stereo headset (miniUSB), etc.. Battery: 960 mAh Dimensions: 111,5 x 62,5 x 12,8

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How small will be your next mobile computer ? It seems that more and more manufacturers are convinced that there is a important market for ultra mobile computers (more or less 5” screen) which position them in between Smartphones & sub-note book (10-12” screen). After Toshiba and its Libretto U100 series, OQO
 with 01+, Samsung and its Cebit 06 announcement Origami Q1, Sony stickes back after the U-series launched in 2004,  teasers announce the arrival in June 2006 of Sony Vaio UX-180P. According infos found on the Cnet blog,

The content of this shiny box is the following :

* 4.5 inch 1024×600 touchscreen
* Windows XP Professional
* 1.2GHz CPU Intel Core Solo U1400
* 512MB
* 30GB
* 802.11a/b/g
* EDGE capability (?)
* Bluetoot
* Dual cameras (1.3 facing the back, 0.3 facing front)
* Battery  3 to 7 hours
* Weight  1.2 pounds
* Biometric fingerprint scanner
* USB port, Memory stick slot, headset & microphone jacks
* 1799 US$

 

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