Motorola, Acer, Samsung Release Smartphones at MWC

Motorola, Acer, Samsung Release Smartphones at MWCBy Nathan Eddy

The touch-screen Quench offers capabilities such as pinch and zoom and a touch pad, and also features Motoblur, Motorola’s Android-powered content delivery service, which organizes messages and synchronizes contacts. The Quench also connects users to their music with a style of media player that lets users buy and download music from an MP3 store while integrating third-party apps such as TuneWiki, SoundHound, GoTV and YouTube.

The newTouch 300, also known as the neoTouch, pairs a 3.2-inch WQVGA touch screen with a slide-out QWERTY keypad, Internet Explorer 6 Mobile with Flash support, and access to corporate e-mail via Microsoft Exchange. The Microsoft Office Suite is included, along with Google and Bing search engines.

The Mini Pro incorporates the company’s Timescape application, which brings users’ different forms of communication together in one place so they can quickly see text messages, missed calls and social networking communications, such as Facebook and Twitter updates, without having to open a lot of different applications. In addition, the interactive music player uses the “infinite button” to pull together all music content from the music store and YouTube.

Based on the company’s open platform operating system Bada, the Wave features a “Social Hub” messaging platform, including push e-mail, schedule syncing, and phonebook access to SNS, instant messaging and e-mail, as well as a 3.3-inch Super AMOLED display featuring tempered glass and smudge-resistant technology.

The beTouch E110 is a consumer-geared phone and runs Google’s Android 1.5—or the Cupcake edition—. It features a 2.8-inch QVGA touch screen. It runs on HSDPA/HSUPA and GSM/EDGE networks and includes Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, an FM radio, and microSD and microUSB slots.

The Xperia X10 offers the Android platform with applications and a customizable UX platform specifically designed for smaller devices. To enhance the experience, users can pick and choose from a multitude of applications at Android Market and co-create a mobile phone experience.

The newTouch P400 loses the slide-out keypad of the P300, so it is thinner than the P300—at 12mm, compared with the P300’s 15.1mm thickness—with a bit more chic and chrome. Notably, the black and high-gloss silver coating wrappings are said to be fingerprint-proof.

The Vivaz Pro allows consumers to produce and broadcast their experiences in HD video, and the open platform also allows users to personalize their entertainment experience by downloading applications through PlayNow and the Symbian Developer Community. In addition, the handset features the company’s “human curvature” design philosophy, where the phone is shaped like the human body.