At the Mobile World Congress Opera organized a presentation for journalists Opera Mini browser on the iPhone. According to Engadget, the speed of Opera Mini more than impressive: "With Opera Mini on iPhone 3GS page New York Times booted five times faster than Safari».

The secret of success lies in the fact that the browser on the phone itself makes the process page, and sends a request to their servers and then receive a ready-processed page with all text, images, etc. In addition to increasing the speed makes it more and reduce traffic . Apple has much to ponder.

But why Opera decided to arrange such a fuss when it is still not a fact that the application be approved in the App Store? After all, the right to reject applications that replicate the functionality of native, in Cupertino, has not disappeared. According to Engadget, this is done immediately, for three reasons …

First, half of mobile traffic in the world are on the iPhone, ie the iPhone for Opera – at the moment is the plum. Secondly, the presentation was made on many of the very strong impression. And finally, thirdly, Opera tries to prove that the application works and works, I must say, excellent – so that, say, Apple did not get out, referring to the bugs or even what some vague excuses. After all, antitrust agreement nobody abolished, while Opera has created a similar judicial experience with Microsoft: if Europe was lifted restrictions on the choice of a browser in Windows 7 when installing the system.

Pictures or video from the presentation there – the company is strictly prohibited.

Via Engadget

At the Mobile World Congress, the chip maker company Qualcomm said that soon all Audi cars will be equipped with 3G modems and navigation systems, based on service Google Earth. The first model, which will receive advanced means of communication, will be a new generation of Audio A8 and the Audi A5 Cabriolet.

In addition, cars must be installed transmitters WiFi, which will distribute a signal, passed through a 3G-modem. Thus, according to the director for the development of wireless technologies and communications Kolshmidta Peter (Peter Kohlschmidt), «Audi strives to create a qualitatively new level of automation in the car.

Cars with 3G, WiFI and support for Google Earth should appear later this year.

Via Technology Today

After Windows Phone 7 one of the most significant announcements at the Mobile World Congress, which, by the way, will end on February 18, have new items from the company HTC: Legend, Desire and HD Mini.

HTC Legend

This model is a precursor of the legendary HTC Hero, only in an aluminum casing. Diagonal AMOLED-screen is 3.2 inches in the resolution of 480×320 (HVGA); phone is now working on a new processor with 600 MHz; instead of ball trackball, like Hero, Legend is equipped with an optical sensor, which is located around the button. Camera – pyatimegapikselnaya. The working platform is always the same – Android, version 2.1.

One of the distinguishing features of Legend can be called a new widget called Friend Stream, included in the new interface HTC Sense: nothing, as the aggregator of news from friends from all sorts of services. In Europe, a new 3G-module appears in the beginning of the second quarter.

HTC Desire

Difference Desire from Legend seen immediately: the shell is aluminum, and the screen is a bit more – to 0.5 inches. Inside Desire will also be more powerful than the Legend by 1-GHz Snapdragon. Officially supports Adobe Flash 10.1. The trackball is the same – optical.

HTC HD Mini

From the name should already be clear that this model – a simplified version of the HTC HD2. Diagonal, as in Legend, 3,2 inches. At the moment the phone is based on Windows Mobile 6.5.3, but at the end of this year, most likely, already you can go to the Windows Phone 7. By the way, HTC announced at the Congress, which will actively support the new platform from Microsoft.

Companies ASUSTeK Computer and Acer planning to expand the range of smartphones, starting production models under Android.

At the ongoing Conference Mobile World Congress 2009 (MWC) in Barcelona was presented to the device Nuvifone G60-branded Garmin-ASUS, device based on Linux, as well as the M20, running under Windows Mobile. Smartphones Garmin-ASUS Android platform may have to appear on the market very early in the first half of 2009.

Bought in 2008, E-Ten Information Systems, which produces vehicles under the Window Mobile, Acer is now engaged in the promotion of smartphones based on Windows Mobile – under its own brand. According to sources, to increase penetration in the global smartphone market, Acer intends to develop a model for Android and plans to start a two year-end phone for this platform.

Company LG Electronics Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona, presented the world's first phone LG GD900 Transparent keyboard.

An innovative model of LG GD900 is a slider with the keyboard are made transparent. Attractive and unusual appearance of new items could serve as a basis for the success of the phone on the market and strengthen the position of LG in the mobile industry – it expects the company.

When you create a LG-GD900 LG engineers and designers paid tribute to not only excellent design but also technical characteristics. Among them is the support of data transmission in a standard HSDPA (7.2 Mb / s), WEDGE, GPRS, EDGE. The size of the phone is 105 x 52.5 x 13.4 mm. By phone is attached a unique Bluetooth-headset.

Release LG-GD900 scheduled for the second quarter of 2009, then expected and the emergence of information about the characteristics and functions of the device.