Huawei IDEOS X3 Smartphone and IDEOS S7 Slim Tablet

Huawei IDEOS X3

Huawei announced at the MWC 2011 two new Android devices, the IDEOS X3 smartphone and the IDEOS S7 Slim tablet. The X3 is smartphone running Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS with a 3.2-inch touchscreen and a 3.2 Megapixel camera. The S7 Slim, obvioulsy slimlined version of the S7, gets a 7-inch touchscreen and offers HDMI output.

Huawei IDEOS S7

Both IDEOS X3 and IDEOS S7 Slim support Bluetooth and WiFi. The former will be available in Japan via Softbank Mobile in Spring and the latter in April. Huawei will also release in Q2 the HiLink USB stick for automatic, hassle-free Internet connection anywhere, anytime, and the Mobile WiFi Smart Pro wireless modem with intelligent routing.

HTC FLYER 7-inch Android Tablet with 1.5GHz CPU

Along with Desire S, Incredible S, Wildfire S smartphones and two Facebook phones, HTC also introduces the FLYER 7-inch Android tablet. Unlike the Motorola XOOM, LG G-Slate/Optimus Pad, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 that use Android 3.0 Honeycomb OS, the FLYER uses Android 2.4 with the tablet-optimized HTC Sense UI. The 7-inch tablet also includes the HTC Scribe technology and a magic pen that make it easy and natural to take notes, sign contracts, draw pictures, or even write on a web page or photo.


The HTC FLYER also features HTC Watch video download service and the OnLive cloud-based gaming service. Powered by a 1.5GHz processor, the FLYER comes with 1GB of RAM and 32GB internal storage. It features a 7-inch 1024×600 touchscreen, a 5 Megapixel auto focus camera, a 1.3 Megapixel front-facing camera, a microSD card slot. The device has an aluminum unibody design.
As for connectivity, the HTC FLYER supports Bluetooth 3.0, GPS, WiFi 802.11b/g/n and quad-band GSM/EDGE and 3G/HSPA mobile networks. HTC will release the device in Q2 2011.

LG Optimus Pad V900 Android 3.0 Tablet

LG officially announced its new 3D-capable Optimus Pad V900 tablet running Android 3.0 Honeycomb, which is known as the G-Slate in the US market. The 8.9-inch tablet is powered by 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor and runs Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet-optimized OS.


The Optimus Pad is the world’s first tablet to have a 3D camera featuring two 5 Megapixel lens to record 720p 3D video and Full HD 1080p video. It features a 8.9-inch 1280×768 touchscreen, and a front 2 Megapixel camera for video calling. The tablet supports Bluetooth, WiFi and 3.5G HSPA+ connectivity.
LG is planning to ship the Optimus Pad in March.