Android Boosts Partnerships MeeGo may have unfolded, but Google was not intimidated by the announcement by Nokia and Intel. Hardware vendors bit into the Android cupcake and showed their strong support for the operating system by launching phones, tablet PC, music services, location-centric platforms and more. This is important because a mobile phone is no longer viewed as just a device for making calls and the demand for more services and apps continues to soar. Huawei revealed many smart phones running Android at the Mobile World Congress, the first of which was the U8800, a HSPA+ (4G) smart phone that can support super fast Internet access with download speeds of 14 MBps - that means with the phone you can download a movie within a minute! Other handsets include the U8300 targeted at youth and 2 entry level phones: U8100 and U8110. All the handsets will be powered by Android and will be commercially available by the end of 2010. Besides phones, Huawei also attempted a tablet PC called the SmartKit S7 which has a 7-inch wide screen with a resolution of 800 x 480 and can be connected to Android handsets. NVidia continues its push for Tablet PCs by showcasing an Android-based tablet that is powered by its mobile Web processor next generation Tegra, which has been specifically designed for tablet PCs. Handset manufacturer ZTE intends to launch 5 new Android phones, moving for the first time away from BREW to other operating systems. No details available on what…
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