14 DAY TRIAL // This year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona was a fruitful one for Windows Phone enthusiasts, that's for sure. Not only did the Redmond-based software giant Microsoft unveiled officially the Windows Phone 7 Series, but a nice range of handsets powered by its Windows Mobile 6.5.3 OS were also brought to the table, and some of them are more than impressive, one should agree.
Among these new handsets, we can count the Toshiba TG02, which was spotted before into the wild, receiving certifications from various commissions, and which was officially announced and showcased at the MWC show accompanied by a sliding handset from Toshiba, the K01. While the former comes with about the same features as the TG01, the latter is a brand new device, delivering not only a QWERTY keyboard, but a touchscreen display too, and which is said to be able to easily prove a powerful and easy to use media device. With a 1GHz CPU inside, support for 32GB microSDHC cards, and only 12.9mm front to back, K01 will certainly live up to its name.
Another pretty impressive device that made its debut at the MWC event in Spain is the HTC HD mini, a smaller version of the popular HTC HD2. Even if HTC reduced the size of this device, it still packed a great deal of features and capabilities in it, including a 600 MHz CPU, coupled with 384 MB of RAM, which should enable a smooth running of app on the device, such as Opera Mobile for impressive Internet browsing. In addition, one will also enjoy integration with social networking sites on the new phone, including Facebook, HTC Peep for twittering or video sharing on YouTube, not to mention that there is a new HTC Sense experience on its way to the market with the HTC HD mini.
These handsets certainly look great on paper, but the experience that they can deliver when in users' hands is the one that matters most. The guys over at WMExperts had the chance to play with these devices a little on MWC's floor, and you can take a look at the hands on photos and videos they have published with the two. There are two different form factors and two different approaches to user experience that these phones can offer, but, in the end, they resemble a lot, as both are Windows Phones. Check on K01 at WMExperts here, or on HD Mini here.
