Arguably the largest smartphone trade show in the world, the Mobile World Congress is held annually in Barcelona as a proving ground for the latest and greatest mobile devices coming to the market.
This year did not disappoint. Two of the show's major reveals were from Nokia. One of these was the audacious and groundbreaking Nokia 808 Pureview Symbian smart-phone, which features a staggering 41-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics.
Leapfrogging current smartphone and even consumer cameras in terms of photo size, quality and features, the Nokia 808 Pureview took the "Best New Mobile Handset, Device or Tablet" award at the event.
The only downside to this device is that it runs the Symbian OS instead of Windows Phone.
Nokia also revealed its Lumia 610 Windows Phone device, which is aimed at bringing Microsoft's mobile OS to the entry level.
The Lumia 610 features a 800 MHz CPU, 3.7-inch WVGA TFT display, a 5MP camera and quad band GSM /EDGE/WCDMA compatibility.
Innovation and a wide product mix are Nokia's strength and this year they have shown what they can do on both fronts.
HTC made a number of announcements, including the introduction of the new HTC One X.
This monster smartphone has a 4.7-inch 720p HD resolution screen, a quad core 1.5GHz chip set, 1GB of RAM and 32GB of storage space, plus HTC's newly acquired Beats Audio system for clear and loud audio.
HTC also outfitted the One X with a superb f/2.0, 8-megapixel camera capable of fast, multi-frame photography.
The HTC One X is clearly targeting the high end of smartphones and can even compete with larger devices such as the Samsung Galaxy Note. More than a smartphone, the HTC One X is a hand-held PC with the specs to match.
Speaking of large, LG's new Opti-mus VU smartphone was shown off, featuring a giant 5-inch screen with an unusual 4: 3 aspect ratio.
Designed to compete with Samsung's Galaxy Note, the LG Optimus VU comes with a stylus and a speedy 1.5GHz dual-core processor, as well as an 8-megapixel camera.
The trend toward larger smart-phones with faster processors widens consumer choice.
Between smartphones, tablets and hybrid devices that fall in between these two segments, consumers now have a bigger variety of devices from which to choose.
This growing spectrum of possibilities was evident at this year's Mobile World Congress.
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