CTIA 2011 wrap-up: Android again-CNET is dominated (blog)

After a Hectic fall CTIA Show, CES and World Mobile Congress, we suggest that the spring CTIA Show will be quieter. It is also not was the bombshell, reduced AT&T two days before the concert began.

News of the proposed merger was followed on Monday by Google forces with Sprint to Google voice almost any Sprint phone. The announcement went hand in hand with the Sprint news that it has added to Android 2.3 gingerbread series 4 G-link s to the line-up.

Speaking of Sprint, the carrier unveiled two spinoffs of its Android-powered Evo brand, made by HTC. There has been no HTC Evo 3D--which offers a lensless 3D experience for photos, videos and games--and the HTC Evo view tablet rebranded, 4 G-ready version of the package insert for HTC, we saw in the world Mobile Congress.

HTC is the only manufacturer to trot, 3D phone. LG strikes back with their LG thrill for AT&T, the American version of LG Optimus 3D first glimpsed in Barcelona, Spain, last month. Like its competitors Evo 3-d thrill comprises two 5-megapixel camera on the back for shooting 3D video and stills traditionally. LG also has a T-Mobile G2X, our picks for the top phone, and yet another rebrand of dual Android phone, the LG Optimus 2 X, the first of the CES. To round off its Optimus topic cricket announced Optimus c for LG, and later in the line of inexpensive, basic Android Optimus.

In addition to the Optimus c two more Android phones joined the Cricket Board, Samsung Galaxy, ekzoticniât and 2 for ascent of Huawei.

Android March continues with the integration of HTC, the first CDMA Android phone world of the manufacturer of your phone and three new tablets to accompany the HTC Evo view. Has the Acer Iconia in section A501, 10-inch, dual, 4 G-Android 3.0 Hexagon efforts. Samsung also made two tablets to join his family in the section, the extraction Galaxy 8.9 of Samsung and 10.1 tablets, which now are hair fine iPad the Apple 2. Not only have many more premium authorities tab for the first Galaxy, they also sport the new Samsung TouchWiz UI UX to play nice with Hexagon OS.

Androida devices again dominated the show, except for the HTC HD7S, Windows 7 phone, which is almost identical to the HTC HD7 for T-Mobile, with the exception of its improved Super LCD screen, and Nokia Symbian phone Astound, new to T-Mobile.

For the first time in a long time BlackBerry has very little presence and announced no new phones. One peep, we hear is that BlackBerry tablet PlayBook will be able to run Android applications. Although the news landed during the CTIA, it has not been brought to after the show floor is closed.

Take the final trawl through all the other big news, videos and photos of the week.

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