Here we go: The next wave of tablets rivaling the Apple iPad and iPad 2 hits stores. These new devices such as the Motorola Xoom, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, the HTC Flyer, the LG Optimus Pad and others come with different touch-screen sizes of 7 inches, 9 inches or 10 inches and are running on Android 2.0 at first and will get an update to Android 3.0 Honeycomb as soon as this Android version is officially released. Here is a short overview of four tablets are now or soon available at stores in Germany.

From the end of April, Telekom will be offering customers the tablet PC Motorola Xoom with Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) operating system for € 699.95. The version featuring UMTS mobile telecommunications technology for mobile data transmission will be available exclusively through Deutsche Telekom for 90 days. But the Motorola Xoom is only one of the products, Telekom is presenting visitors at this year’s CeBIT fair in Hanover. Here is a short overview of what you get to see Telekom stand which is located in hall 4, stand 26.

HTC Flyer, LG Optimus Speed and Samsung Nexus S - Vodafone Germany is showcasing new smart-phones, tablets as well as LTE surf sticks and applications at CeBIT 2011 in Hanover. Here is short overview of what devices and services you can see at the Vodafone pavilion 32 at the CeBIT fair.

How quickly the picture can change: Even though the smart-phone manufacturer HTC had limited the number of journalists attending the press conference at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, there was quite some scrimmage at the Theatre Lliure close to the trade show area. Everyone expected not only to see new smart-phones but also the first tablet of the manufacturer. The HTC Flyer was the star of the HTC presence at Mobile World Congress this week.

One more short video from Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. In this one you get to see a demo of the Facebook smart-phone HTC ChaCha. The Facebook button on the Android smart-phone lets you share photos, videos, music or web pages with just one touch.

HTC announced the Android tablet HTC Flyer at Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona. Here is a short video showing the new tablet which will be available for € 699 (version with just WiFi) without contract in Q2.

The HTC Desire HD is one of the smart-phones with the largest touch-screen in the market. It features a 4.3-inch screen which takes up almost the entire top side of the phone. And the smart-phone of Taiwanese manufacturer HTC raises the bar for competitors’ devices in other areas, as well. This is a short review of the HTC Desire HD.

There are five different smart-phones in Germany running on the new Microsoft operating system Windows Phone 7, of which the HTC 7 Trophy and the HTC 7 Mozart are currently the one being sold at the cheapest price. Still, more than € 350.00 are no bargain price for a smart-phone, but the three other Windows Phone 7 devices Samsung Omnia 7, HTC HD7 and LG Optimus 7 are even more expensive.

German network operator Vodafone is offering three new Android smart-phones to prepaid customers. Buyers of a “CallYa OpenEnd Internet” prepaid starter package can choose between the LG GT540 for € 149.90, the HTC Wildfire for € 199.90 and the Sony Ericsson X10 Mini Pro for € 249.90. While the LG GT540 and the Sony Ericsson X10 Mini Pro are available for similar retail prices at other stores in Germany, the HTC Wildfire offer of Vodafone is quite attractive. However, at the moment interested mobile phone users can only pre-order the HTC Wildfire at the Vodafone website and will have to wait until the end of November for the new phone being delivered by Vodafone. The LG GT540 and the Sony Ericsson X10 Mini Pro are in stock at Vodafone stores.

In Germany, five different smart-phones running the new Microsoft operating system Windows Phone 7 will be launched at the end of October (probably October 21st). While smart-phones from the device-makers HTC (HD7, 7 Mozart and 7 Trophy), LG (7 Optimus) and Samsung (Omnia 7) will be available at stores of the mobile operators Telekom (T-Mobile), Vodafone, O2 Germany and E-Plus, Windows Phone 7 handsets from Dell will not appear in stores in Germany. Select models of HTC, LG and Samsung will also be available at Microsoft Store locations and from Amazon. This article gives you an overview of the features and retail prices of the first Windows Phone 7 smart-phones in Germany.