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.

800-MHz CPU with graphics accelerator, 8 GB memory, 256 MB RAM, a touch-screen with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels, a GPS receiver, and a 5-megapixel camera - these are the requirements manufacturers of smart-phones for the Microsoft operating system Windows Phone 7 must meet. To top it off, Samsung has built a 1-GHz processor and a large and brilliant Super AMOLED touch-screen into its first Windows Phone 7 smart-phone, the Samsung Omnia 7 GT-I8700. In this review, you will read about the strengths and weaknesses of the Samsung Omnia 7.

Dear readers, we wish you a happy new year! As you have noticed we took a little break around Christmas and new year’s eve. Now we are back and will keep on offering you new information on low-priced pay as you go tariffs for mobile phone calls and mobile Internet access by smart-phone, netbook or laptop and new reviews on the latest handsets available in Germany. But first, let us look back at the most important developments in the German prepaid market in the past year.

Just like any other dual SIM phone the Samsung B7722 holds two SIM cards, both of which are active at the same time. Thus, the user of this one dual SIM phone can be reached on either one the two cellular accounts at any time and can choose between two accounts when making mobile phone calls on his or her own. Here is a short review of the Samsung B7722 and an overview of where to buy this dual SIM phone and of how much it will cost.

As in 2009, grocery retailer Aldi is selling a smart-phone at the beginning of christmas season. This year it is the Android smart-phone Samsung Galaxy 550 which is available from today at Aldi Nord supermarkets for € 169.00 without plan. On its flyer Aldi Nord uses the mobile phone’s old labeling Samsung Galaxy 5 GT-I5500. Here is a short review of the touch-screen phone running on the Android OS 2.1 (Eclair) and an evaluation whether the Aldi smart-phone is a good deal or not.

German grocery retailer Aldi Nord will offer an Android smart-phone by the Korean manufacturer Samsung next Thursday. The touch-screen smart-phone Samsung Galaxy 550 will be available at Aldi supermarkets without plan and without SIM-lock for € 169.00. Don’t get confused: In its flyer, Aldi Nord is calling the Samsung Galaxy 550 the Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500 - that’s the deprecated version of this mobile phone’s name. The new mobile phone offering from Aldi Nord is quite attractive. However, online retailers in Germany also sell the Samsung Galaxy 550 for comparable prices.

In Germany Apple had partnered with only one operator for marketing the iPhone. Telekom Deutschland (former T-Mobile) has had the right to sell the Apple iPhone in Germany exclusively since the launch of the first iPhone in 2007. Telekom offered the iPhone with special voice and mobile data plans with a long term commitment of 24 months and with SIM lock only. Now, other operators such as Vodafone and O2 Germany may market the Apple iPhone in Germany. But don’t get your hopes up too soon and count on dropping purchase prices for the iPhone 4 in Germany because of more competitors selling the smart-phone – the iPhone 4 will remain high-priced. Here is an overview of the iPhone offers of Telekom, Vodafone, O2 Germany and other mobile phone providers and retailers in Germany.

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.

With the iPad, Apple has not only launched a new product but also introduced a new device category – the tablet. There might have been similar devices of other manufacturers before – think of the Nokia 770 or the Nokia N800 – but the Apple iPad is the first tablet offering a great user experience and special content for consumation. At IFA 2010 we have seen lots of other tablets already available at stores or being launched soon. The crowd of so-called iPad killers is led by the Samsung Galaxy Tab which can also be used as a regular mobile phone. Names, features, and purchase prices – this article gives you an overview of tablets currently or soon available in Germany.