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.

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.

Together with Simfy, German operator Telefónica O2 Germany will launch a new music streaming service for users users of PCs, laptops, tablets or smart-phones. Customers will get access to a musical repertoire that includes more than eight million songs – from pop to indie, and metal to electro – when booking a flat rate tariff that costs € 8.99 per month. The new music service will be available in April, new users can try it for free for the first month.

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.

Here is a short video demonstration of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play for mobile gaming, mobile Internet and – of course – communication.

Tonight, the first mobile phone manufacturers will show their upcoming smart-phones at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. We will get to see devices such as the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play or the LG Optimus 3D, just to name two examples. I am visiting Mobile World Congress and will give you a short overview of the most important announcements after the show. For the time being, here is a tip for people looking for an good pay as you go tariff for connecting to the web in Spain via GPRS or UMTS.

In my overview of low-rate pay as you go tariffs in Germany, the prepaid tariff of the Vodafone no-frills brand o.tel.o had been one the few examples without any tariff options. Now, there are four tariff options among which users of the prepaid SIM card of o.tel.o can choose.

Globus Mobile is one of the providers in Germany offering the lowest rates for mobile calls, texting (SMS) and mobile Internet access in Germany. With the pay as you go tariff of Globus Mobile customers can make mobile phone calls for € 0.07 per minute and text each other for € 0.10 per SMS. For accessing the Internet over the E-Plus network via GPRS or UMTS Globus Mobile customers are charged € 0.24 per megabyte.

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.

German operator Telefónica O2 Germany has launched a new mobile data flat rate tariff for netbook and notebook users. The new flat rate tariff “Internet-pack Spezial” with a minimum term commitment of six months costs € 15.00 per month. The postpaid plan offers unlimited Internet access over the mobile network of Telefónica O2 Germany with 1 GB for faster data transfers.