Mobile World Congress 2010 – the pick of the phones

Thursday 18 February

It’s been a busy old week in the world of mobile telephony. As I reported earlier in the week, Mobile World Congress in Barcelona has been gathering together the great and the good handsets that’ll become our favourites in 2010. So now that’s the show’s over, what are the handsets making the biggest splash at MWC? Read on to find out…

HTC Desire HTC’s answer to the Google Nexus One, the HTC Desire has a gorgeous 3.7in AMOLED screen and replaces the trackball with a touch-sensitive panel. There’s a new hottest Android handset in town.

Motorola Motoroi Another Android handset, again with a super-sharp touchscreen AMOLED screen – it looks like the Motorola Milestone sans the keyboard. The big draw is an 8MP camera, 720p video recording and HDMI out.

Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Sony Ericsson has squeezed its Xperia X10 goodness into a compact little body – this could be the handset to make small phones desirable again.

General Mobile Touchstone The Touchstone’s talking point is its massive 4.3-inch screen. Again, running Android, this handset is perfect for watching movies on the go…

Windows Mobile 7 Phone Windows Mobile 7 was unveiled at Mobile World Congress as Windows Phone 7, and it shows that Microsoft has finally embraced the future. Although there’s no official handset running the device as yet, we can’t wait to see the first one hit the market…