Gadgetory

it's Monday februari 27 2012 I'm Bridget Carey on cnet com and it's time to get loaded this week will be jam-packed with smartphone and tablet news as mobile world congress one of the biggest smartphone trade shows takes place in Barcelona Spain before you buy a new smartphone this is the week you pay attention to what's coming down the line throughout the year the takeaway so far the carriers are lumping phones into similar families all with hard to remember one letter names HTC introduced three smartphones under the same umbrella name the HTC One there's the One X the 1s and the 1v all at the latest Android operating system and all focus to shrine around the camera music and HTC Sense interface the new HTC Sense four-point-oh is a more toned down version than the previous HTC Sense the one family also has a music hub that pulls in all music apps into Beats Audio the camera app has new filters and scene modes along with better panorama shots there's no pricing or availability yet but it's expected the one family will see release within the next two months AT&T will sell the HTC One X and the one s is coming to t-mobile sony has its own family smartphones is calling Xperia NXT smartphones the Xperia P and the Xperia U which joins the already announced Xperia S the S is the high end of the product suite with the P and you are more the lower end not sure what their brand new teen was thinking when they named them p you but now that NXT line has products for every price point the xperia speed big feature is called white magic technology which makes the 4 inch screen easy to view in direct sunlight no word on cost or when they will hit the US market but the one phone that is really standing out is the samsung galaxy beam which has a built-in projector at the top Cena editors say the projections look good at first glance in a dark room it can mirror anything on a phone screen but Samsung seems to be targeting this to younger consumers who want to share photos and videos no word on pricing and availability but expect to land sometime in the second quarter in mobile payment news Isis the competitor to Google Wallet is beefing up by adding more partners Isis formed an alliance with mobile carriers right AT&T and t-mobile and will allow debit and credit cards from barclaycard Capital One and chase Isis already is working with Visa MasterCard American Express and Discover as Isis racks up the partners Google Wallet currently only works with mastercard and one phone the Sprint Nexus S Isis will begin testing payment in the middle of the year and starting today Windows Phone users can now use skype well a beta version of skype six windows phones can test-drive the skype app which allows for free video and audio calls to other skype users those are your headlines for today I'm Bridget Carey prasina calm and you just been loaded