Let's write about Sony! Nah, HTC it is!

After the high profile break up of Sony - Ericsson, Sony re-branded it's Mobile division as Sony Mobile, which deserves appreciation. As seen from the website, Sony Mobile is here with quality products and marketing. It's revamped line of Xperia smart-phones along with the SmartWatch and SmartTags is rather impressive, the utility and value for money of the latter is questionable though. So all this lead to extreme anticipation, hopes and sleepless nights before MWC 2012 ( sorry for being so dramatic ). 

At MWC, I must say, HTC stole the show! Subtle yet effective marketing, brilliant hardware and not to forget the software that beats them all. That is when I decided that HTC deserved the next post on GeekyVerses ;) After the launch of Galaxy Nexus and ICS, an ICS phone from HTC was very much awaited.

HTC launched its new line of smarphones branded as One. Following are the highlights:-

• One X : This is the beast that everyone's drooling over. Packed with a quad-core Tegra 3 processor, 1GB RAM, 4.7" HD display, 32GB internal storage (no SD card support) what else could you ask for in a smart-phone? One X is coming exclusively to AT&T in the US however sporting a dual-core Snapdragon S4 which is not at all a slouch compared to its four-cored counterpart, at least according to reviews so far.

• One S and One V : Unlike Apple's one-size fits all philosophy, HTC has a phone for everyone. The One S is a smaller smart-phone with 4.3" display, 16GB on-board storage and a dual-core Qualcomm processor. This one is comping to T-mobile in the US. The One V is a descendant of the HTC Legend with it's characteristic chin design.

• Sense 4 : The HTC Sense 4 along with Ice Cream Sandwich is the killer feature here. This is undoubtedly the most fluid Android till date, thanks to the quad-core goodness. Transitions are smooth and the dedicated multi-tasking button reveals an interface similar WebOS's or more recently Windows Phone 7's multi-tasking interface but with 3D cards which can be swiped off the screen to end an app. HTC is touting the new camera with f/2.0 lens and HDR claiming blazing shutter speeds and simultaneous video and image capture which is something so basic and useful you would wonder why don't smart-phones already have it.

• Dropbox Integration : Smart move by HTC and Dropbox to compete with the iCloud. They are giving you a 25GB cloud storage free with the device for two years.

• Beats by Dr Dre : The HTC-Verizon Rezound was the first phone to incorporate Beats and boy did  it zound amazing!! Now the HTC One phones come with this premium audio technology.

• Wireless Media Link : This may not be so fancily named as Air Play but it does the job, probably more elegantly. It's like a WiFi dongle connected to your TV and boom you can mirror everything you do on your phone to your TV with a three finger swipe gesture. Multi-tasking on the phone with simultaneous video playback on the TV is also enabled. Sadly this is exclusive to the One series.

HTC expects sales to start sometime in April here in the US. Pricing is not released yet but one can expect the One X to cost somewhere around the $199 price tag, after all they are all striving to end iPhone's tyranny.