At the Mobile World Congress 2008 held at Barcelona, the show-off of mobile devices and gadgets is not yet over. Too many new products where introduced in the said event and gadget enthusiasts are clamoring for more! And it gets more exciting because today is the last day…

One of the mobile devices unveiled during the congress is the NVIDIA’s APX 2500. NVIDIA Corp., a leader in visual computing technology, announced APX 2500 which is an applications processor to deliver 3D user interfaces and rich video quality for HD video for Windows Mobile phones or Smartphones.

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According to Jen-Hsun Huang, President and CEO of NVIDIA, “This is the dawn of the second personal computer revolution. Technologies are converging in amazing mobile devices, that have all of the rich, visual capabilities of a modern PC—from watching movies and making video calls to surfing the web and playing 3D games. The APX 2500 combined with Microsoft® Windows Mobile, will make the next generation of smartphones our most personal computer.”

“Microsoft is dedicated to providing people true mobile freedom, so that they only need to carry one device for both communication and entertainment. We are delighted to work with NVIDIA to offer our users an amazing visual experience on the next-generation Windows Mobile phones.”, as said byTodd Warren, Corporate Vice-president of Microsoft’s mobile communication business.

Features:

  • The industry’s first HD (720p) playback and capture capability for handheld devices.
  • A new ultra-low-power (ULP) GeForce® core that is fully OpenGL ES 2.0 and Microsoft Direct3D® Mobile compliant and the lowest power 3D hardware solution available for acceleration of intuitive 3D user interfaces.
  • NVIDIA nPower™ technology, enabling over 10 hours of high-definition video playback and up to 100 hours of audio—more than four times the audio playback of the latest touch-screen phones.
  • The connectivity and media acceleration technologies required to enable the latest Web 2.0 applications, from effortless web browsing and social networking to GPS and mapping applications.

For more in-depth product information and press release, please click here.

[ via NVIDIA Corporation Press Release ]