Google and Samsung have announced the Galaxy Nexus, the first smartphone running the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS. The phone features a 4.65-inch 1280×720 HD Super AMOLED touchscreen, a 5 Megapixel main camera with LED flash and zero shutter lag, a 1.3 Megapixel front camera for video chat, Bluetooth 3.0, integrated NFC and 802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4GHz/ 5GHz) WiFi connectivity.

Nokia announced the new 603 Symbian Belle smartphone with a compact design that comes in six colors, black, white, fuchsia, green, yellow and blue. The new phone comes with a 3.5-inch ClearBlack touchscreen with IPS panel for improved contrast and viewing angle, a 5 Megapixel camera with 720p HD video recording and 2GB internal memory.

Sprint, Samsung and Google have partnered to bring the Nexus S 4G Android smartphone to the carrier’s WiMax 4G mobile network. This 4G version of Nexus S supports Sprint’s 4G WiMAX network, with peak download speeds of more than 10 Mbps; peak upload speeds of 1 Mbps; average download speeds of 3-6 Mbps, and CDMA EVDO Rev. A 3G network.

In addition to the flagship Android-based Galaxy S II, Samsung introduces the Wave 578 (S5780) Bada smartphone at the MWC 2011. The new Wave is equipped with “Near Field Communication (NFC) – a technology that allows users to enjoy many innovative services such as mobile payment at the shops and paying transportation fare, reading tags, getting mobile coupons, etc.”

Google and Samsung officially announce the Nexus S, their Android collaboration, which is the second Android phone released by Google, following the Nexus One by HTC. The Nexus S, as its name suggests, is pretty much based on Samsung’s own Galaxy S smartphone. Most notable new features include a 4-inch Contour display with curved glass screen, capacitive touch sensor and anti-fingerprint display coating; built-in Near Field Communication (NFC) connectivity and the latest Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS.

Nokia will launch in Q3 the 6216 classic mobile phone that comes with integrated Near Field Communication (NFC) technology. The phone is a SIM-based NFC device that allows operators to build NFC services on to the SIM card.