CNET will be on the ground covering MWC live from February 26 to March 1. CES gave us a taste of the kind of tech we'll see at next month's mega smartphone show, Mobile World Congress. CES may be lean on phones this year, but the 17 we saw pointed out some trends that will help define handsets through 2017, especially as we head into next month's Mobile World Congress, the phone world's best and biggest show. 2017's year in phones is just kicking off, with more to come next week. HTC will launch a new product on January 12. The event, called "U", doesn't offer much of a hint of what we should expect, but rumors say there will be two phones called the HTC U Ultra and U Play.

I was testing the full-motion tracking capabilities of Qualcomm's mobile VR headset during a demo at CES 2017, Qualcomm's newest Snapdragon 835 processor is designed for headsets like VR and smart glasses, and a reference prototype was available, which CNET editor Roger Cheng and I tested, It was designed to look like a Power Rangers mask, of course, Note the Power Rangers theme (and the wide-angle lens), A partnership with Lionsgate resulted in a VR demo tied to the upcoming Power Rangers movie, which I got to try on the new hardware, I got to see the face of Bryan Cranston in his iphone x screen protector 2018 debut as Zordon, the Rangers' mentor, He's glowing and blue..

The demo was an excuse to get a glimpse into Qualcomm's vision of the future of virtual reality. The company, best known for making chips for phones, doesn't sell products directly to consumers. But it makes concept devices like this VR headset that other companies can take and use as a basis for their products. The company already had a concept VR headset that let you move around -- without the wires that tether the similar HTC Vive (£564 at Amazon.co.uk) VR system. Thanks to the new chip, the experience was even slicker.

I don't really care about Power Rangers, but I am fascinated by where Qualcomm plans to go with mobile VR, The version I wore is built off a phone, and doesn't need fancy depth-sensing cameras like Google Tango or satellite sensors like the Vive to track your position and movement, All it uses is a wide-angle camera, Roger looks impressed, And it worked, even in the dim light of the Power Rangers-themed press cocktail party at the Mirage, I moved around in a cave and peered at Cranston's iphone x screen protector 2018 glowing avatar-face as Power Ranger suits rose up all around me, The graphics looked good, Not Oculus Rift (£499 at Amazon.co.uk) good, but maybe a bit better than what I'm used to on headsets like Gear VR and Google Daydream, Crisper..

The movement wasn't perfect -- I seemed to glide in fits and starts -- but ducking down to look at the ground, or leaning forward, worked particularly well. Roger and I danced around in our demos, sometimes touching each other by accident. Qualcomm didn't demonstrate any way for the headsets to recognize each other in VR, something other VR and mixed-reality headsets like Intel's Project Alloy are promising. The headset also didn't recognize the real world around me, which meant I had to make sure I wasn't tripping over my overstuffed CES backpack. Roger had to continuously lift his headset to make sure he wouldn't run into a table.