#MWC10: Sagem Cosyphone for the elderly features NFC technology
Today (only one day before unveiling the Puma Phone), Sagem has announced the Cosyphone – a new ultra-simple candybar made for the elderly (customers over 50’s). One of the main attractions of the Sagem Cosyphone is the built-in NFC (near-field communications) technology, which allows you to access some of the phone’s features “without scrolling through [...]
#MWC10: Access NetFront coming to Android
Access NetFront is probably best known as the native web browser found in Sony Ericsson’s feature phones. Well, today Access announced that it’s bringing the whole suite of NetFront products to Android, as the company tries to extend NetFront capabilities to all important mobile platforms. The Android-compatible Access NetFront products that are showcased by the [...]
#MWC10 Samsung Wave Bada phone with Touch Wiz 3.0. First impressions
So, after a lot of hoopla, Samsung has finally launched its first phone with Bada OS yesterday. And we got our hands on it right away. My first impressions with Samsung Wave Bada handset are a bit mixed. I’m really impressed with the hardware. Super 3.3” AMOLED display looks really bright, thanks to Samsung’s own [...]
#MWC10: Windows Phone 7 Series UI video preview
Now that Microsoft has officially announced Windows Phone 7 Series, many users are probably anxious to test a Windows Phone 7 Series device. Unfortunately, the first Windows Phone 7 Series handsets will be launched sometime in late 2010. However, if you want to take a closer look at the Windows Phone 7 Series UI, Microsoft [...]
#MWC10: Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Series is official; first phones coming in late 2010
Today, as expected, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has unveiled the company’s next generation mobile OS, officially called Windows Phone 7 Series. As Microsoft puts it, Windows Phone 7 Series is a “new beginning” offering “a fresh approach to phone software, distinguished by smart design and truly integrated experiences that bring to the surface the content [...]
#MWC10: Acer beTouch E400, beTouch E110, neoTouch P300 and neoTouch P400
Acer is still a new player on the smartphone market, but that doesn’t mean the company can’t announce 4 new smartphones at the same time, right? Well, it just did it – obviously as MWC 2010. The new handsets are: Acer beTouch E400, Acer beTouch E110, Acer neoTouch P300 and Acer neoTouch P400. The beTouch [...]
#MWC10: ZTE to launch Brew-based ZTE Bingo, 5 new Android phones
Like Samsung and Sony Ericsson (among others), ZTE is also announcing new products at MWC 2010. The Chinese company has just unveiled the ZTE Bingo, presented as “the world’s first ultra-slim big-screen BMP 3G smartphone” – where BMP means Qualcomm’s Brew Mobile Platform. The ZTE Bingo features HSDPA 7.2Mbps, A-GPS, accelerometer, 5MP camera, VGA front-facing [...]
#MWC10: Toshiba TG02 and K01 with Windows Mobile 6.5 unveiled
If you’ve missed Toshiba (the company has been quiet lately when it comes to smartphones), you should be happy to find out that it has just announced two new Windows Mobile handsets: the Toshiba TG02 and Toshiba K01 – both of which have appeared in several leaked images last year. Like the Toshiba TG01, the [...]
#MWC10: Nokia and Intel introduce MeeGo, a Moblin-Maemo software platform (video)
In a rather surprising announcement, Nokia and Intel have just unveiled MeeGo – a mobile, Linux-based open source software platform that merges Maemo OS with Moblin OS. If you remember, Nokia and Intel announced back in 2009 that they would collaborate for a new software platform – but I didn’t expect them to unveil the [...]
#MWC10: Wholesale Applications Community formed by 24 leading mobile carriers
No less than 24 leading mobile operators around the world have teamed up to form the Wholesale Applications Community – presented as “the world’s first open platform that delivers applications to all mobile phone users.” The idea behind the Wholesale Applications Community is to offer a broader choice of mobile applications and services to a [...]
#MWC10: Nokia, Symbian officially announce Symbian^3 (video)
Not long after announcing that the Symbian platform is completely open source, the Symbian Foundation has now officially announced Symbian^3. Symbian^3 should be feature complete by the end of Q1 (March), and while it’s not a completely new OS (like Symbian^4 is expected to be), it will bring many novelties. Some of the new features [...]
#MWC10: Motorola Quench Cliq XT (ex-Zeppelin) announced
The only new phone that Motorola announced at MWC 2010 (until now, anyway) is the Motorola Quench, which will be known in the US as Motorola Cliq XT (launched by T-Mobile). Previously appeared as Motorola Zeppelin, the Quench / Cliq XT is an Android 1.5 smartphone with MotoBlur. Let’s hope it will be updated soon [...]
#MWC10: Verizon and Skype to Announce Partnership
Is the future of cell phone calls based on VoIP? It may well be, if Skype has anything to do about it. One of the big announcements that’s expected at MWC 2010 is a joint venture between Verizon Wireless and Skype on February 16. Just for the fact that Skype is involved in the press [...]
Display wars: Samsung Wave (Super AMOLED) vs. Google Nexus One, Nokia X6, Samsung S8000
The just-announced Samsung Wave S8500 brings two important new things to the market. First, it’s the Bada OS, Samsung’s own smartphone operating system, announced back in 2009. And secondly, it’s the Super AMOLED touchscreen display – which seems to put to shame all the other displays included into mobile phones until now. Mobile-review has just [...]
#MWC10: Samsung i8520 (with Android 2.1?), Ch@t B3410W and E2370
The Bada-based Wave S8500 is not the only new phone that Samsung is showcasing at MWC 2010. We’ve already told you about the Samsung Monte Slider E2550 and Monte Bar C3200, and now it’s time to meet other three handsets: Samsung i8520, Samsung Ch@t B3410W and Samsung E2370. Like the Wave S8500, the Samsung i8520 [...]
#MWC10: Samsung Wave S8500 with Bada OS now official
Just as expected, today Samsung has announced its very first Bada OS smartphone – the Samsung Wave S8500. All the rumored specs of the Wave S8500 are now confirmed: 3.3 inch Super AMOLED touchscreen display with 480 x 800 pixels, 1GHz CPU, HSPA, WiFi 802.11n, GPS, access to Samsung Apps, Bluetooth 3.0, DivX / Xvid [...]
#MWC10: Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro, Xperia X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro (video)
Today – one day ahead of the official MWC 2010 debut – Sony Ericsson announced three new phones: Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro, Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini and Sony Ericsson X10 Mini Pro. All three new handsets will be available starting the second quarter of 2010, for prices that should be announced later on. As [...]
HTC Photon to be announced as HTC HD Mini at MWC?
Remember the HTC Photon, appeared in that leaked HTC roadmap alongside HTC Bravo, HTC Legend and others? Well, HTC might announce the Photon at MWC, under a different name: HTC HD Mini. It looks like the HTC HD Mini will come with Windows Mobile 6.5 (although I assume it’s actually WM 6.5.3), and not with [...]
Samsung Monte Slider E2550 and Monte Bar C3200 to come at MWC, too
It looks like the Samsung Monte S5620 is just the first in a whole series of Monte phones. Samsung MWC’s Flickr account includes photos of the Samsung Monte Slider E2550 and Samsung Monte Bar C3200, both of which should be unveiled at MWC 2010 – alongside the Bada-based Samsung S8500 Wave. Unlike the Monte S5620, [...]
Samsung Wave S8500 specs and photos show up
Samsung Wave S8500, the South Korean company’s first Bada OS smartphone, has just appeared in lots of live photos – ahead of its official announcement at MWC 2010. As it turns out, the Samsung Wave S8500 is only 10.9mm thick and features about everything you’d want from a modern smartphone. The Wave S8500 looks really [...]