Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 live pictures and hands-on video at #MWC11
Look, it’s an iPhone! No! Look, it’s a Galaxy S! No! Look, it’s a Galaxy S II! The Samsung Galaxy Ace (S5830) is neither of those. This Android-powered smartphone is a ‘mini’ version of the Galaxy S, one may say. Its target market is the midrange, people who want a very well designed smartphone but [...]
HTC Wildfire S live pictures and hands-on video at #MWC11
The third of the three rehashes of past HTC phones powered by the letter “S” is the Wildfire S. Joining the Desire S and the Incredible S in HTC’s lineup, this phone is noticeably smaller than either of those, for it has the same screen size as its predecessor, the original Wildfire. However, HTC has [...]
#MWC11: Samsung Galaxy Mini, Fit and Gio hands-on (video)
Apart from announcing the high-end Galaxy S II at MWC 2011, Samsung has also brought its mid-to-low end range of Galaxy smartphones. We’ll now take a look at three of the new affordable Galaxy handsets: Galaxy Mini S5570, Galaxy Fit S5670, and Galaxy Gio S5660. They all have Android 2.2.1, TouchWiz 3.0 UI, 3G, Wi-Fi, [...]
HTC Incredible S live pictures and hands-on video at #MWC11
HTC must have seen a gigantic gap in their portfolio between the Desire (and now, the Desire S) with its 3.7-inch screen, and the Desire HD that has a 4.3-inch screen. And so they decided to fill that gap with the HTC Incredible S, just announced today. This device, clearly modeled after the Droid Incredible [...]
HTC Desire S live pictures and hands-on video at #MWC11
Today was the day when HTC chose to announce its new handsets for 2011 at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Today is also the day when phone branding has died a bit, since HTC chose to reuse three of its existing names. And add “S” to them. Not “2″, but “S”. How coincidental might that [...]
iPhone 5 Now Rumored to Feature a 4-inch Display, A5 Dual-Core Processor
Though the source of the rumor can be hit and miss, we do find the timing of any new iPhone rumors during the middle of Mobile World Congress quite captivating. DigiTimes reported earlier today that Apple is not only looking to release a smaller iPhone as reported by Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg, but also [...]
HTC Intros Salsa and ChaCha Facebook-Centric Androids at MWC. Available Q2 in Europe and Asia
While they may not be official “Facebook Phones” for all intents and purposes, that’s ultimately what they are: 2 Android handsets announced by HTC this morning at MWC, the HTC Salsa and HTC ChaCha, are incredibly Facebook-centric and even have a dedicated Facebook button. That, I believe, is the closest you can get to a [...]
HTC Adds Incredible S, Desire S and Wildfire S to Android Lineup at MWC
When HTC promised big things were coming to MWC, I wasn’t sure what to think. Historically HTC prefers to make MWC its biggest show of the year for announcements, and as we see the press releases trickle out as the press conference gets underway, we know that HTC is doing it once again. First we [...]
HTC Announces its First Tablet, the Flyer. Runs Android 2.4 Gingerbread
We just got a flood of information all at once about HTC’s newly announced devices at Mobile World Congress, and it’s going to be a great ride. First up is the long-expected HTC Flyer, the company’s first foray into the tablet market; it’s a 7-inch Android tablet, but isn’t running Honeycomb like all the other [...]
#MWC11: Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo hands-on video
Sony Ericsson has big plans for this year. It announced no less than four new smartphones, all running the latest version of Google’s Android, namely 2.3 Gingerbread We’ve already seen the Xperia Arc, the PlayStation-certified Xperia Play, and the Xperia Pro. Now it’s time to take a better look at the Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo. [...]
#MWC11: Motorola Atrix may arrive in Europe in March
File this under ‘rumored, but from a rather reliable source’. Remember the Motorola Atrix, the Android-powered superphone that AT&T likes to call ’4G’? Are you in Europe and possibly drooling over its impressive specsheet? Well, while roaming through Motorola’s booth at Mobile World Congress, I came across an interesting bit of info. According to a [...]
LG Revolution caught running Android 2.2.2, will have an optional inductive charging backplate
LG isn’t the only company that brought Verizon’s LG Revolution to MWC 2011 in Barcelona. Fulton Innovation also did. Fulton is a company that promotes eCoupled – a “groundbreaking intelligent inductive coupling technology.” Leveraging on the QI standard, eCoupled lets you wirelessly charge a wide range of devices – of course, you also need to [...]
Texas Instruments Announces Me-D Experience, Powered by OMAP 4
Texas Instruments (TI) has been keeping almost as busy as Qualcomm, coming out with a few announcements of its own today. One of the biggest unveilings is the introduction of the Me-D Experience running on TI’s OMAP 4 platform. Me-D experiences are gestures and interactions, in which customers are “no longer limited to the physical [...]
Qualcomm Announces Data Modem Chipset, Capable of 84 Mbps HSPA+ Speeds
Qualcomm, you are on fire today! First we heard about several new chipsets for mobile devices with Krait 28 nm micro-architecture and capable of up to 2.5 GHz speeds, and now we just got word that Qualcomm has now announced a new mobile data modem (MDM) chipset called the MDM8225 which will support HSPA+ release [...]
T-Mobile Confirms Galaxy S 4G Coming February 23 for $149.99
The Samsung Galaxy S 4G is coming to T-Mobile next week, and will become the carrier’s fastest HSPA+ phone. We received confirmation from T-Mobile’s official Twitter account, stating that it will be available next Wednesday for an introductory price of $149.99. They say it’s a limited time deal, so we’re not sure how long it [...]
HTC Prepping 2 Facebook Phones For MWC Announcement Tomorrow
If HTC were only announcing the Desire 2 and Wildfire 2 tomorrow, we’d think that they were a bit overconfident in their “we’ve got big things coming at MWC” talk. So we’re glad to hear that HTC has a couple other secrets lined up for us, as Pocketnow has confirmed that they have not one, [...]
Apple Now Samsung’s Largest Customer, Will Spend $7.8 Billion on Parts in 2011
Apple is now Samsung’s BFF. According to an unconfirmed report published by the Korea Economic Daily, Apple is expected to purchase mobile device components to the tune of $7.8 billion. This is certainly no dabbling in Samsung parts, this is diving completely in head-first as this would put Apple in as Samsung’s largest customer. The [...]
HTC Wildfire 2 Also Given First Press Shot
Well, look at that — we just barely finish talking about the Desire 2 press shot being leaked, and immediately afterward we find the Wildfire 2 being given the same treatment. So now we are almost certain we can expect both of these phones being presented at tomorrow’s presser. Now all we need to complete [...]
Motorola Pro hands-on at #MWC11
I could probably write an entire post just ranting about Motorola’s apparent lack of interest towards the Pro, at least compared to the Xoom. This has resulted in all three of the Pros that were on display being in an area in which the lighting choices were anything but camera-friendly, as you’ll undoubtedly gather from [...]
HTC Desire 2 Gets Press Shot Prior to MWC Announcement
Pocketnow has uncovered the first press shot of the HTC Saga, also known as the Desire 2. It’s more of a render than an actual picture, but anything we can get our hands on is nice. Sure, we’ve seen pics of the Desire 2 out in the wild, but we always want more. It also [...]