Fighting cheap Androids. Seppo Aaltonen, Nokia phone Strategy Lead: ~9 million apps downloaded to S40 each day #MWC13
Nokia mobile phone division was the only part of Nokia that managed to stay more or less sustainably profitable through most of 2011-2012 transition. But without its own set of challenges. For the last 2 years Q1 was particularly difficult quarter for Nokia’s low end handset division. In 2011 Nokia was late to react to [...]
Lumia 520 and 720 gives new (old) confidence to Nokia. Getting their groove back edition #MWC13
In one way, Nokia’s Mobile World Congress announcements were a disappointment. Especially for us, gadget junkies. Where the heck was that 41 megapixel true Pureview Lumia Windows phone – Nokia EOS? Who caries about those low to mid end smartphones, we need something big! On the other hand, looking from the company strategy and execution [...]
#MWC11: BYD WG502T brings the bling into the low-cost Android smartphone space
Among many other things, BYD is a mobile phone ODM. As in, either you specify a device you’d like to sell and they build it for you, or they build some reference (but fully working) designs, and then you can sell them under your own brand. As such, you won’t see BYD as a brand [...]
Huawei Ideos X5 hands-on video at #MWC11
Huawei has decided to be a little more aggressive in its smartphone strategy this year. As a consequence, after last year’s pretty good launch and sales of the original Ideos Android 2.2 Froyo smartphone, the company decided to cover all the price points with Android devices. Hence, the Ideos X5 (alongside the high-end X6, and [...]
#MWC11 video: NVIDIA will bring a quad-core CPU and 12-core GPU to a tablet near you this August
NVIDIA’s latest mobile chip can really only be called a behemoth. In a world that is just starting to see dual-core tablets and smartphones get announced, but most still a couple of months away from actually being in stores, NVIDIA decided to crash every other chip maker’s party and unveil Project Kal-El. Boldly branded, Kal-El [...]
#MWC11: HTC Flyer Android tablet hands-on video
I’m pretty sure you’ve already found out that HTC has announced its first Android tablet, the Flyer, at MWC 2011 in Barcelona. Running Android 2.4 Gingerbread, the Flyer is a 7 inch tablet that should be released sometime in the second quarter of the year – HTC didn’t provide an exact launch date, and neither [...]
#MWC11: LG T500 and LG Neon 11 C330 touchscreen feature phones spotted
LG isn’t all about smartphones and tablets at MWC 2011. The South Korean company has also showcased some new featurephones, and we’ve checked out two of them (which try to follow the footsteps of Samsung’s Corby handsets). The first one is the LG T500, a small candybar that measures 105 x 57 x 12.9 mm [...]
#MWC11: Umeox Apollo, the first solar-powered Android 2.3 Gingerbread phone (video)
Solar-powered phones may not be that popular across Europe and North America, but there’s significant demand for them in developing markets. That’s why Umeox – a largely unknown company – introduced a solar-powered Android smartphone at MWC 2011: the Umeox Apollo. The Apollo’s back has a solar panel that uses technology from Intivation, the Dutch-based [...]
Fujitsu is prepping an Android-powered dual-touchscreen smartphone. Live pics and video from #MWC11
The Kyocera Echo for Sprint may be the world’s first dual-touchscreen Android smartphone, but it won’t be the only one for long. Fujitsu is already working on such a device, and it will apparently be out sometime in the following months (no specific time frame was given). Fujitsu has a dual-touchscreen smartphone on display at [...]
#MWC11: Alcatel OneTouch 990 (with Google) hands-on video
Alcatel has a new Android smartphone that was (and still is) showcased at the company’s MWC 2011 booth, which we’ve just visited. Called OneTouch 990, the handset is Alcatel’s current flagship smartphone. It should be released in the UK and other European markets starting April or May, running Android 2.2 Froyo. Don’t worry, Alcatel says [...]
HP Touchpad, Veer and Pre 3 hands-on videos #MWC11
Last week HP had showed the world how they are going to get back into mobile game with WebOS products that they have acquired with Palm Inc. Their new offerings – the next generation of WebOS, Touchpad tablet, Pre 3 and Veer smartphones looked pretty cool. We’ve covered the new device specs and features already, [...]
Adding few more pieces to Nokia Microsoft deal puzzle. Interview with Nokia’s EVP Dr. Kai Öistämö #MWC11
As Nokia and Microsoft further explain the vision and plans behind their new strategic partnership, the sense of dread that many of us felt for the future of Nokia continues to decrease. Actually, the more I think and hear about it, the more interesting things look to me. Still, it’s only been a few days since [...]
#MWC11: HTC’s Facebook phones, Salsa and ChaCha, in live photos
Just as rumored, HTC has announced two smartphones that come with a dedicated Facebook button: the HTC Salsa and HTC ChaCha. While HTC did bring the two phones to MWC 2011 in Barcelona, it didn’t have any fully functional units – which, of course, means the software is not ready yet. However, we did snap [...]
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 [...]
#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 [...]
