The HP Slate 7 is beyond fashionably late to the Android tablet party, but it tries to make up for its tardiness with a very low price. When the device arrives in April, HP's first Google-powered tablet just announced at this year's Mobile World Congress will cost just $169 (so around £125). That's around £40-50 less than the the Nexus 7 and Amazon Kindle Fire HD. So how does this value-priced device stand out? HP is playing up the Slate 7′s Beats Audio sound and wireless printing capabilities. Read More >>
You probably don't need telling that Samsung's going to have a new high-end Galaxy S model ready to sell to us all in 2013, as that's about as guaranteed as the fact that 2013 will come with 12 months inside it and some of them will feature unusually high levels of rainfall. But... Read More >>
Someone's found an unreleased prototype phone in a bar again. This one's quite easy to identify, as it's covered in stickers and serial numbers and looks to have half its hardware features removed. Read More >>
VMWare's Dual Persona system is designed to help companies remotely manage smartphones. Once activated, users see a "work" toggle on their mobiles, which alters the set-up so only company-approved apps are accessible. Read More >>
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"As I understand it, it's to allow the 'work' part of the phone to be nuked, not the personal part.
Should be useful." More »
The unlocked phone retailers have been busy badgering Nokia for details on its newest Mobile World Congress announcements, revealing prices and launch dates for the Nokia 808 and Lumia 610. Read More >>
Featured comment by ispy:
"who cares about iphones lol they have nothing to do wth this and i know nokia dont even put this on the same level as an iphone lol" More »
Who would've thought that car behemoth Ford would be at Mobile World Congress? But it was. Because it has the European launch of its Ford Sync in-car app and connectivity suite to talk about. Read More >>
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"[...] Twitter y Facebook… aunque esto último no está muy claro aún como será realmente. Vía | Gizmodo y Ars Technica Fuente: [...]" More »
ZTE has just confirmed plans to launch yet another different type of mobile telephone, in the large, slab like shape of its ZTE PF112 model. Read More >>
One of the many, many new Android devices at the Mobile World Congress event comes via Huawei, which is showing off a 10" update of its 7" MediaPad tablet. Read More >>
Featured comment by markcgrant:
"This is weird, Huawei seem to have the best Tablet and phone at MWC - how did this happen? Well done to Huawei, as I bet the prices will rock also." More »
ViewSonic has just announced a whole batch of new smartphones at Mobile World Congress, with the highlight being its slim and colourful little ViewPhone 4S model. Wonder where it got that name from? Read More >>
That's the new Samsung Galaxy S Wi-Fi 4.2, the latest in a long, long line of disappointing media players based loosely around the company's popular Galaxy S series of smartphones. Read More >>
HTC also has a secret thing to show at Mobile World Congress, like Nokia and Asus. Sadly, HTC's secrets have long been smeared across the internet, so everyone knows its fast things are new dual and quad-core Android phones. But good to see HTC carrying on the charade and pretending it isn't the leakiest ship in technology. [HTC] Read More >>
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"It appears to be neither since it's now changed to 4. some speculation states 5 was for 5 cores (the Tegra 3 has 4 normal cores and 1 low power core f..." More »
Asus has joined Nokia in releasing a fact-free Mobile World Congress teaser. It uses stacking Russian dolls to symbolise the combining of three technologies in one thing, so it's pretty much a dead cert we'll be seeing its bonkers phone/tablet docking PadPhone concept revealed (again) in a reworked form factor at next week's tech event. [YouTube via Asus] Read More >>
Nokia's released a teaser trailer which warns us to get ready for a "pure view" at next week's Mobile World Congress. To put the marketing speak in layman's terms, this probably means it's stuck a few more megapixels in the camera sensor of one of its forthcoming phone models. Sorry to ruin the magic. [YouTube via Slashgear] Read More >>
We know all about the Xperia S, the big new Android model from Sony that's set to launch here in a couple of weeks. Now here's a better look at its little sister, the smaller, bezel-heavy Xperia U. Read More >>
Chinese mobile maker ZTE has revealed it'll be showing off two new Android models at next week's Mobile World Congress event, one of which we're pretty likely to see hit our shelves during 2012. Read More >>
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