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Asus is in the middle of its MWC press event and had just taken the wraps off the 7-inch FonePad tablet. The tablet has two features that set it apart from most of the competition — it’s capable of making calls and is powered by an Atom CPU. Asus opted to go with a 1.2GHz Atom…
Asus took to the stage today at Mobile World Congress 2013 and set the venue on fire with its newest smartphone-tablet combo, the PadFone Infinity. Building upon the PadFone brand, the Infinity is one heck of a device. It features Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 600 quad-core processor clocked at 1.7GHz, a 5-inch edge-to-edge display with 1920 x 1080 resolution and…
Nokia climbed to the top of the mobile phone market with its cheap flip phones. At MWC, the Finnish company remembered its legacy and mixed it with it future to create the Nokia 105 and 301, two feature phones that are inspired by its Lumia smartphones. The Nokia 105 is Nokia’s most affordable mobile phone…
Samsung won’t have a big presence at Mobile World Congress this year, but that won’t stop the Korean manufacturer from stealing some thunder. Samsung reached out to publications like AllThingsD and Reuters and confirmed that it will unveil the Galaxy S IV at an event on March 14 in New York City. The Galaxy S IV is one…
Nokia’s always had a big showing at MWC and this year is no different. Though we didn’t see anything as astounding as the 2011 announcement that the company is trading Symbian for Windows phone, we did get a glimpse at several new handsets. At the top of the heap is the Lumia 720, a 4.3-inch…
Lenovo used Mobile World Congress to unveil three new Android tablets that hit the high-end, the entry-level and everything in between. The most interesting of the bunch is the S6000, which is being marketed as a “home entertainment center.” It features a MTK 8389/8125 1.2 GHz quad-core processor, 10.1-inch IPS 1280X800 display with a wide,…
HP, known for webOS and its failed mobile strategy, is jumping into the tablet market with a newly announced Android tablet. The Slate 7 will take on the Nexus 7 in the growing tablet marketplace. It’s main selling point will be its price — an ultra-low $169. The HP Slate specs shake out as follows:…
Mozilla has been working hard on a new mobile OS that takes the best of what Mozilla has to offer in Firefox and brings it to your mobile phone. We’ve seen pieces of the Firefox mobile OS, but Mozilla’s Mobile World Congress press event is the most comprehensive unveiling to date. Mozilla confirmed today that it…
A scoop out of MWC from CNET suggests LG is putting all its eggs in the Android basket for the foreseeable future. CNET reports that LG is not ready to embrace Windows Phone because the demand is just not there. “We want to give customers what they ask for,” the LG rep told CNET. LG was one…
Huawei is the first to kick off Mobile World Congress with the announcement of the Ascend P2. The P2 will take the place of the Ascend P1, which was announced as “the world’s thinnest smartphone” last year at CES 2012. The P2 is a strong mid-range handset with a 1.5GHz quad-core processor and 1GB of…