Vodafone might have stolen the world-stage yesterday with the announcement of their Android-powered HTC Magic (G2, if you will), but we couldn’t satisfy our gadget-fix with a measly press conference at Mobile World Congress. So, we set off in search of a real, live HTC Magic to put our greasy fingers on (okay, maybe more…
HTC TouchFLO 3D walkthrough video – New and improved!
Let it never be said that HTC rests on their laurels. With the HTC Touch Pro 2 and HTC Touch Diamond 2’s official announcement earlier this week, HTC is pushing ahead in the Windows Mobile smartphone market that they helped shape over the past several years. But, rather than push out new hardware with the…
Live from Mobile World Congress – BlackBerry Booth Tour
The BlackBerry folks, which is to say Research In Motion (RIM), had an impressive booth decked out with LED banners and a funky-cool booth design. We werent’ going to let some little thing like RIM’s lack of any new product announcements keep us from exploring the retro-looking booth and giving our readers a look at…
Toshiba booth tour from Mobile World Congress
Let’s take a look at Toshiba’s booth at the Mobile World Congress in beautiful Barcelona, Spain. Toshiba’s presence was understated, to be sure. The electronics maker wasn’t showcasing much in the way of mobile phones, just a single Windows Mobile smartphone – the Toshiba TG01. But, as the first mobile phone to take advantage of…
Samsung Omnia HD video overview – Live from Mobile World Congress 2009
There’s just no substitute for in-hand video walk-throughs. No amount of summarizing specs and in-hand photos can match the power of a few minutes worth of hands-on video. That said, the Samsung Omnia HD impressed us with its quarter-HD resolution capacitance touchscreen and 8-megapixel camera. We’re huge fans of capacitance-based touchscreens, so it’s refreshing to…
Beating up on the i-mate 810-F – Ruggedness redefined
I-mate’s brand-new 810-F “Hummer” smartphone really lives up to its nickname. Like the military-tough Humvee (High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV)), the i-mate 810-F can take a beating and keep on… calling your friends. Seriously, this thing is one tough sucker. I-mate really wanted to hammer home the 810-F Hummer’s military-spec ruggedness with a live…
Sony Ericsson Idou – Hands-on video and pictures!
The Sony Ericsson Idou is still riding the hype-wave generated by Sony Ericsson’s PR team, and with good reason – the Sony Ericsson Idou smartphone boasts a class-leading 12-megapixel autofocus camera, GPS, WiFi, and the Symbian Foundation OS. As a smartphone, the Symbian Foundation OS is expected to deliver all the functionality you could want,…
Sony Ericsson booth tour from the Fira Barcelona
Sony Ericsson’s booth at Mobile World Congress wasn’t as big as we remember it being last year, but was nevertheless impressively stocked with new hardware from the Japanese-Swedish cellphone maker. The newly unveiled Sony Ericsson Idou 12-megapixel smartphone was on-deck as the highlight Sony Ericsson’s Barcelona appearance was the. With an industry-leading 12 megapixel camera…
Acer Shell UI video demonstration
As part of Acer’s inaugural push into the smartphone space, the computer-maker turned mobile phone vendor used the Mobile World Congress world-stage to showcase their new Windows Mobile UI overlay, the widget-based Acer Shell UI. The whole idea behind a Windows Mobile UI overlay is to give the customer a more intuitive and finger-friendly UI…
A sneak peek at i-mate’s credit card sized i-mate Centurion
The model name for i-mate’s upcoming super-slim Windows Mobile smartphone conjures up images of an American Express credit card. And so it should. The not-yet-announced i-mate Centurion’s name is something of an ode to the credit card that inspired its size and form-factor. Barely thicker than half a deck of playing cards and almost exactly…