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Three weeks ago today I, and about 50,000 other people, walked through the two towers that stand at the entrance of the Fira de Barcelona and attended the first day of Mobile World Congress 2010. This was my second time at the show, and for some of my colleagues it was their third visit, so…
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During Pepcom’s MobileFocus event at this year’s Mobile World Congress, I had a chance to check out a company called Pelikon. They make an interesting keyboard/keypad module designed for use in mobile phones and similar devices (MIDs?). It’s called MorphTouch and it’s touted to “revolutionize the user experience by adapting to the way you want…
According to my buddy Ron over at 3d-display-info.com, TI showed a new 3D display for mobile phones, running on an OMAP3 chipset at MWC. The display is a 120Hz LCD with an 3M film that directs the images to the left or right eye alternately (3M unveiled this technology back in November 2009). There’s no…
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We’ve missed this one, but it’s important so we’re going with it nonetheless… HP has unveiled its first Android-powered smartbook called Compaq AirLife 100. As you can guess from the post’s title, this baby gets its power from Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chipset (QSD8250), ensuring for smooth experience. Here are the highlights: 10.1-inch touchscreen (this is definitely…
Ever stop and think where the SIM card was going? If it would somehow do more than connect you to your mobile network, and save a couple texts and contacts? Nor have I, but SK Telecom seems to think that the SIM card is in need of an overhaul, and have managed to put Android,…
HTC has seemingly fallen in love with Google’s Android mobile operating system – they’ve been launching Android phones left and right, as of late – but the company that got its start building smartphones powered by Microsoft’s Windows Mobile platform hasn’t forgotten its roots. At Mobile World Congress, HTC CEO Peter Chou reiterated his company’s…
A lot happened at MWC 2010 – we should know, we had the coverage to prove it – and this announcement was a pretty hot one! Novatel Wireless announced that it successfully completed a Dual Carrier High Speed Packet Access (DC HSPA+) call capable of 42 Mbps with a leading infrastructure provider on a Multicarrier…
After HTC, China’s ZTE is jumping on Qualcomm’s Brew bandwagon with its own all-touchscreen phone. It’s called Bingo and it looks kinda nice-ish, with features including a 3.2-inch touchscreen, 7.2Mbps HSDPA connectivity, 5-megapixel camera along with a front-facing VGA camera and GPS. In addition, ZTE says the Bingo runs “a new dynamic UI that supports…
It’s not just the latest (and greatest) version (5.0) of SPB Mobile Shell that SPB Software launched at the Mobile World Congress. The company also unveiled the SPB TV Mobile Operators Solution, which they tout as a “slick combination of server-side and client-side software meant to provide carriers with the best-in-class mobile TV experience, enjoyable…
During the Mobile World Congress, Motorola announced the launch of MILESTONE (that’s DROID in the U.S.) in Spain. The device will be available SIM-free starting from the end of March — meaning they still have to find a carrier partner. Pricing was not unveiled, though. You already know what’s inside the MILESTONE, but it’s worth…