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What, you didn’t think all the NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core tablets and smartphones that we’ve been seeing recently were the end-all-be-all for mobile tech, did you? Tegra 2 might be the hotness right now, but you should know that, as the rest of the world races to catch up the Tegra 2 dual-core processor, NVIDIA…
It’s not entirely surprising to learn that Android has taken off in a big way, but Eric Schmidt threw down some numbers at Mobile World Congress during a keynote today that is surprising nonetheless. Given the number of smartphones and tablets that support the Google operating system, it’s no surprise that it is quickly becoming…
There’s been a terrible amount of confusion regarding HP’s statement regarding webOS on personal computers. Many eager to read between the lines, trying to find something there that wasn’t, thought HP was going to ship personal computers with webOS as the main operating system. The Seattle Times interviewed HP CTO Phil McKinney to find out…
I’m sure you’ve already checked out our hands-on video of the just-announced HP TouchPad webOS tablet but we couldn’t resist getting another taste of the webOS tablet at Mobile World Congress. The HP TouchPad webOS tablet has a 9.7-inch display, a 1.2-GHz dual-core SnapDragon processor from Qualcomm, 512 MB of RAM, a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera…
GSMA used its Big Show to unveil some cool numbers regarding GSM-based technologies adoption. We crunched the numbers to bring you only the key points: HSPA mobile broadband connections have increased by 100% year-on-year, passing 400 million globally. More than 17 million HSPA connections are being added each month around the world, compared to nearly…
Orange is the fastest European operator to adopt contactless payments. The France Telecom-owned company plans to bring NFC-enabled services firstly in the UK, France, Spain and Poland, with plans to expand to other Orange markets across Europe at a later point. The company is starting with the Bada-powered Samsung Wave 578 — which we covered…
The HTC ChaCha made its live appearance at Mobile World Congress here in lovely Barcelona, Spain, and it looks like a pretty neat Facebook phones for those who love typing away on physical QWERTY keyboards. Given its candybar design with the keyboard out in front, it’s a small departure from what we’ve seen in terms…
Deutsche Telecom just made traveling in Europe a whole lot easier by announcing a new flat rate data plan for the European Union. The new plans will be available starting March 1, 2011 in Germany and will extend across much of Europe by July. The “Travel & Surf” plans will start with a 10MB day pass…
The HTC Salsa was unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain this morning, and it looks like one of two handsets that will be the closest thing we’ll be getting to a Facebook phone. At least for now. This probably quells those rumors late last year about Facebook developing its own phone, and it…
For some reason Samsung hasn’t used the “official press channels” to launch the Galaxy S WiFi 5.0. Rather, we’ve seen the small tablet device at Samsung’s booth and were amazed why it wasn’t properly announced. Alas, the all-touchscreen device lacks cellular radios and you can only connect to the Internet via WiFi. Sure you can…