The first Mandarina Duck phone was obviously a success when we have the company extending its relationship with Alcatel to launch a new device called MOON. Again, we’re not talking about a high-end smartphone here, but a reasonably priced (they say it will have a “tempting price”) fashion phone that prides itself to be a…
LG Booth Tour – Live from the Fira Barcelona!
LG’s booth on the Fira Barcelona show-floor was impressive, as always. As one of the Top 5 mobile phone makers in the world, we’d expect no less from LG. As usually, the Korean phone manufacturer came to Mobile World Congress to play some ball. LG showcased just about every single mobility product they have under…
Tell IntoMobile what you want to see at Mobile World Congress!
The Fira Barcelona is a big place. There’s soo much to see here that it’s nigh impossible for us to cover every single exhibit. This year, we’re handing over control of IntoMobile’s live Mobile World Congress coverage to our readers. Tell us what you want to see and we’ll do our best to make sure…
Up close and personal with the Toshiba TG01 @ Mobile World Congress
If you’re anything like us, you’ve been dying to see the Toshiba TG01 in real-world action ever since Tosh announced the Snapdragon-powered smartphone earlier this month. With an unbelievably fast 1Ghz processor and all kinds of multimedia processing hardware packed into its Snapdragon silicon, the Toshiba TG01 is easily one of the baddest smartphone to…
Acer Announces Tempo Smartphone Lineup
After a whole lot of talk, Acer has finally entered the smartphone market with four handsets in a Windows Mobile series dubbed Tempo. They all run Windows Mobile 6.1 and pack stylish touchscreens, but each with their own individual twist. Acer M900 The Acer M900 takes up Acer’s slider spot, and as such has…
Nokia booth tour from the Fira de Barcelona!
Mobile World Congress this, Mobile World Congress that. Are you tired of Mobile World Congress coverage yet? We thought not. Nokia’s booth on the Fira de Barcelona show-floor was just about the most packed booth we’ve seen throughout the show. With the newly unveiled Nokia N86 and the upcoming Nokia N97 smartphones on hand to…
Hands-on with the Nokia N97 – Live from Mobile World Congress Barcelona!
The Nokia N97 is undoubtedly the new king of Nokia’s Nseries-hill. With a feature set that boasts a 5-megapixel Carl Zeiss camera (with dual-LED flash), GPS, WiFi, 3.5-inch touchscreen, and 32GB of on-board storage, it’s clear that the Nokia N97 reigns over its Nseries brethren with confidence. And, after putting hands on the device at…
Windows Announces Marketplace for Mobile, Preloaded on Windows Mobile 6.5
Nokia‘s not the only one announcing a mobile app store at Mobile World Congress 2009 – Microsoft, hot on the heels of their Windows Mobile 6.5 launch, have opened up on their own plans for on-device software browsing and downloading. There are more than a few advantages for Windows Mobile developers: An easily discovered on-device…
Nokia, T-Mobile team-up on integrated mobile content marketplace
Nokia and T-Mobile issued a release today saying that they’ve agreed to promote together their respective offering for widgets, applications and other content. There are some things I don’t quite understand. Here’s an excerpt from the press release: The customer can browse and download widgets from both the T-Mobile widget gallery and Nokia’s Ovi Store…
Nokia announces new partnerships with Qualcomm and Broadcom
Today Nokia announced two partnership agreements. The first of the two involves Qualcomm, along with whom the Finnish giant will work together to develop “advanced UMTS mobile devices,” initially for North America. The idea is to use Nokia’s S60 platform and leverage Qualcomm’s advanced Mobile Station Modem MSM7xxx-series and MSM8xxx-series chipsets for “cutting-edge processing performance…