We may not see any new Nokia smartphone being announced during the MWC, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have any news. In addition to their MeeGo announcement, the Finnish giant used the event to share some cool numbers on their services. Here’s what we got: Ovi Maps: More than 3 million downloads to date…
Novatel Wireless announces apps for MiFi
Everyone’s about apps these days, so why would Novatel be any different. As a matter of fact they’ve unveiled the MiFi Intelligent Mobile Hotspot platform along with the first apps. The idea is to allow MiFi users to access apps while connecting to the Internet — MiFi’s internal web server connects to remote locations to…
Live Blog: Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Press Conference
Live Blog: Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Press Conference
Acer “Liquid e” comes with Android 2.1, Snapdragon CPU and WVGA touchscreen
Acer has used the Mobile World Congress to unveil the new member to its family – Liquid e. Powered by Android, the new smartphone keeps the all-touchscreen form factor, just like its predecessor – A1. Here’s the specs rundown: Android 2.1 (Éclair) Quad-band GSM/EDGE plus tri-band HSPA (up to 7.2 Mbps on downlink) 5-megapixel camera…
LiMo Foundation: New handsets, R3 release and Adobe joins in
LiMo Foundation is full of news at MWC in Barcelona. They’ve issued three press releases: First we got to learn about new LiMo-compliant handsets being launched by NEC, Panasonic and ELSE. Devices include NEC’s docomo STYLE series N-01B and N-03B, docomo PRIME series N-02B; Panasonic’s docomo PRIME series P-01B, docomo STYLE series P-02B and docomo…
Toshiba TG02 and K01 WinMo smartphones unveiled, both powered by 1GHz CPU
Toshiba unveiled two new phones at the Mobile World Congress today. We don’t have all the details at present, but I’m sure full specs will emerge within days. The devices announced are the long-time rumored (and FCC approved) TG02 and K01, both of which get their power from a 1GHz CPU (we guess Snapdragon) and…
Comsys Mobile unveils WiMAX/GSM Android smartphone reference design
A company called Comsys Mobile is demonstrating what they say is the first multimode mobile WiMAX/GSM-EDGE Android smartphone reference design (ComMAX CM1125) at Mobile World Congress. In addition to sporting multiple radios, CM1125 reference design also integrates WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS and FM radio; along with other features and functionalities required — from antenna up to…
Motorola outlines Android 2.1 OS update roll-out schedule for Droid, Milestone, CLIQ, DEXT
With all this anticipation surrounding the eventual release of the Android 2.1 OS update to the myriad Android phones on market right now, it can be a a little frustrating trying to guess when, exactly, the latest Android build will roll through your town and bless your handset with all the good stuff baked into…
Adobe unveils AIR for Android, makes cross-platform mobile app development easy
Apple may not be on friendly terms with Adobe Flash for the iPhone, but that isn’t stopping Adobe from pushing even further into the smartphone space. With Adobe Flash Player 10.1 ramping up for a serious blitz on smartphones of all creeds and colors, Adobe is taking their AIR technology to the next step. Adobe…
Motorola launches QUENCH/CLIQ XT, another MOTOBLUR Android smartphone
After the CLIQ/DEXT and Backflip, Motorola is launching another MOTOBLUR UI-enabled Android smartphone – QUENCH aka Zeppelin, which will be available in the U.S. as CLIQ XT exclusively through T-Mobile USA. Unlike two other MOTOBLUR phones, this one lacks a physical keyboard — it’s an all-touchscreen device, with features that include: 3.1-inch 320×480 pixels multi-touch…