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Mobile World Centre has been officially opened in Barcelona with local politicians and GSMA representatives attending the ceremony. Among the folks invited for the show were the President of the Generalitat, Artur Mas; Barcelona’s Mayor and President of the Mobile World Capital Foundation, Xavier Trias; the Secretary of State for Telecommunications and the Information Society,…
Opera Software acquired Silicon Valley-based Skyfire Labs, which makes the Opera Mini-like browser that supports video and Flash content. In addition, Skyfire is also known for its Rocket Optimizer software that allows mobile operators to leverage cloud computing to optimize virtually any video and other multimedia on crowded cell towers. The solution provides mobile networks…
Samsung unveiled a new series of feature phones in India. Dubbed REX, the range includes REX 60, REX 70, REX 80 and REX 90 devices with prices ranging from Rs. 4,280 (about $79) and Rs. 6,490 ($120). The top-model (if we can call it that), REX 90, has a 3.5-inch HVGA (320×480) capacitive touchscreen, Smart…
Opera Software announced reaching 300 million monthly users across all its browser products on phones, tablets, TVs and computers. And that’s just a start as the company prepares to launch its first WebKit-based browser later this month. The first look of the forthcoming Opera ICE will be unveiled from the floor of Mobile World Congress…
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) announced Bluetooth World 2013, which will take place in Shanghai, China from April 10 to 11. Building upon the rapid adoption of Bluetooth Smart Ready and Smart in 2012, the event will showcase the latest Bluetooth technology innovations, market trends, while allowing visitors to attend detailed technical and implementation…
Nokia announced a new member of its Asha family of affordable phone – Asha 310. What makes this device unique is the fact that it’s the company’s first phone that offers both Dual-SIM and Wi-Fi together. To make for an even better proposition, one of the SIM cards supports hot-swapping, meaning you’ll be able to…
Parkmobile, which we’ve covered for quite a few times in the past, has closed a $6.3 million financing led by its current investors BCD Holdings, Parkmobile Group, Fontinalis Partners and Bluefield Investments. The company plans to use the new cash to build on its considerable momentum to date and further increase its leading global position.…
BLU Products is well-known to offer decent yet affordable smartphones and their latest products are no exception. Three new products they’ve launched all offer quite a bang for the buck, packing a 1.5GHz quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3 chip and Android 4.0 (upgradable to Jelly Bean). There are also few differences included: Quattro 4.5 comes with…
It looks like the rumor that HTC will be holding its own separate event for its next flagship device is completely true. The week before Mobile World Congress, HTC will take the wraps off of the highly-anticipated M7, leaving MWC without one more flagship handset announcement. We’ve already seen the device floating around the internet a…
Samsung announced yet another member of its Galaxy series – Galaxy Express. The new device comes with 4G LTE connectivity support, fairly big 4.5-inch WVGA Super AMOLED Plus screen and 1.2GHz dual-core processor. In other words, it’s like an oversized Galaxy S II though it has a pair of worse cameras with one on the…