Back in December, touch technology manufacturer and licensor, Synaptics, announced that they had teamed up with a bunch of industry partners to create a concept phone called Fuse that was jam-packed with every kind of sensor imaginable to illustrate to proper handset manufacturers what was possible. At CES, they were showing a little bit of…
Video: Playing with the Android-powered Samsung i8520 Beam (Halo) and its pico projector
When it comes to phones with pico projectors, we’re used to seeing mobile phones with unsightly projector add-ons or, at the very best, bulky projector housings that are seemingly slapped onto the top of the phone. That all changed when we put hands on the Samsung i8520 Beam (Halo). The Samsung i8520 isn’t just an…
Video: Hands-On with Toshiba TG02 and K01 at Mobile World Congress 2010
So, you might have heard that Toshiba had two new phones announced for Mobile World Congress: the TG02 and K01, both slim, wide, sexy, Windows Mobile, and powered by a 1 Ghz processor. Both Will and I managed to get some playtime with the devices, and although the K01 slider didn’t have any proper software…
A look at how the HTC Legend’s aluminum unibody takes shape
HTC’s booth at Mobile World Congress 2010 wasn’t all that big this year, but it did have one incredibly interesting display that we just had to show you – the HTC Legend‘s aluminum unibody. We had a chance to put hands on the device at the show, and we can’t say enough about how striking…
Video: Hands-on With Garmin-ASUS nüvifone A50 and M10
Garmin and ASUS’ joint nüvifone family is expanding rapidly, and at Mobile World Congress, we got a chance to check out the newest addition, the Android-powered A50. Garmin-ASUS had announced the A50 and M10 just a few short days before the (arguably) biggest mobile event in Europe, although the M10 had already made its grand…
Video: Hands-On with Sagem’s PUMA Phone
Yet another handset to come out of Mobile World Congress today was the PUMA Phone, made by Sagem for the sports-savvy consumer. As a high-end feature phone with a proprietary, Java-based operating system, the PUMA Phone isn’t a lot too look at on the spec sheet: 2.8″ QVGA touchscreen, 3.2 megapixel camera with LED flash,…
HTC unveils HTC HD Mini as compact HTC HD2 at Mobile World Congress
If you like what the HTC HD2 has to offer, but you just can’t deal with the extra heft that the 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen brings to the table, HTC has something just for you. The company that brought us the single most impressive Windows Phone on the planet (for now) has just unveiled the HD2’s…
Live Blog: Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Press Conference
Live Blog: Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Press Conference
BREAKING: Nokia merges Maemo with Intel’s Moblin, calling it Meego
Sitting at the press conference, it’s about to start, we all got USB keys with the press releases, here is a ZIP file with everything we were given. I’ll be updating this post. They’re still seating everyone, we’re already 11 minutes late. It’s a packed house. There was a super long queue, but of course…
Hands-On with Sony Ericsson Vivaz, Vivaz Pro, X10 Mini, and X10 Mini Pro
If you haven’t had a chance to check out Sony Ericsson’s announcement tonight from Mobile World Congress, they’ve got three new handsets that we had a chance to play with. There weren’t many Mini’s floating around at the event (though we got some stills), but we got some solid playtime with the original Vivaz that…