You can now add Huawei to the list of smartphone manufacturers scheduled to make announcements at IFA 2014. While Sony Mobile and Samsung will hold their events on September 3, Huawei will hold its own on September 4. As is so often the case, the Huawei IFA 2014 invitation reveals little but does promise “an exciting announcement.” Past rumours suggest […]
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Huawei Canada to promote smartphones at Live Nation Canada concerts
Get ready to see a few more Huawei smartphones at Canadian concerts starting this summer. Huawei, the world’s third largest smartphone manufacturer in 2013, wants to become a more familiar name in Canada. The Chinese company today announced a new partnership with Live Nation Canada that will promote Huawei smartphone devices at major concert events across the country. Huawei Canada describes the […]
Huawei unveils Huawei Ascend P7 in Paris
As expected, Huawei today unveiled the Huawei Ascend P7, the successor to last year’s Ascend P6. Huawei may not be able to call it the world’s thinnest phone but it still bills it as “one of the slimmest 4G LTE smartphones in the market.” Clearly an evolution over its predecessor rather than a completely new design, the Ascend P7 retains a familiar […]
Huawei drops plans for dual-OS smartphone
A week after announcing that it was planning to release a dual-OS smartphone, it appears that Huawei has had a change of heart. A statement sent to FierceWireless earlier this week indicates that Huawei will remain focused on single-OS devices: “Huawei Consumer Business Group adopts an open approach towards mobile operating systems to provide a range of choices for consumers. […]
Huawei to launch dual-OS smartphone with Android and Windows Phone
Hardware manufacturers continue to explore the possibilities of offering dual-booting capabilities on their mobile devices. While tablets such as the ASUS Tranformer Book Duet have garnered most of the attention, smartphones could also offer such capabilities. In fact, the Geeksphone Revolution already offers something like that with Android and Boot2Gecko by Mozilla. It may soon be joined by Huawei. The […]
Huawei MWC 2014 teaser pokes fun at Apple Siri and Samsung
Huawei is headed to MWC 2014 and plans to use the event to unveil at least a few devices, including a smartwatch. To make sure we don’t forget all about its February 23 event, it has released an unusual teaser. It features a smartphone that bears an uncanny resemblance to the Apple iPhone and stars a Siri-like virtual assistant. When […]
Huawei bringing smartwatch to MWC 2014
While Mobile World Congress has traditionally focused on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets, we can expect to see more than a few wearable devices at this year’s event. For example, Samsung is expected to unveil its Galaxy Gear 2 smartwatch alongside the Galaxy S5 at the event. According to The New York Times, you can now add Huawei […]
Microsoft to spend billions to woo manufacturers back to Windows Phone?
A number of recent reports have suggested that Microsoft is wooing manufacturing partners back to the WIndows Phone fold by offering various incentives. A story this summer suggested that Microsoft had asked HTC to offer smartphones with both Android and Windows Phone pre-loaded. Other reports suggested that Microsoft was also considering reducing or even completely dropping license fees and even […]