The rumours that Nokia had more than one Android-powered smartphone in the works turned out to be correct. Along with the Nokia X, Nokia today announced the Nokia X+ and the Nokia XL. As with their sibling, these two handsets are “priced to capture the fast-growing affordable smartphone market and provide an on-ramp to Lumia and Microsoft services like Skype, […]
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MWC 2014: Nokia unveils its first Android smartphone, the Nokia X
Microsoft may be about to acquire Nokia’s handset business but until the transaction is complete, Nokia continues to march to its own drum. As widely rumoured, it today announced its first Android-powered smartphone, the Nokia X. As expected, Nokia focuses little attention on the fact that the Nokia X runs on Android, especially as it is a heavily modified AOSP […]
MWC 2014: MediaTek announces MT6732 64-bit LTE SOC for “Super-mid Market”
MediaTek today announced its latest system-on-a-chip, the MediaTek MT6732, their first 64-bit LTE chipset for mobile devices. Built around four ARM Cortex-A53 cores paired to a Mali-T760 GPU and an LTE modem, the new chipset is geared at what MediaTek calls the “Super-mid Market” which consists of “billions of consumers ready to adopt smart devices with premium features at mainstream […]
MWC 2014: Huawei announces Huawei MediaPad X1 and Huawei MediaPad M1 tablets
Along with its new Huawei Ascend G6 4G and Huawei TalkBand B1 smart wristband, Huawei today unveiled the 7-inch Huawei MediaPad X1 and 8-inch Huawei MediaPad M1 tablets. The two are billed as “the world’s slimmest 7-inch LTE Cat4-enabled all-in-one phablet” and “the 8-inch entertainment powerhouse” respectively. Huawei calls the MediaPad X1 a phablet despite the fact that it is […]
MWC 2014: Huawei unveils Huawei TalkBand B1, their first wearable
Along with their new Huaweid Ascend G6 4G, Huawei today became the latest manufacturer to jump into the wearables market. As part of its Mobile World Congress announcements, the Chinese company unveiled the Huawei TalkBand B1. It is billed as “the perfect hybrid ‘talk and track’ companion.” Rather than the expected smartwatch, it is a fitness band with a small […]
MWC 2014: Huawei unveils HUAWEI Ascend G6 4G
Mobile World Congress may not have officially kicked off but the press announcements have. Out of the gate today is Huawei which unveiled the HUAWEI Ascend G6 4G smartphone. With a front-facing 5MP camera, this mid-range smartphone may well become a favourite among the selfie-lovers. “HUAWEI Ascend G6 4G is a stylish, colorful, and lightning fast smartphone designed to break […]
Samsung Galaxy Gear 2 and Galaxy Gear 2 Neo revealed ahead of announcement? (Updated)
Rumours have suggested that Samsung could unveil not one but two successors to its Galaxy Gear smartwatch. Despite the tepid reviews that it got, rumours suggest that Samsung is far from discouraged and in fact ready to double down on the emerging smartphone market. A report earlier this week suggested that we could see Samsung unveil more than one new […]
Video: Sony teases “Something extraordinary is coming” to MWC 2014
Sony is hosting a press event at Mobile World Congress on February 24. In anticipation of the event, Sony today released a short teaser that promises that “Something extraordinary is coming.” It reveals very little, giving us only a look at a billowing red sheet and the silhouette of a woman. http://youtu.be/PoUzAbvbAB4 Sony is expected to unveil its latest flagship […]