BARCELONA, Spain — Want cinema-like audio when you play video games or watch a movie on your smartphone or tablet? You may be able to get it soon. Here at Mobile World Congress, audio company Dolby gave me a demo of its Atmos technology running on a tablet. I listened to four different video clips …
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BARCELONA, Spain–The last thing you would expect someone to do would be to jump ship from Apple to HTC, but that’s what Jack Yang, the former head of the Apple’s iPhone business in Southeast Asia, did. And when he did, he leapt straight into the action. The new boss of the South Asia market, which includes Southeast Asia, India and …
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BARCELONA, Spain–Established just two years back, Lenovo’s smartphone business is going places, according to numbers provided by the company. In Q1 this year, the company’s combined tablet and smartphone volume (17.3 million) has exceeded its PC’s (15.3 million), and this is thanks to the strong combined growth of 47 percent in the Asia Pacific region as well as in Europe, …
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BARCELONA, Spain–HTC’s Peter Chou has just taken off the veil of its first smartphone for 2014 at Mobile World Congress, and it’s not the high-end premium device you’ve been waiting for. The HTC Desire 816 packs a 5.5-inch HD display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon quad-core processor and comes in glossy plastic that’s reminiscent of the Apple iPhone 5C. HTC says the …
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BARCELONA, Spain — Sporting a 5-inch HD display, a quad-core processor, and LTE capabilities, Panasonic’s latest two Toughpad tablets feel more like rugged smartphones than slates. The FZ-E1 runs Windows Embedded Handheld 8, while the FZ-X1 is an Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) device. Panasonic Toughpad tablets look a lot more like beefy smartphones (pictures) +13 more See all photos Like …
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BARCELONA, Spain — Yahoo has announced the launch of the UK edition of its Yahoo News Digest app. Nick D’Aloisio, the former teenage CEO of the Summly and current Yahoo Product Manager after he sold the company to Yahoo, made the announcement via a press release on Friday. The iOS app will deliver the top news for UK readers two …
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In the future, Eye Tribe’s technology will work on mobile phones using this dongle. Aloysius Low/CNET BARCELONA, Spain–Having recently announced an Android SDK for its Eye Tribe Tracker, the company also showed off how its eye-tracking software would work on a mobile phone without using said Tracker. Eye Tribe’s Anders Bo Pedersen, mobile lead and partner, gave us a demo …
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Following the debut of Yezz’s Andy A4M and A6M Android smartphones for the North American market at the Consumer Electronics Show, the Miami-based company has announced two new handsets in its “Andy” range for Mobile World Congress. CNET’s full coverage of Mobile World Congress The 6.9mm-thin Andy A5QP features MediaTek’s MT6592 1.7GHz octa-core processor and features an aluminum alloy housing. …
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BlackBerry is placing its last hopes on Android, though not in the way you think. Instead of incorporating Android into its smartphones, the company’s forthcoming 10.2.1 update to its BlackBerry operating system will support native Android apps. Related stories Best Password Manager to Use for 2022 Your Phone Screen Is Gross. Here’s How to Clean It Without Causing Damage Spending …
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Want a handset that has the same features as the LG G2 but in the Optimus G Pro form? If you live in Korea, the new LTE-capable LG Gx might be just the thing for you. Sporting a full-HD 5.5-inch IPS display, a 13-megapixel camera, and a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor, the new handset comes across as a supersized …
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