BARCELONA, Spain–With Apple, Samsung, LG, and Motorola all entering the tablet space, you had to know HTC would join them sooner or later, so we can’t say we were completely surprised when the Taiwanese handset manufacturer unveiled its first tablet today at Mobile World Congress 2011. Everyone, meet the HTC Flyer. This Android 2.4 2.3-based …

BARCELONA, Spain–The T-Mobile G-Slate by LG isn’t a new announcement. The 4G Honeycomb tablet was actually first introduced at CES 2011, but it only made a brief appearance during T-Mobile’s press conference before it was quickly whisked away by LG executives. However, our appetite for the G-Slate was satiated at Mobile World Congress 2011 where T-Mobile and LG provided us …

BARCELONA, Spain–With the exception of the European versions of the Droid Pro and Xoom, it looks like Motorola will be light on the hardware announcements here at Mobile World Congress 2011, but there’s still some news coming out of good ol’ Moto. Today, the company announced several enhancements to its Motoblur software, all designed to increase connectivity with your contacts …

This post was updated at 12:34 p.m., PT with a clarification on the Microsoft Kinect feature. BARCELONA, Spain–A year ago, Microsoft unveiled Windows Phone 7 at Mobile World Congress and this year the company gave us a glimpse of what lies ahead for the platform. Outlined by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer during his MWC keynote, Microsoft said it will push …

Samsung Galaxy S II Bonnie Cha/CNET BARCELONA, Spain–As promised, Samsung unveiled its next-generation Galaxy S smartphone at Mobile World Congress 2011 today. Dubbed the Samsung Galaxy S II, the handset improves on its predecessor in a number of ways. First, you’ve got the addition of a dual-core processor. We were originally told by the company that it was using Nvidia’s …

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Bonnie Cha/CNET BARCELONA, Spain–Along with the Galaxy S II, Samsung introduced its second Android tablet today on the eve of Mobile World Congress 2011. Joining the 7-inch Galaxy Tab, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 features a larger 10.1-inch WXGA (1,280×800-pixel resolution) TFT touch screen, and runs the latest Android 3.0 Honeycomb operating system. In addition, it’s …

HP Pre 3 James Martin/CNET HP wasn’t kidding when it said, “Think big. Think small. Think ahead. Think beyond.” As you’ve probably heard by now, the company unveiled three new WebOS products today in San Francisco: the HP TouchPad, HP Pre 3, and HP Veer–or, as HP called them, large, medium, and small. Though we have more hands-on coverage coming …

NEW YORK–After weeks of teasing an “industry first,” Sprint finally took the wraps off its secret project and unveiled the Kyocera Echo, the first dual touch-screen smartphone, at a special event in New York today. Available later this spring for $199.99 with a two-year contract, the Kyocera Echo boasts two 3.5-inch WVGA touch screens and a “pivot hinge” that allows …

Sprint’s New York event is today and the carrier promises to reveal another “industry first.” For weeks, the tech community has tried to guess what that industry first might be but for once, it looked like a company was going to escape the usual leaks and spoilers. But not so fast. A new report by Wall Street Journal says Sprint …

Over the years, the commercials played during the Super Bowl have become just as entertaining and scrutinized as the game itself, and this year was no different. Among the myriad car commercials that dominated the big game this year, there was one ad that probably caught the eye of many a mobile tech fan. Airing during the second quarter, Sony …