BARCELONA, Spain–On Tuesday, HTC announced three new smartphones at Mobile World Congress 2010: the HTC Legend, the HTC Desire, and the HTC HD Mini. The trio represents some of the first devices that really showcase the efforts of San Francisco-based design firm One & Co since it was acquired by HTC back in December 2008. …
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BARCELONA, Spain–On Monday, Motorola introduced its eighth Google Android device, the Motorola Cliq XT/Quench, at Mobile World Congress 2010. In other parts of the world, the device will go by the name of Quench but in the States, it will be called the Cliq XT and will launch with T-Mobile in March. As with the original Motorola Cliq, the Cliq …
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BARCELONA, Spain–Just a friendly little reminder that Microsoft will be hosting a news conference at 6 a.m., PT/9 a.m. ET from Mobile World Congress 2010 where the company is expected to finally unveil Windows Phone 7. You can watch a live Webcast of the event here, and of course, we’ll follow up with analysis, slide shows, and video so be …
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BARCELONA, Spain–As expected, Microsoft announced Windows Phone 7 during its news conference at Mobile World Congress 2010 on Monday. The event is actually happening right now as this story posts, but we received a prebriefing of today’s news and wanted to share a quick list of major points with you. Microsoft will have four major announcements at MWC: The introduction …
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BARCELONA, Spain–On Sunday, the Samsung Wave made its splashy debut during a rather lavish press conference hosted by Samsung on the eve of Mobile World Congress 2010 here in Barcelona. Complete with dancers and aerial ballet (not to mention drowning us in every wave metaphor one could ever think of), the event gave us a chance to check out the …
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Looks like we’ve got another case of someone pulling the trigger a little too early. After posting a Facebook update on Monday stating that an Android 2.1 update would be coming to Droid owners this week, Motorola is now backtracking and saying that it’s coming soon. The bad news came when a Motorola Owners’ Forum manager said on Wednesday that …
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Everyone, calm down. Rumors of the death of the Palm Pre and Pre Plus are not true. The rumors started spreading like wildfire earlier Thursday when a report by OTR Global said three different sources confirmed that Palm suspended all future orders of the Pre and Pre Plus. In the memo, a “key source” was reported as saying, “The decision …
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Much like last year, Garmin-Asus got a head start on Mobile World Congress 2010 and introduced two new additions to its line of GPS-enabled smartphones, the Nuvifone M10 and the Nuvifone A50. Promised since 2009, the Garmin-Asus Nuvifone A50 is the company’s first Google Android device and features all the usual Google and Android services, including Google search by voice, …
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It seems just like yesterday that we unpacked our bags from Las Vegas and CES, but here we are again, gearing up to head off to Barcelona (I know, it’s a rough life we lead) for Mobile World Congress 2010. The show is put on by the GSM Association (GSMA) and brings together handset manufacturers, mobile operators, software companies, and …
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On Wednesday, T-Mobile announced a new version of the myTouch 3G that brings additional features, such as a 3.5mm headphone jack, more preloaded apps, and Swype technology. It will replace the original model but still carry the same name and price tag of $149.99 with a two-year contract. Like the recently released limited-edition Fender myTouch 3G, the revamped smartphone is …
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