Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1 and 7.0) 1:05 BARCELONA, Spain–Samsung’s tablet spotlight is on the flashy Galaxy Note 10.1 this Mobile World Congress, but after putting down the stylus, I picked up both new versions of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2. If you’ve ever seen the original Galaxy Tab 10.1 and …
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Now playing: Watch this: Asus Padfone 1:57 BARCELONA, Spain–It may be early days yet, but I’m really liking what I’m seeing so far of the Asus Padfone and Padfone Station. Or, as I like to call it, the turducken of mobile devices. The Padfone essentially mashes up the concept of the Asus Transformer Prime tablet with its docking station, and …
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Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G (T-Mobile) 1:01 BARCELONA, Spain–Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G: try saying it five times fast. Or better yet, just call it the “Blaze” like I do, and appreciate the simple pleasures of what is by today’s standards your regular upper-mid smartphone. T-Mobile and Samsung first announced the Blaze 4G at an intimate …
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Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Galaxy S Advance 1:02 BARCELONA, Spain–Amid all the Samsung Galaxy devices shown so far at MWC, these three barely saw the spotlight, if at all. Well, it’s time to turn on the diva lights for the Samsung Galaxy S Advance, Samsung Galaxy Mini 2, and Samsung Ace Plus, even if for just a minute. Now …
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ZTE phones, tablets of MWC (photos) +6 more See all photos BARCELONA, Spain–The cell phone manufacturers have been bringing it at MWC, and ZTE is no exception. The Chinese manufacturer announced several Android handsets and hinted at others in the weeks leading up to the show, and today, revealed the rest of their global plans. Out of the 15 smartphones …
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Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 1:28 BARCELONA, Spain–Forget about a smartphone you have to force to be a tablet. The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 is a tablet in its own right, and in my opinion, the appropriate size for a device that makes use of a stylus for additional creative composition. Let’s back it up for a …
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BARCELONA, Spain–If it’s a quad-core Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone you want, then add the HTC One X to your list. Just announced today at Mobile World Congress, the One X is the flagship phone in HTC’s new “HTC One” family of devices. The One X features Android 4.0, the most up-to-date (and coveted) version of the Android operating system, topped …
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BARCELONA, Spain–What do HTC’s three Mobile World Congress smartphones have in common? Quite a lot, actually. Besides sharing similar names, the HTC One X, HTC One S, and HTC One V are all Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) smartphones that also include the toned-down Sense 4.0 interface, HTC’s Beats Audio enhancement software, and a new image-processing chip that takes …
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Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1, in pictures (photos) +3 more See all photos BARCELONA, Spain–If you, like me, are still trying to figure out what the Samsung Galaxy Note with its S-Pen stylus is really for, then the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet is refreshingly simple as a large slate with a clear purpose. Related stories Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 unveiling …
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BARCELONA, Spain–There are no secrets with the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2, the successor to the original 7-inch tablet family that Samsung unveiled last year. This Mobile World Congress brings not only a 7-inch version of the Tab 2, but an update to today’s 10.1-inch model as well. Related stories Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 not exactly priced to sell Samsung unveils …
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