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Tapping your phone on a console to pay for fries and a Coke is cool. Yet until the stars align, it’s not how you’ll be using NFC, the Near Field Communications standard that gets devices talking to one another quickly and in a very short range. Instead of using NFC to replace your credit card, it will increasingly become your …

Now playing: Watch this: Virtually indestructible sapphire smartphone screen 2:28 BARCELONA, Spain–The smartphone screen on the iPhone above may look like it’s made of glass, but it isn’t. It’s made of sapphire. That’s right, the same aluminum oxide compound (AL2O3) better known for brilliant blue gemstones that dangle from ears and throats and can cost a small fortune. But this …

Now playing: Watch this: Firefox’s new mobile OS in action on the Geeksphone Peak 1:38 Top MWC phones Hot new phones of MWC LG Optimus G Pro Slick-looking Huawei Ascend P2 Nokia Lumia 720 hands on ZTE’s Grand Memo goes large Ubuntu OS is classy, sleek The rise of Firefox OS This simple phone could save your life BARCELONA, Spain–Although …

Now playing: Watch this: Nokia’s Lumia 520 is the cheapest Lumia yet in video 1:38 BARCELONA, Spain–Part of what makes Nokia phones like the Lumia 920, and the new Lumia 720 and Lumia 520, so distinctive are their bright color options. And part of what makes those shades pop is the use of polycarbonate, a type of plastic, as the …

Now playing: Watch this: Huawei’s Ascend P2 shows off its Android styling in hands-on… 2:05 BARCELONA, Spain–“They call me the UI guy.” This is Dennis Poon speaking, Huawei’s global UI design director for device-maker, and the man in charge of the new Emotion UI interface that all but completely re-envisions Android on smartphones. Sporting a textured brown blazer and collapsing …

BARCELONA, Spain–Sit Nokia CEO Stephen Elop down for a few moments, and one thing becomes immediately clear: Nokia is all about differentiating. Ever since the beginning of the company’s resurgence two years ago when it reshaped itself as a maker of Windows phones, Nokia has celebrated its difference, its European heritage, and even a level of quirkiness. Today, Elop reinforced …