With a lovely Mediterranean location, an Olympic history, and a wealth of Modernisme architecture, Barcelona, Spain, is one of the planet’s top tourist destinations. And if city officials have their way, the Catalan capital will be known as the “Mobile World Capital,” as well. Since the annual Mobile World Congress trade show moved to Barcelona …

CES may dominate the technology calendar in the United States, but for wireless at least, Mobile World Congress is the trade show that matters. No event is more important, and as the calendar turns to February, you can bet that the entire industry will flock to Barcelona, Spain, to outflank and outshine the competition. Scenes from Mobile World Congress (photos) …

Mobile World Congress isn’t just about introducing new cell phones. No, the world’s largest wireless show in Barcelona, Spain, also is about showing off the latest mobile technologies that may or may not change your life. Take, for example, NFC or near field communications. Not only did many of the new devices unveiled at the show come NFC-capable, but also …

File this under the unique but perhaps not entirely necessary, mobile accessories drawer. In addition to the shiny new smartphones that it introduced last week at Mobile World Congress, LG also showed off a wireless charger that encourages you to use your device while it’s receiving juice. Related stories MWC 2022: How to Watch the Samsung Galaxy Book Reveal CES …

Now playing: Watch this: Asus Padfone 1:57 BARCELONA, Spain–Asus struck a high note when it introduced the one-of-a-kind Transformer Prime last year, but that device was only the beginning. Today at Mobile World Congress, Asus finally released its long-awaited Padfone. Though the device first made an appearance last May in a promotional video, sightings of the actual device have been …

Now playing: Watch this: Asus Padfone 1:57 BARCELONA, Spain–Asus struck a high note when it introduced the one-of-a-kind Transformer Prime last year, but that device was only the beginning. Today at Mobile World Congress, Asus finally released its long-awaited Padfone. Though the device first made an appearance last May in a promotional video, sightings of the actual device have been …

BARCELONA, Spain–Just as Mobile World Congress was set to begin, Orange announced a new Android smartphone powered by an Intel Atom processor. Code-named the Orange Santa Clara, the handset will launch later this year in France and the United Kingdom. At that time, Orange also will reveal pricing and the phone’s official name. Outside of the processor, which is pretty …

BARCELONA, Spain–In the run up to Mobile World Congress, Nokia has barely hinted as to what it would bring to the show. A Windows Phone device is an obvious guess, of course, but that leaves us to wonder just how many handsets the company will unveil and whether it will stop at Microsoft’s OS. On Thursday, we learned a bit …

Over the last month, CNET has written a lot about an upcoming trade show called Mobile World Congress. And over the next week, we’ll be writing even more about it. If you’ve never heard of the event before, I don’t blame you. Indeed, Mobile World Congress doesn’t have the same name recognition that CES commands in the United States, but …

We haven’t even left for Mobile World Congress yet and LG just keeps the news coming. On the heels of the LG Optimus Vu, Optimus 3D Max, and the three L-Style handsets, the company also has confirmed the Optimus 4X HD. The press release was in Korean, but thanks to Google Translate we got a rough, but very promising, look …