BARCELONA, Spain–LG has no immediate plans to sell a Windows Phone 8 handset, CNET has learned. The Korean consumer electronics manufacturer remains open to using Microsoft’s mobile operating system, but doesn’t see a huge demand for the product. “We want to give customers what they ask for,” an LG representative told CNET. Related stories MWC …

BARCELONA, Spain–Samsung Electronics expects to release its first smartphone running on the Tizen mobile operating system in July or August, CNET has learned. The Tizen Association is scheduled to make the official announcement later this week at Mobile World Congress. Tizen is an upstart operating system seen as an alternative to the stranglehold that Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS has …

BARCELONA, Spain–With the Lumia 720 and 520, Nokia has a shot of getting back in the China game. The announcements at today’s Mobile World Congress press conference were about Nokia filling out its portfolio with a few more budget-friendly smartphones, as well as two basic cellphones it files under the category of “first phone.” But in doing so, the company …

BARCELONA, Spain–The hype around mobile payments is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the coming transformation for how people purchase goods and services. That’s according to Ed McLaughlin, chief emerging payments officer for MasterCard, who spoke with CNET about his company’s vision. While at the Mobile World Congress conference, MasterCard unveiled its MasterPass system, which addresses …

BARCELONA, Spain–Samsung Electronics is getting serious about attacking the business world. The South Korean consumer electronics giant unveiled Knox, an additional layer of security software that will run as part of its SAFE (Samsung for Enterprise) initiative. Samsung is considering embedding Knox into Samsung’s next flagship smartphone, YH Lee, executive vice president of Samsung Mobile, told CNET. Samsung considers the …

BARCELONA, Spain–Will Nokia unleash another Lumia smartphone? Nokia kicks off the first official day of Mobile World Congress with its press conference, and you can get all the news right here. Rather than a high-end superphone, Nokia is expected to unveil a line of more budget-friendly phones in a bid to go after the mass market. That could mean a …

HTC will try yet again to mount a comeback with a flagship smartphone, and you can get all the details right here. HTC is planning a global launch of its latest big product at an event that kicks off at 7 a.m. PT today. The company is readying simultaneous events in New York and London, and CNET will be at …

As sexy as the HTC One is, it is doomed to failure if the company doesn’t quickly shake things up. HTC’s design and software teams did their jobs in creating an attractive, unique, and premium-feeling phone, taking Apple’s love for metal construction and taking it to the next logical progression. But guess what? HTC’s One family of phones met with …

Now playing: Watch this: HTC One wows with stunning design, premium parts 3:17 NEW YORK — HTC gets another shot at a turnaround with its One smartphone. The company unveiled its latest Android smartphone today in a global launch that included simultaneous events in New York and London. HTC is getting even more serious about its push to streamline. Following …

Take that, Apple. HTC believes it has one-upped its competition — including the marquee iPhone 5 — with its latest flagship smartphone. The HTC One features an all-aluminum construction that the company believes will set the phone apart at retail stores. “This takes premium to the next level,” Scott Croyle, HTC’s design guru, said in an interview with CNET. “It …