Motorola President Rick Osterloh at an event near the Mobile World Congress show. Roger Cheng/CNET BARCELONA–Motorola President Rick Osterloh isn’t going to hop on the latest trendy feature for smartphones and smartwatches. Osterloh, speaking at a press event near the Mobile World Congress trade show on Wednesday, said he wasn’t a fan of the fingerprint …
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Now playing: Watch this: Better than Touch ID? Check out Vkansee’s optical fingerprint… 1:13 BARCELONA — Vkansee believes it can do fingerprint sensors better. The New York-based startup has developed a way to verify the identity of a person by scanning the fingerprint, but with far more accuracy and security. The module is almost small enough that it can discreetly …
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FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler vehemently defends his Net neutrality policy at Mobile World Congress 2015. Stephen Shankland/CNET BARCELONA — Tom Wheeler, chairman of the US Federal Communications Commission, today defended his agency’s move to regulate the Internet, ensuring that broadband players would be unaffected by his “light touch” approach to the rules. “This is no more regulating the Internet than …
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BlackBerry CEO John Chen presenting at this year’s Mobile World Congress. Sarah Tew/CNET BARCELONA — BlackBerry may take another run at the tablet market. That’s if CEO John Chen thinks the opportunity is right. “It’s not in the works, but it’s on my mind,” Chen said in an interview at the Mobile World Congress conference here. A BlackBerry tablet could …
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BARCELONA — AT&T is tapping into the health field, covering both young and old. AT&T is going deeper into the health business. AT&T The US’s second-largest wireless carrier said it was partnering with fitness data tracking company Tictrac to create ForHealth, a platform designed to break down your data in useful ways. Separately, the company also struck a deal to …
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BlackBerry devices executive Ron Louks teases a BlackBerry with a slide-out keyboard. Sarah Tew/CNET BARCELONA — BlackBerry is going back to a full touchscreen with the BlackBerry Leap. The Leap marks a departure from last year’s line-up, which was totally dependent on BlackBerry’s trademark physical keyboard. The company plans the smartphone to go on sale in April in Europe for …
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BARCELONA — It could be a while yet before customers actually see HTC’s elusive smartwatch, which is still in the works. That’s the word from HTC CEO Peter Chou, who was reluctant to spill any details about the project. Check out CNET’s full Mobile World Congress 2015 coverage here. “We try to be very careful instead of just putting out …
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Microsoft’s next Lumia flagship is going to be all about productivity. Sarah Tew/CNET BARCELONA — Microsoft’s Stephen Elop was mum about the how the company’s first flagship Lumia phone would stand out from the competition, but offered a little bit of direction. And it pointed straight to the Surface Pro 3 . Related stories Microsoft’s 5.7-inch Lumia 640 XL is …
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Sundar Pichai, Google’s senior vice president of products, speaks at Mobile World Congress 2015. Stephen Shankland/CNET BARCELONA — Google will launch a wireless service of its own, but it may be a limited project. Sundar Pichai, senior vice president of products for Google, confirmed that the world’s largest search company was in talks with wireless carriers, and suggested an answer …
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Alcatel-Lucent’s booth from Mobile World Congress 2014. The company is back with bigger news this year. Sarah Tew/CNET BARCELONA — To network-equipment provider Alcatel-Lucent, Wi-Fi and LTE can be BFFs. The two wireless technologies haven’t always gotten along with each other. Wi-Fi has an open architecture using unlicensed spectrum, so just about anyone can set up a hotspot with limited …
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