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 …

BARCELONA, Spain–We stopped by Powermat’s booth at Pepcom’s MobileFocus Global show (which happens just before the first day of Mobile World Congress) and found that the company was showing off a new prototype of a wireless charging case for Apple’s iPhone 5. Like the Powermat Receiver Case designed for the iPhone 4 and 4S, the iPhone 5 version will let …

Nokia took the wraps off four cell phones today at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, that run the gamut of entry-level handsets to high-end Windows 8 devices. With the entry-level Nokia 105, the Finnish handset maker is thinking small. The durable 105 features an itty-bitty 1.5-inch screen and costs 15 euros, or about $20. Created for markets such as …

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 2022: How to Watch the …

BARCELONA, Spain–Get all the details of ZTE’s Mobile World Congress press conference right here. CNET’s Brian Bennett, photographer Stephen Shankland, and I will be bringing you the news, photos, and commentary from the event, which begins at 7 a.m. PT on Monday. ZTE is expected to build upon its expanded presence at last year’s show and go big with the …

AT&T/GM BARCELONA, Spain–General Motors cars rocking their own 4G LTE connection will hit the road next year. AT&T and GM’s OnStar service unit struck a deal to bring millions of connected cars to the market, starting with the 2015 fleet, which comes out late 2014. GM said most Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, and Cadillac cars will get wireless connections. It’s the …

BARCELONA, Spain–Smartphone accessory maker Mophie may have launched the Juice Pack Helium two weeks back, but the successor to its iPhone 4 and 4S Juice Pack Air case has just been revealed at Pepcom’s MobileFocus Global event here at Mobile World Congress. While the Juice Pack Air looks similar to the Helium, we’re told that the Air is slightly heavier …

A year ago, Intel’s CEOtook the stage at Mobile World Congress to tout new partnerships and talk up the benefits of Intel’s mobile chips. At that time, the Santa Clara, Calif., semiconductor maker’s presence in the smartphone market was essentially nonexistent. Today, Intel has 10 phones shipping in 20 countries (though not the U.S.), and it keeps improving its power …

Everyone’s at this teaser game nowadays. Maybe not quite to the same extent as HTC, but still, you can’t get through the run-up to a major trade show without being teased left right and centre about upcoming products. Asus’ latest is a little odd. We see Christopher Columbus atop his Monument in Barcelona (the city where Mobile World Congress takes …

BARCELONA, Spain–Given what else it has had to deal with recently, Spain probably wouldn’t be all that shocked if a UFO did indeed land atop Gaudi’s famous Sagrada Família in Barcelona, Spain. But rest assured, would-be tourists, that was just a teaser in a brief video Asus released over the Internet in the run-up to Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. …

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–Internet music service Spotify gained more than 10 million users in Europe before its U.S. launch in July of 2011. But despite all the fanfare, no automotive integration had been announced. That all changed today as Ford welcomed Spotify integration into its Sync AppLink stable. Spotify joins automotive standard Pandora, along with music apps Slacker, Mog, Rhapsody, TuneIn, IHeartRadio, …

BARCELONA, Spain–Samsung’s not content with just making smart TVs — now it’s taking another lunge into your living room with HomeSync, an Android-powered media hub. The glossy black box, announced today at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, has an HDMI connection, but also hooks up to other gadgets over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. The HomeSync hub streams Android movies, TV …

Now playing: Watch this: See the Nvidia Tegra 4 (and 4i) in action 2:36 BARCELONA, Spain–Nvidia’s latest mobile processor, the Tegra 4, and its little brother, the Tegra 4i, will soon be turning up in all manner of smartphones and tablets. I went hands-on with some of Nvidia’s reference devices at Mobile World Congress and found the new silicon to …

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 …