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ZTE Mimosa X coming with Ice Cream Sandwich

More Mobile World Congress pre-announcements ahoy! Fresh after unveiling two handsets yesterday, ZTE has offered up the Mimosa X. And like yesterday’s mobiles, it’ll come running Ice Cream Sandwich. It looks like ZTE is serious about shaking off its reputation for low-end budget mobiles. ZTE has added its own user interface over the top of …

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ZTE to launch PF200 and N910 at MWC

With just a week to go until Mobile World Congress takes over Barcelona (and we descend mob-handed), another company has announced some phones early. ZTE will launch the PF200 and N910 at MWC, Business Wire reports. Instead of its usual budget fare like the Tania or Skate, however, it’s taking on the likes of Apple and Samsung with some high-end …

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New $199 Nook Tablet to compete with Fire

Barnes & Noble has Amazon’s Kindle Fire directly in its sights. Its latest ammunition: a $199 Nook Tablet with 8GB of memory. The new version of the Nook Tablet–$50 cheaper and with half the memory of the original–now matches the Kindle Fire in price and memory specs. The book retailer hopes the lower price will make it more of a …

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HTC Endeavour ROM leaks, confirms ICS, 720p screen

Call it what you want — HTC Edge, HTC Supreme, or HTC Endeavour — but this phone looks like an absolute powerhouse. It’s rumoured to be Europe’s first quad-core handset, and now a leaked ROM has confirmed the specs we got all excited about back in November, Pocketnow reports. So yes — it will be quad-core, have a 720p HD …

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Samsung Galaxy Ace 2, Galaxy Mini 2 budget phones outed

Samsung is the latest company to announce some phones ahead of next week’s Mobile World Congress. It’s just lifted the lid on a pair of new Galaxy mobiles: the Galaxy Ace 2 and Galaxy Mini 2. As the numbers suggest, they’re both sequels to existing handsets, and both will run Android 2.3 Gingerbread. They’re budget models compared to Samsung’s top-tier …

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LG L7, L5 and L3 Android mobiles ape the Prada Phone

LG has pulled back the curtain (which I’m guessing is made of velvet with gold sequins) on three new Android handsets that follow in the high-heeled footsteps of its recent Prada Phone. The L series consists of the L3, L5 and L7. They’ll be on show at Mobile World Congress next week, but we’ve got the specs right here. The …

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Samsung Galaxy Mini 2 leaks, has better screen and processor

Mobile World Congress is just a couple of weeks away now, and another phone has leaked ahead of show. The Samsung Galaxy Mini 2 is the follow-up to the Galaxy Mini, and is another budget Android phone, GSMArena reports. So what’s new? There’s a slightly larger screen (3.3-inches, up from 3.14-inches) and a better processor, and while it won’t come …

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Apple factory’s Wall

Apple’s factories where iPads and iPhones are born have opened their doors to cameras for the first time. US news show Nightline has had a revealing glimpse behind the scenes, meeting the Chinese workers who feed our gadget lust — many of whom have never actually seen the finished products they produce. Nightline host Bill Weir visited several production lines …

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