Phone fans assemble! Mobile World Congress 2013 got underway yesterday in sunny Barcelona, and already a whole bunch of goodies have been unveiled. Samsung got the fiesta off to a flying start by lifting the lid on the Galaxy Note 8, an Android tablet to rival Apple’s iPad mini. It’ll launch with Android 4.2.1 Jelly …

The International Telecommunications Union is the regulatory body that establishes the parameters by which all TVs and their related paraphernalia (cameras and so on) work. Without them, every TV show would look different on every TV. To help with the adoption of Ultra HD, otherwise known as “4K,” they’ve put out the sexy sounding Recommendation ITU-R BT.2020. What does it …

BARCELONA, Spain–Laying the groundwork for its nascent Firefox OS, Mozilla has won over a sizeable list of allies including LG Electronics and China Unicom, and the first phones with the browser-based operating system should arrive in the second quarter of the year. Mozilla announced today at the Mobile World Congress show here that it’s persuaded 18 mobile network operators and …

BARCELONA, Spain–Launched two weeks ago in Thailand and making its first appearance outside of Asia is Acer’s latest Intel Atom smartphone, the Liquid C1. The U.S. $331 handset sports a single-core Intel Atom Z2420 1.2GHz processor, a 4.3-inch qHD LCD display, 1GB RAM, and only 4GB of storage (but it does have a microSD card slot). The quad-band C1 weighs …

Law firm Piper Alderman has “plans to proceed” with a class-action suit against Vodafone Australia. (Credit: Vodafone) Sydney law firm Piper Alderman has sent a media alert advising that it will make an announcement tomorrow regarding “plans to proceed with a class action against Vodafone”. No other details will be known until after the 11am AEDST conference tomorrow, but the …

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–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 …