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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21 February
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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21 February
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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21 February
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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21 February
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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21 February
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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21 February
Samsung Galaxy S3 not at Mobile World Congress, says Samsung
Samsung has confirmed to CNET UK that the Samsung Galaxy S3 won’t be making an appearance at Mobile World Congress, dashing hopes that we would get a glimpse at the successor to the rampagingly successful Galaxy S2 before the end of February. Instead, the S3 will be shown off at a separate event in the first half of 2012. The …
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21 February
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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21 February
How to stream video from your Samsung Galaxy S2 to your PS3
We’ve already shown how to stream media from your PC to other devices, but DLNA — no, not the chaps that deal with your driver’s licence — is slowly but surely becoming a common feature on mobile phones too. To give its name in full, Digital Living Network Alliance is a protocol that provides a hassle-free way of sharing all …
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21 February
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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