BARCELONA, Spain–Smartphone accessory maker Mophie may have launched the Juice Pack Helium two weeks back, …

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 …