Category: MWC 2012

Huawei Ascend D quad, world’s fastest smartphone announced

 

Huawei has announced the Huawei Ascend D, that they claim to be the world’s fastest smartphone. It comes with 4.5-inch 720P high definition IPS+ touchscreen display with 330 PPI and Huawei’s K3V2 quad-core 1.2GHz / 1.5GHz processor that has 16 core GPU that offers 2X performance. It runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It has 8MP BSI rear-facing camera with 1080p full HD video-capture and 1.3MP front-facing camera.It has Huawei’s proprietary power management system which provides up to 30% in energy savings and has Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound. Continue reading “Huawei Ascend D quad, world’s fastest smartphone announced”

Nokia Lumia 610 and 900 images leaked ahead of MWC 2012

We all knew that Nokia was going to launch the Lumis 610 and 900 at MWC, and there were also rumors about various images but finally Pocketnow released the images of these devices before Nokia officially launched it at MWC.

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Huawei Ascend D quad, world’s fastest phone to be showcased today?

So with Huawei MWC conference will be starting in just about an hour but their in news already with someone spotting the Huawei Ascend D quad poster at the Barcelona airport. What’s interesting is that below the device, it carries the tagline “World’s fastest phone”. Wow, I think that is a bit too much, because we will also be having the HTC and the Sony conference today so I think yes, it might be the fastest smartphone for about 3-4 hours.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 with 10.1-inch display and Android 4.0 announced

Samsung has announced the 10.1-inch variant of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2. This has similar specs as the 7-inch version that was announced earlier this month such as 1 GHz Dual-Core Processor, Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), 3MP rear-facing camera and VGA front facing camera. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 with 10.1-inch display and Android 4.0 announced”

Samsung Galaxy Beam Projector phone with 1 GHz Dual-core processor and 4-inch display announced

Samsung has announced the Galaxy Beam, projector smartphone the successor of their previous Beam. It has 4.0-inch 480×800 (WVGA) TFT display and is powered by 1 GHz Dual-Core Processor. It runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). It has 5MP Auto focus camera with flash, 1.3MP secondary camera. It is 12.5mm thick and weighs 145.3 g. It has 15 lumens projector that allows users to freely share photos, videos or other digital media instantly and in crisp clarity up to 50-inch wide, even in outdoor environments.  Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Beam Projector phone with 1 GHz Dual-core processor and 4-inch display announced”

FoneArena is Live at Mobile World Congress 2012

FoneArena is here in Barcelona, Spain to cover the Mobile World Congress 2012 which will be held at Fira, Barcelona from 27th February – 1st March.We will also be covering the pre-MWC events that are taking place tomorrow. Keep your browser locked on to live.fonearena.com  as we are also planning to give away a bunch of stuff to make the coverage interesting for you. A shiny new White BlackBerry Bold 9900 is waiting to meet it’s owner. We also have some exclusive FoneArena T-shirts, high capacity memory cards, Gift Vouchers to give away. We will share the complete list of items to be won during our coverage. Stay tuned !

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Samsung Galaxy Note Promoted with Free Caricatures to Woo Users

Samsung have done some real good marketing with their phones. The Galaxy Note is no exception and is probably one of the best marketed phones from Samsung. But something caught our eye today.

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Price of HTC One series devices revealed ahead of MWC 2012

The HTC One series devices which are the HTC One X, V and S are the most happening devices this MWC looking at the rumors going around about these devices, well MWC is here, yes it is tomorrow but the rumor mill is still running and the latest rumor is about the price of two of the devices One X and One S which was revealed by an online store called Marcopolo.it.

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Acer Liquid Glow with Android 4.0, 3.7-inch display and NFC announced

Acer has announced Liquid Glow Android smartphones. It has  3.7-inch display and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It curved design, chrome details, and a soft-touch casing and also comes with NFC support. It has 5 MP rear camera with panoramic image capture and touch focus and LED flash.

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Samsung and Visa to showcase NFC mobile payment app for London Olympics at MWC

Samsung and Visa has announced the official mobile payments application of the London Olympic and Paralympic Games. They confirmed the partnership to introduce NFC payments in 2012 Olympic games last April. The application is based on Visa’s payWave technology that enables contactless payments at the Point of Sale. Continue reading “Samsung and Visa to showcase NFC mobile payment app for London Olympics at MWC”

HTC Ville and Huawei Prism shows up at T-Mobile’s list

Mobile World Congress is right around the corner, and smartphone giants such as HTC are ready to rock’n’roll at the mega event, also carriers like T-Mobile USA are getting ready to introduce new devices because we will be seeing a lot of new devices at MWC. According to a accessory list leaked by Tmo-News, which is telling us that T-Mobile will be launching HTC Ville and Huawei Prism soon as their accessories showed up in the list. Ville is just a codename, whereas the final name of the device might be HTC One S. Continue reading “HTC Ville and Huawei Prism shows up at T-Mobile’s list”

HTC One S specs leaked before MWC 2012

HTC is going to be one of the headliners to showcase their devices at MWC this year, they will be showcasing the HTC One series of mobile phones and maybe a couple tablets too. We already know about the HTC One X which will be the first quadcore phone running on Tegra 3. There was no news about the other two One S and One V but now due to some benchmarking done in Nenamark we have come to know some specs of the One S.

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ZTE to unveil 8 new devices including Windows Phone and Multi-Core Android phones at MWC 2012

ZTE has announced that they would unveil 8 new devices at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) next week. These devices include multi-core chipsets, LTE, 4G radio and the latest Android and Windows Mobile platforms. They have already revealed the ZTE PF200 and the N910 LTE smartphones running on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) with 1.2GHz and 1.5GHz chipsets, earlier this week.  Continue reading “ZTE to unveil 8 new devices including Windows Phone and Multi-Core Android phones at MWC 2012”

LG Optimus 4X HD with 1.5GHz Quad-core Tegra 3 processor, 4.7-inch HD display and Android 4.0 announced

LG has announced the Optimus 4X HD, successor of the LG Optimus 2x, the  that was launched last year. It has 4.7-inch True HD IPS display and is powered by 1.5GHz Quad-core Tegra 3 processor. It runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It has 8MP auto focus camera with LED Flash support, 1.3MP secondary camera and is 8.9mm thick . The 1.5GHz Quad-core Tegra 3 processor offers better HD video playback, multi-tasking and would consumes less power which while performing simple tasks such as phone calls, music playback etc. Continue reading “LG Optimus 4X HD with 1.5GHz Quad-core Tegra 3 processor, 4.7-inch HD display and Android 4.0 announced”

NEC to bring 3 LTE handsets with Android 4.0 to MWC 2012

NEC is a good manufacturer, I remember getting their tablet running touch Windows XP, it was a great device, I also used some of their chips while doing my research on Microprocessors and Micrcontrollers, but they have not been very active in the international markets from quite some time now, but as the mobile industry is booming with the help of Android, NEC have decided to come back to action and will be showcasing three interesting devices this MWC running the latest Android 4.0.

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