By Todd Haselton |
All good things must come to an end. Alas, the final bell has tolled throughout the Fira in Barcelona alerting us that the world’s largest annual mobile trade show has come to an end. That gives me a chance, now, to sit here and enjoy…
By Todd Haselton |
The iPad 3 will no doubt be revealed next week during Apple’s San Francisco press conference. While that means nothing but excitement for consumers, it also means that case vendors will need to scramble in an effort to make brand new protective covers for the…
By Todd Haselton |
The TechnoBuffalo team hits up a ton of trade shows every year. We were in Las Vegas for CES in January, I’m here now in Barcelona, Spain for Mobile World Congress, Jon and Mike will be in Geneva next week for the Geneva auto show…
By Todd Haselton |
Wow, Apple really knows how to spice up the party. I was sitting in a cafe yesterday writing up a few hands-on posts and my “5 Favorite Phones” from the show when word came out of California that Apple will be holding an iPad 3…
By Todd Haselton |
Mobile World Congress is still going on, but most of the major phone and tablet announcements have already been made. Some phones had quad-core processors, some have huge displays, some will only launch in emerging markets while others will launch as flagship powerhouses. But just…
By Sean P. Aune |
Google gave at least a partial hint to when we can expect to see the release of Android 5.0, and it isn’t this summer as some have suggested. A report surfaced earlier this month that suggested Jelly Bean – the still unofficial name of Android…
By Sean P. Aune |
It isn’t very often you will hear a company admit it isn’t doing well in a given market, but that is exactly what Samsung did today at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Speaking with reporters during a media roundtable, CNET reports that Hankil Yoon, a…
By Todd Haselton |
T-Mobile USA said during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Tuesday that it will skip the deployment of an 82Mbps HSPA+ network to instead focus on its recently announced 4G LTE network. The carrier is currently selling smartphones capable of running on its “4G” HSPA+…
By Sean P. Aune |
Mobile World Congress is spitting out news faster than you can read, and amongst all of that information are some pretty spiffy looking phones. So, we’re wondering, which phone is the one you’ve found to be the most drool-worthy thus far? Has the ZTE Era…
By Sean P. Aune |
As February 27 winds down here in the United States, day two of Mobile World Congress 2012 is getting ready to fire up in Barcelona, Spain! Day one was filled with all sorts of excitement from 41 megapixel phone cameras to the Samsung Galaxy Note…
By Jon Rettinger |
Megapixels aren’t everything when it comes to cameras, but Nokia certainty upped the camera-phone ante with the 41 megapixel sensor packed into its just announced 808 PureView. While that is an impressive number on paper, users want to know how all that megapixelage translates to the real world. Fortunately, Nokia…
By Sean P. Aune |
Huawei took the wraps off of its Ascend D Quad Android phone in Barcelona at MWC this weekend, and the manufacturer is saying it is the world’s fastest smartphone. The new Ascend D Quad is sporting Huawei’s K3V2 quad-core 1.5GHz processor and will be the flagship…
By Sean P. Aune |
ZTE is bringing out the big guns this year for its handset announcements. They announced the Orbit Windows Phone at Mobile World Congress today, but that wasn’t the only device the company had up its sleeve as it has a quad-core phone running Ice Cream…
By Todd Haselton |
We were running from press event to press event last night so we’re just now getting the chance to bring you a closer look at LG’s brand new Optimus 3D Max smartphone. The Optimus 3D Max is, as its name implies, the successor to the…
By Todd Haselton |
ZTE on Monday announced the Orbit, the company’s latest Windows Phone following the January launch of the ZTE Tania. The ZTE Orbit is equipped with 4GB of storage, support for HD voice calls and a 5-megapixel camera. “The Windows Phone platform is as powerful as…
By Todd Haselton |
Android head Andy Rubin said in a blog post on Monday that there are now more than 850,000 Android activations daily and that there are now more than 300 million Android devices worldwide. That’s an incredible, incredible figure. In fact, Rubin said that Android’s year-on-year…
By Todd Haselton |
I might be alone when I say this but I’m seriously a fan of projectors on phones. I once used an iPhone accessory that let me project Netflix onto the wall in front of my bed, but the opportunities seem endless with the Samsung Galaxy…
By Todd Haselton |
We’re here storming the show floor at Mobile World Congress and we just had a chance to swing by Samsung’s booth to check out its latest tablet, the Galaxy Note 10.1. The Galaxy Note 10.1 offers a special “S Pen” that allows its users to…
By Brandon Russell |
You can go for the do-it-all PadFone, or you could opt for all new offerings in Asus’ Transformer Pad lineup. Yes, plural. The company just unveiled two very distinct models in front of an eager crowd here in Barcelona – Asus Transformer Infinity series and…
By Brandon Russell |
We just peeped the Asus PadFone here at Barcelona, and the thing is giving all new meaning to the term “Jack of All Trades.” The device can not only perform the functions of your everyday smartphone, but it has the ability to transform into a…
By Todd Haselton |
We just sprinted over to the Nokia booth for a hands-on with Nokia’s brand new insanely awesome 808 PureView Symbian phone. The device offers an incredible 41-megapixel camera capable of shooting 38-megapixel photos. There were a few sample pictures at the booth and they were…
By Todd Haselton |
We just quickly spent a few minutes with Nokia’s Lumia 610 Windows Phone device. While it will be targeted at a budget price point and likely at emerging markets, we’re still super impressed with build design and love the color availabilities. It didn’t feel much…
By Todd Haselton |
Nokia just announced that it’s now partnering with Groupon to offer special offers to its users every day. “Developers recognize that Nokia is a gateway to the world,” Nokia’s CEO Stephen Elop said during Nokia’s press conference during Mobile World Congress. It’s unclear when the…
By Todd Haselton |
Nokia just unveiled an incredible, incredible camera phone called the 808 PureView during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The device features a stunning 41-megapixel camera. Nokia says this is only the beginning and that it will introduce the sensor into many more products in the…
