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Sony Ericsson MWC: Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini & Xperia X10 Mini Pro Unveiled

Compact Android Touchscreen Phones
By on Monday, 15. February 2010

Just ahead of us attending the Sony Ericsson MWC UK press event tomorrow, where we’ll be offering you live updates concerning SE’s latest handsets (including hand’s on impressions), Sony Ericsson, as well as announcing their new QWERTY Vivaz Pro, have unveiled their new Xperia X10 Mini and Xperia X10 Mini [...]

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Toshiba TG02 & K01 Smartphones Get Official at MWC 2010

Toshiba TG02 & K01 Handsets to Run Just Windows Mobile 6.5? Availability Dates Not Confirmed Yet
By on Monday, 15. February 2010

Toshiba has what it takes to create hit smartphones, but for some reason the company failed to impress anyone yet. The TG01 was the first handset out there capable to use a 1GHz smartphone processor but it also happened to run just Windows Mobile 6.1. But the company did not [...]

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Symbian^3 Arrives at MWC 2010; Symbian^3-Running Phones Coming This Year

Nokia & Symbian Announce Symbian^3 OS at MWC: New UI, Better Graphics & Multitouch
By on Monday, 15. February 2010

Windows Phone 7 Series, a name which we’ll end up hating very soon, is not the only new OS demoed at MWC 2010. Nokia & Symbian have also tried to bring their A game to the show and they have announced a brand new Symbian version. We were expecting Symbian^3 [...]

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Nokia and Intel Merge Moblin, Maemo

Two Linux-based Mobile Operating Systems Combined To Form MeeGo
By on Monday, 15. February 2010

In an unexpected move, Nokia and Intel took MWC to announce that they are merging their two open source mobile platforms into one. Nokia’s Maemo was seen by most as an Android competitor. Speculation had it replacing Symbian as Nokia’s main mobile OS before Nokia reaffirmed it’s commitment to Symbian. [...]

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Windows Phone 7: A Failure In Naming Despite Its Promise?

Microsoft's Rebranding Of Windows Mobile 7 Could Be A Semantic Step In The Wrong Direction
By on Monday, 15. February 2010

Microsoft has officially re-branded its mobile OS from Windows Mobile to a new badge, “Windows Phone 7″.  This change in nomenclature may represent a significant leap forward for Microsoft’s mobile operating system, but the new name itself may suggest a semantic step backward.

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Windows Mobile 7 Series Gets Official at MWC 2010

Windows Mobile 7 Series: What It Is & Why Should I Want It?
By on Monday, 15. February 2010

Windows Phone 7 Series, that’s the official name, folks, so better get used to it as soon as possible. As we speak Steve Ballmer and the gang are staring Microsoft’s official keynote at MWC 2010 so it’s about time we took an official look at Windows Mobile 7 and Microsoft’s [...]

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Motorola CLIQ XT aka QUENCH Android Phone Gets Official at MWC 2010

Motorola Announces New Android Phone; CLIQ XT in USA or QUENCH in Europe Comes with MOTOBLUR on Board
By on Monday, 15. February 2010

Motorola has decided to launch one more Android handset and today we’re looking at the brand new Motorola CLIQ XT also known as the QUENCH in some markets. The device has been announced at MWC 2010 and it’s the successor of the Motorola CLIQ announced last year. Naturally the device [...]

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Windows Phone 7 UI, Mystery Device Exposed at MWC 2010

Behind-The-Curtain Snapshot Shows Windows Phone 7 UI On Zune-like Device
By on Monday, 15. February 2010

Windows Phone 7 has been unofficially teased at the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain.  A promotional print of the new Windows Phone 7 UI was photographed behind a curtain before it was revealed.

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Samsung i8520 Revealed

New Smartphone Dubbed "Halo" brings Super OLED Screen, 8-megapixel camera, pico-projector, Android 2.1
By on Monday, 15. February 2010

Samsung’s first big revelation for the 2010 Mobile World Congress might have been leaked early but the i8520 “Halo” was pretty much a new treat from the South Korean tech giant. The phone looks to be a high-end smartphone device, perhaps a compliment to the Wave.

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Intel Atom Pine Trail M Platform Revealed

New Netbook Processors To Feature Improved HD Rendering, Uses Broadcom Technology, Competes With NVIDIA Ion
By on Sunday, 14. February 2010

Intel’s Atom processors are featured in most netbooks you’ll purchase. They’re cheap and powerful enough for web browsing pleasure, but they have one notorious problem, and that’s running Flash 10.1 and 1080p video. Intel is addressing this with a new generation of Pine Trail chips, dubbed Pine Trail M.

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