MWC 2011: Nokia to Release WP7 Phone Within the Year [CEO Stephen Elop Says Nokia Wants to Release Windows Phone by End 2011]

By on Thursday, 17. February 2011

Nokia made waves with its announcement of a partnership with Microsoft and a switch to Windows Phone. While Nokia does not have Windows Phone handsets on hand yet, the company plans to fast-track development for a 2011 release.

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New iPhone Screen to be Larger? [Sources Say Upcoming iPhone Will Get 4-Inch Screen; Touchscreen Manufacturers Are Already Testing Bigger iPhone Screens]

By on Thursday, 17. February 2011

The iPhone 4 brought a significant screen upgrade in terms of a higher-resolution screen display. But with competitors sporting bigger and brighter screens, will Apple release the next iPhone with a 4-inch screen?

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MWC 2011 Live: Huawei Ideos S7, S7 Slim & S7 Pro Hands-on Preview [Huawei Has Three Tablets on Display at MWC, One Newer than the Other]

By on Thursday, 17. February 2011

The tablet saga continues here at TFTS as today (or better said yesterday) depending in which part of the world you’re reading this hands-on preview from, has been a busy tablet day for us at MWC 2011.

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Dell Marketing Stunt Goes Wrong [Two Fake "Bikers" Arrested In Poor Attempt To Promote Streak Tie-In With Harley Davidson Motorcycles]

By on Thursday, 17. February 2011

Dell’s corporate campus in Round Rock, Texas was the site of some excitement this past Monday as police were called and the Round Rock SWAT team was forced to “storm” the building. What happened? Two “bikers” dressed up in black leathers and full-face masks started going through the campus carrying “two metallic [...]

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MWC 2011 Live: Samsung Galaxy S Wi-Fi 5.0 & Samsung Galaxy S Wi-Fi 4.0 Hands-on Preview [iPod touch 4G & 5G Have Competition, the Newly Released Samsung Galaxy S Wi-Fi 5.0 & 4.0; They’re Not Tablets!]

By on Thursday, 17. February 2011

After spending a great deal of time at Samsung’s booth while checking out the brand new Samsung Galaxy S 2 super smartphone, the new Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet and the new Samsung Galaxy family of cheap entry-level to mid-ranged Android handsets, I scheduled a second MWC Samsung hands-on to [...]

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MWC 2011 Live: HTC Thunderbolt 4G Hands-on Reveals Release Date Details [HTC Thunderbolt Coming In the Following Weeks With Mobile Hotspot & Skype Video Calls; Has the Samsung 4G LTE Delay Contributed to the Thunderbolt’s Delay?]

By on Wednesday, 16. February 2011

Just a bit earlier today I shared with you guys my Verizon 4G LTE handsets hands-on experience while promising you I’ll be back with a special post dedicated to the HTC Thunderbolt.

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MWC 2011: Rebellious Nokia Plan B Was Just A Hoax [Plan To Fire Nokia CEO And Make MeeGo The Main Operating System Of Nokia Was Just A Prank By One Guy With An iPhone]

By on Wednesday, 16. February 2011

Oh no, we’ve been had! Earlier today, my colleague here, J. Angelo Racoma and myself told you about “Nokia Plan B”, which was allegedly a movement started by “nine rebellious” Nokia investors and former employees. Their goal was (allegedly) to fire Nokia CEO Stephen Elop and the Nokia board of directors, put themselves on [...]

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MWC 2011: Yahoo Shows Off Livestand At MWC [Yahoo Puts Livestand Through Its Paces At Mobile World Congress Only Days After First Emerging]

By on Wednesday, 16. February 2011

What a difference five days makes, huh? It was just that long ago we first started noticing the stirrings of Yahoo’s Livestand, and now, here it is, getting a live demonstration out on a relatively big stage: the Mobile World Congress.

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MWC 2011 Live: Motorola Droid Bionic, LG Revolution & Samsung 4G LTE Smartphones Hands-on [After CES We Take Another Look at Verizon’s LTE 4G Lineup; Big Red Fires Up LTE Network in Spain & Brings VoLTE Tests Along]

By on Wednesday, 16. February 2011

Verizon has a really small stand, compared to other carriers or manufacturers, and its tucked away in Hall 8 at the Mobile World Congress. But it was certainly on my list as I was hoping to find those 4G LTE Android handsets that impressed us, and everyone else at CES [...]

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MWC 2011: DoCoMo Shows Off Two New Phones, 3D Touch And Animation Capability [First 3D Displays, Now 3D Interactivity Comes From DoCoMo At The Mobile World Congress, As Well As The Rezna and Lynx Phones]

By on Wednesday, 16. February 2011

We haven’t heard much out of Japanese wireless company DoCoMo lately, but what they’ve been sitting on in advance of the Mobile World Congress show has been something else indeed–they’ve been running some demos around their new 3D systems, and these are going to do things that you may not [...]

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