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MWC 2009: Various brands overview
It now comes the time to pay due respect to the smaller makers (in terms of market mostly) that did bring some interesting devices to the MWC 2009. They will get their due coverage of course and our appreciation for having the skill and the courage to stand up to the big guns. It wasn’t [...]
Gigabyte brings on g-Smart S1200, g-Smart MS820 sneaks back in
It’s touchscreen galore over at the GSMA and Gigabyte are claiming a piece of the action with the g-Smart MS820 and S1200. They’re both 3G enabled PocketPCs with Wi-Fi, Office Mobile and fancy UI…
3 INQ1 is the best handset for 2009, GSMA awards announced
3 UK’s INQ1 is top of the list of winners of the 14th Global Mobile Awards basking in their glory. Last night at the National Palace in Barcelona the vote of a wide panel of judges from within the world of mobile…
MWC 2009: HTC overview
HTC had us quite eager to drop by their booth at the MWC in Barcelona and get some touchscreen action with WinMo and Android flavor. Two curious sequels in the face of the HTC Touch Pro2 and Touch Diamond2…
MWC 2009: Samsung overview
Here we are at one of the hottest spots of the Mobile World Congress 2009. The Samsung booth hosts quite a large number of really cool devices including the Samsung i8910 Omnia HD. The Korean manufacturer is mostly…
Samsung S3500 preview: First look
The Samsung S3500 is a midrange phone that’s dressed above its station. This Samsung Soul look-alike makes good use of metal and although it trades the touchpad for a regular D-pad, it still looks…
Samsung C5212 Duos preview: First look
With Samsung C5212 Duos you get two phones in one. This is the latest Samsung handset to offer seamless dual SIM handling with almost no compromise in terms of usability and telephony. The C5212 looks a good basic package of…
LG Renoir back in black as KC910i, gets an overhaul
Just in time for Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s anniversary (born on February 25, 1841) LG unveil an update of their own Renoir, also known by the less inspired name of LG KC910. It won’t be much of a spoiler to say…
Samsung S7220 Ultra b preview: First look
With superscript being all the rage for Sammy these days, here comes another preview of an Ultra nice handset. What makes the Samsung S7220 Ultra b special is not only the clean but inspired ar styling…
Android-based HTC Magic is on, no QWERTY keyboard this time
The second day of the World Mobile Congress 2009 saw the announcement of the second HTC phone to run on the Android OS. The new device is called HTC Magic and it’s going to be exclusive…