Tagged ‘MWC 2010’

Having handled more handsets than a Carphone Warehouse salesman on a Saturday morning, we were overcome with just how much stonking new software was on show at this year’s Mobile World Congress. From genre-defining operating systems to all-new apps, the Barcelona show had it all.

Want to know what our hottest picks are? Course you do. Hop in now and we’ll give you the lowdown on the five best apps and software we caught a glimpse of last week.

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Remember a simpler time? When smartphones were meant for men in six-grand suits and we all had to make do with mobiles minus those lovely extras? Well if you like harking back to the good old days, last week’s Mobile World Congress had plenty for you, with cool dumbphones galore.

So if you couldn’t care less about solar charging, social networking or having a phone that resembles a chocolate bar, make sure feast on our top five dumbphones from MWC 2010.

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Sure we chowed down on an unreasonable number of Android treats at Mobile World Congress. But that’s not to say there weren’t some rather natty feature phones to help us get our geek on. From sporty mobiles to chocolate-themed casings, MWC had it all.

So what are you waiting for? Jump in now and find out our pick of the top five feature phones from Mobile World Congress 2010.

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Mobile World Congress was dominated by stellar smartphones. But that’s not to say the humble camera phone is dead. Far from it. In fact, it lives on in some of the sleekest, top-end gadgets we clamped our hands-on last week.

Still think it’s curtains for the camphone? Dive in now and we’ll tell you why your cell’s snapper still matters with our top five camera phones of Mobile World Congress 2010.

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Eye-controlled earphones: wink to shuffle

Eye-controlled earphones? Oh yes. We heard Toshiba was cooking up some brain wave monitoring cans, but we actually saw these ones, which can be controlled using mere eye movements, on the show floor at Mobile World Congress this week. Read on to see the video!

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INQ: “We love Android”

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Rumours of an INQ Android phone, an INQ Spotify phone, or some wonderful fusion of the two have been floating around for months, so we took the time this week at Mobile World Congress to collar a senior exec at the messaging mobile sensation and find out just what’s going on. While he wasn’t about to spill the beans on INQ’s roadmap for 2010, he did have some very positive things to say about both Android and Spotify. Coincidence? Read on for the details.

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The mega stands are being dismantled, and Mobile marketers are making a beeline for Barcelona airport. But this year’s Mobile World Congress will live long in the memory. It’s delivered some absolutely corking new phones, not to mention blown away what every self-respecting mobile fanatic thought about Windows Mobile.

But aside from the Big M having a makeover on a scale unseen since the last series of 10 Years Younger, what else did we learn from our sojourn in Spain? Jump in now and we’ll tell all.

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Windows Phone 7 Series was everything mobile mad gossip hounds had hoped. A complete facelift putting Microsoft right at the heart of the battle for your phone-based affections.

But there’s just the small matter of a few other killer phone OSs out there that it needs to see off in order to become number one. And we’re not just talking the iPhone and Android. Dive in now and we’ll tell you exactly who Windows Phone 7 Series needs to beat down.

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