NFC is going to be an essential part of your life soon. It’s inside the newest Google, Samsung and BlackBerry phones. But what if you don’t want to upgrade your phone? Or how about that non-NFC tablet you’ve just bought? When’s that getting the wireless treatment? Iota has the answer: NFC tech you wear, so all your gadgets and gizmos can share the NFC love.
Mobile World Congress is coming to a close for another year, but we’re still on the ground in Barcelona scouting out all the latest in smartphone and tablet tomfoolery. Read on for all that and more here in the lunchtime lowdown.
The HTC Tide is a blast from the past: it’s one of the many Android phones leaked from HTC’s roadmap back in 2009. The thing is, with the unveiling of the HTC ChaCha this week at Mobile World Congress, it’s also the only one that’s still not been released. Could this be HTC’s next “Facebook phone”?
The HTC Facebook phones unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week have been in the pipeline for a lot longer than you think: if you don’t believe us, check out this leaked roadmap all the way from 2009.
The HP Veer maybe the lowest spec of the new webOS wonder trio, but it’s every bit as impressive as the HP TouchPad and HP Pre 3. Chiefly, because it’s so unbelievably small.
The HP TouchPad – that fabled Palm tablet – is on show here at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, so naturally, we had to take a gander. Honestly? webOS has never looked better.
It seems Android Honeycomb will bring Google’s iTunes-fighting Google Music service along with it. The plan was spilled by Motorola’s Sanjay Jha during his presentation covering the Motorola Xoom at MWC 2011. He says: “If you look at Google Mobile services [via Android] today, there’s a video service, there’s a music service – that is, there will be a music service.” Wonder how happy Google will be that he said that…
The 3D-packing LG Optimus Pad was on everyone’s lips at MWC this week. The pure Google slate is set to be one of the main Android competitors as the Big G locks horns with Apple. And now a release date for the impressive effort has been sniffed out. Want to know when you can get hold of one? Read on.
