The best of Mobile World Congress 2010

MWC is the premier global event for the mobile phone industry. Here's the latest in mobile innovations, from Barcelona this week.

HTC Desire coming to Telstra in April

Telstra has announced it will be selling HTC's latest Android smartphone, the HTC Desire, in Australia.

Honey, I shrunk the phone: Meet Sony Ericsson’s XPERIA X10 Mini and Mini Pro

In a day and age of high tech, touch screen smartphones with extra large displays designed for multimedia and Internet consumption, a handset the size of a credit card seems so 1999. Sony Ericsson doesn’t seem to think so though, as it has just unwrapped its latest creations, the XPERIA X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro handsets.

Windows Phone 7: An in-depth look at features, interface

Microsoft took the wraps off of Windows Phone 7 Series (the official name for Windows Mobile 7) here Monday at Mobile World Congress. Slated to launch on handsets by holiday season 2010, Windows 7 is a complete overhaul from previous versions of the OS.

Windows Phone 7, Meego OS herald new start for smartphones

In separate announcements from Barcelona today, three traditional powerhouses in computing and communications -- Microsoft, Intel and Nokia -- kick-started major revamps to their technology to adapt to a quick-changing smartphone and mobile device market that's increasingly dominated by Google and Apple .

News

Broadcom readies chips optimized for Android 4.0

Broadcom announced this week a set of 3G smartphone chips that have been designed specifically to exploit Android 4.0, also known as Ice Cream Sandwich. The new silicon especially focuses on improving Android graphics performance.

Microsoft unveils Windows 8 "Consumer Preview," downloads start

Microsoft Wednesday released its "Consumer Preview" of Windows 8, and before Windows President Steve Sinofsky finished his presentation to reporters at Mobile World Congress 2012, downloads had begun in 70 countries.

Speedy 802.11ac Wi-Fi set for fast, wide rollout

BARCELONA, Spain -- Mobile carriers embracing Wi-Fi is one of the sub-themes of Mobile World Congress. And the particular flavor of Wi-Fi that's generating buzz here is 802.11ac, which promises to boost handset throughput to over 300Mbps.

Samsung launching Galaxy Tab 2, Galaxy S 2

We love a good rumour or leak, and this time it's Samsung's plans for its Mobile World Congress (MWC) announcement in Barcelona next month.

Rumour: Nokia N9 first smartphone to run MeeGo OS?

Nokia's N8 smartphone may soon be superseded by a superior model running the MeeGo operating system, thought to be called the Nokia N9.

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Slideshows

In pictures: Windows Phone Series 7 demo

Microsoft fitted out its stands at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona with huge touch screens that offered a taste of Windows Phone Series 7

In pictures: LG's Mini (GD880) and GT540 mobile phones

In the middle of groundbreaking announcements from the likes of Microsoft, Nokia and Samsung, LG has so far been fairly quiet at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

The best of Mobile World Congress 2010

MWC is the premier global event for the mobile phone industry. Here's the latest in mobile innovations, from Barcelona this week.

Hands-on with Sony Ericsson's first Android phone: the XPERIA X10

Sony Ericsson's XPERIA X10 smartphone, the company's first handset to run Google's Android operating system, was announced well before Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. However, for many people MWC was the first chance to get some one on one time with the phone.

In pictures: Samsung's Wave mobile phone at MWC

Samsung's GT-S8500 Wave at Mobile World Congress

Videos

MWC: NTT DoCoMo demos prototype LTE terminal

Japan's NTT DoCoMo is demonstrating for the first time this week a prototype computer designed to run on a super-fast cellular network it plans to launch in December. The terminal, developed by NEC, is compatible with LTE cellular -- a data technology one step beyond today's 3G service and can support speeds from 100Mbps -- around 5 times today's fastest service.

MWC: Google previews new translation services

Google previewed a new technology that allows its Goggles application for Android phones to recognize and translate text using the phone’s camera and internet connection.