In some rather surprising news, yesterday we heard that LG are purchasing the WebOS platform from HP to use in their smart TV setup in the future.  There are no plans to make mobile devices with this OS but it will be interesting to see what they can offer when …

Asus have decided that we need a tablet that can be used as a phone. Not the other way as per the norm. They have partnered with Intel to bring us the Asus Fonepad. The guys in Barcelona have yet to get their hands on the Fonepad over …

As well as the Nokia 720 and 520, Nokia had their existing smartphones on sale including the 820, 920 and the 620 which is the more recent of the devices from that group. Considering the stand was packed (and still is hours later) we got some more time …

Following the press launch we’ve now got full details of the ZTE Grand Memo. It’s got a monster 5.7″ screen and runs the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 CPU (quad-core Krait 1.5GHz) CPU that has only just recently been launched. That display is a 720×1280 pixel resolution and there’s …

ASUS have today announced the latest PadFone device called the ‘Infinity’. This new phone/tablet duo is the upgrade to the PadfFone 2 which we still did not get to see here in the UK but did also have some pretty impressive specifications The PadFone Infinity features a 5 …

Following our earlier story we now have more details and (of course) up-close hands-on shots of the Firefox-powered ZTE Open. It’s to be launched across Spain, Venezuela and Colombia in “mid-2013″ and, although the specs aren’t something you’d perhaps get excited about it’s intentionally aimed at those switching …

The press sit on the floor whilst rigid ZTE bosses sit behind a giant desk. It’s a ZTE press conference, no mistaking that. Either side of the stage, models in short white dresses stand looking a little confused. The top brass announce to us through interpreters that “we …

You know what it’s like. You walk into an electrical store and you want to get some speakers to work with your new Samsung Galaxy SIII or Galaxy Note. But when you look around the store all you can find are iPhone docks, speaker docks and random Bluetooth …

Announced in our earlier report from the Nokia session at MWC, Nokia have rebranded their Mapping, Navigation and Transit apps under the new HERE name. Previously only available on Nokia devices (Nokia Drive+ beta briefly excepted), HERE Drive, HERE Maps and HERE Transit are now available to other …

The Huawei P2 was launched just yesterday and we’ve already got plenty of snaps at the event but, if you’re after a little more, I popped down to their stand this morning. Huawei are really pushing at the moment and their motto is to “Make it possible”. There’s …

There are so many great phones out there at times the team end up getting hands on two at the same time.  This can be a good thing because it brings different opinions and thoughts to the table and helps create more content for you all to read. …

The Samsung stand this year is huge. I really mean it. HUGE. I’m sure it almost has it’s own postcode and takes up around a quarter of one of the halls. The picture above doesn’t really do it justice – I couldn’t fit it in the shot if …

Great news for anyone with a BlackBerry Z10 device and that is WhatsApp the popular free instant messaging service used my millions all around the world will be available to download from this March. Still no word on when Skype will appear on BB10 but at least we …

Samsung announced the Galaxy Note 8 on Sunday, and there are plenty of units here at the Samsung stand. The device feels good, and is quite light, and for some strange reason is capable of taking phone whilst used as a handset. Yes, an 8″ handset. Crackers, as …

As well as four new devices, Nokia also unveiled some accessories to complement the Lumia range. One of these is the Nokia wireless car charger. When docked in the charger, as well as charging the phone wirelessly, the charger can also open a default application (for example, Nokia …

LG have announced the Optimus G Pro here at MWC with some top of the range specs in a stunning design. Featuers of this include a huge 5.5 inch Full HD display (1080p) with 440 PPI making images jump out with colour. It also has a speedy 1.7GHz …

Kunimasa Suzuki, President and CEO of Mobile Communications took to the stage early this morning on the first anniversary of Sony Mobile. There weren’t any great surprises today – the Xperia Z and the Xperia Z Tablet were shown off, but there was a glimpse of the new …

I really liked the Acer Cloud Mobile when I had one to review (which you can read here), it was a speedy little critter. With a great 720p screen and a really nice camera. But lack of network uptake and just general lack of interest in Acer phones …

In recent research Doro found that half of people aged over 65 years want a reliable, stylish and easy-to-use feature phone. Not everyone wants the latest and greatest 5″ smartphone, my parents are a prime example. My father in law for instance, he struggles to send a text …

Next is the new Nokia Lumia 520 which only a matter of minutes ago was shown off stage by the company here at MWC in Barcelona. The Lumia 520 has some good specs considering the low price of just €130. The 520 allows swappable shells like the older …