MWC – LG Optimus Vu – Hands on

The LG Note.. sorry.. what am I saying. The LG Optimus Vu isn’t a device you’ll see appearing here in Europe for some time. This puppy is LTE all the way and will be hitting Korea to begin with, then you might see it in Germany followed by …

MWC – Motorola MOTOACTV – Up close

So today I went to see Motorola. Two very nice gents (Bobby and Joel) took me through the latest Motorola gear and it started with this – a watch. Now, I should just point out that this isn’t just “a watch”, it’s actually more of a personal trainer …

Stop Motion – App Review

Stop motion is cool. <End of statement>. We all appear to be transfixed whenever a stop motion production is realised, it lures us in with it’s time lapse photography and catchy background music…. why is that? Well I thought I’d investigate, and in particular look at a fairly …

MWC – Asus PadFone

Asus yesterday announced the PadFone. Which is the tablet with a phone inside it. We have previously seen various demos at CES a few months ago. Well now it turns out that it works with the keyboard dock as seen on the Transformer range. This really could be …

MWC – Huawei Ascend D quad – Up close

The Huawei Ascend D quad was announced just yesterday, so we thought it’d be worth visiting the Huawei stand to (a) snap some pictures and film it and (b) try and convince them to change the company name so it’s easier for us to spell. Sadly there was …

MWC – Huawei MediaPad FHD – Up close

We said we’d bring you shots of the newly-announced Huawei MediaPad FHD and here they are. It does, if I’m honest, look a helluva lot like an iPad. It’s got a solid construction, well designed and was pretty darned quick when we tried it. Unfortunately there only appears …

MWC – Huawei announce the MediaPad 10 FHD

A new tablet was announced by Huawei today. This 10″ beast has got a quad-core 1.5Ghz processor and runs Android 4.0. We’ll have a run down there in a second and get some pictures of it for you. The CPU is, according to Huawei, the smallest quad-core unit …

MWC – LG L-Style hands-on

We had a quick spin around the LG Stand today. We’ve got some more details coming up on that shortly but first here’s a video showing the new L-Style phones. There’s three of them – the L3, L5 and the L7. The specs tend to go up with …

MWC – Skype For Windows Phone Beta Available

During the Nokia event this morning they announced that Skype is in beta as a free download for their devices so you can finally keep in touch worldwide at super low prices. It had been rumored that Skype was coming on Windows Phone for a little while now, …

MWC – Sony Event Photos

Last night we saw the Xperia S, Xperia U and Xperia P in Barcelona and managed to get some photos of all three devices together.  Due to the WiFi problem we were unable to upload from the event live so here are the photos now The Xperia S …

MWC – Nokia PureView 808 Hands On

Just out of a meeting with Nokia and one of the best optics team in the mobile industry, We also managed to get some hands on time with the new Nokia PureView 808 and it’s amazing 41 megapixel camera. From initial impressions as a Nokia fan I am …

MWC – ZTE ERA video promo

ZTE have announced the ERA this morning. It’s a 4.3″ quad core phone. Here is a quick video they have released also today. Further details on it can be found here

MWC – Behind the scenes

We arrived yesterday, and I figured that it’d be fun to show you a bit of “behind the scenes” footage from our coverage here in Barcelona. It all started with an early wake-up call on Sunday morning, then a drive up to the airport for our First Class …

MWC – Nokia 808 arrives

The Nokia 808 PureView has just been announced here in Barcelona. Normal stuff really. Nokia phone, running Symbian, 41 megapixel camera. .. pardon? Yes, we figured this was worth covering, even though it’s not iOS, Android or Windows Phone – a 41 megapixel camera. That’s kinda raising the …

Paper Camera for Android now supports video capture

A few months ago we reviewed Paper Camera. Which turns any photo into one of many hand drawn looking images. Well they have updated the app now. It now supports video as well. The videos like the photos are not the most highest definition you have ever seen. …

MWC – ZTE Orbit announced

Another ZTE handset announced today was the Orbit – a Windows Phone handset to go alongside their existing ZTE Tania that we looked at last month. It’ll be available in the second quarter of this year. Powered by Windows Phone the ZTE Orbit will have 4GB of memory, …

MWC – ZTE Era announced

We’ve just come out of a rather crowded ZTE Press Room where they’ve announced several new devices. Just yesterday we saw yesterday how HTC have switched gear – focusing more on quality products rather than trying to hit every segment in the market. ZTE are doing the polar …

MWC – SPB TV Showcases The Three Screens TV Solution

SPB have been making software for a good few years now and the SPB TV software has been around for most of them. Well now at MWC it looks like they are going to be showcasing a new slant on the SPB TV software. It looks like they …

MWC – Samsung Galaxy Beam demo

So, the Galaxy Beam. Is it any good? Well, we took a tour around the Samsung stand this morning and tried it out. It’s being shown off in a dark room, and I made the unfortunate mistake of asking “do things work better in the dark?” Apparently it …

MWC – Hands on with the Galaxy Note 10.1

The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 only got announced literally minutes ago, so we thought it best to go and get a hands-on with the device. The lovely Samsung lady gave us a great demo of the device, which has a WXGA (1280×800) PLS TFT screen, dual-core 1.4GHz CPU, …