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by Alex Dobie
Feb 26, 2013
At the conceptual level, the ASUS Padfone series has always sounded cool, but it's never managed to translate that into mainstream success. Previous Padfones, though technically impressive,...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 26, 2013
Android has a long history of playing host to ridiculously large smartphones. First there was the Dell Streak. Next came the original Samsung Galaxy Note. And now in 2013 we have the ASUS Fonepad, a...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 26, 2013
With devices like the Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note, Samsung has been an integral part of the push towards bigger screens on smartphones. But traditionally these larger, higher-resolution devices have b...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 26, 2013
At CES in January Lenovo unveiled the K900, a high-end, big-screen smartphone aimed at the Chinese market. And at Mobile World Congress this week, the manufacturer gave us a closer look at this...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 25, 2013
We've just wrapped up the first proper day of Mobile World Congress here in Barcelona, Spain, and there's been a lot of Android and Windows Phone developments to go around. From the Optimus ...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 25, 2013
At the LG MWC booth today the manufacturer didn't just launch the Optimus G Pro and L II series, there was also a new mid-range series of 4G LTE smartphones on display -- the Optimus F...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 25, 2013
Samsung gets a lot of stick over the build quality of some of its phones -- a common complaint of devices like the Galaxy S3 and Note 2 are that they're glossy, plasticky and cheap-looking. So i...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 25, 2013
LG announced the Optimus L II series last week, and today we got our first chance to check out the new mid-range handsets at Mobile World Congress. As it was last year, the L series represents LG...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 25, 2013
We've just received our invite to a Samsung event in New York on Mar. 14, inviting us to get "ready 4 the show." Looks highly likely that we're in for a Galaxy S4 event, and we'...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 24, 2013
Join Android Central's Phil Nickinson and Alex Dobie as well as WPCentral's Jay Bennett and a mostly silent Daniel Rubino for the first Mobile Nations podcast of Mobile World Congress 2013. ...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 24, 2013
We're on the ground at Pepcom's MobileFocus Global, where we've just had the chance to get some hands-on time with Sprint and Kycera's latest smartphone, the Torque. Announced in lat...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 24, 2013
Huawei has just unveiled its latest Android handset, the Ascend P2, at an event held in Barcelona, Spain, and we've had the chance to get our hands on the device.
Succeeding last year's Asc...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 24, 2013
We're live from Barcelona, Spain with Huawei, which is holding its big press conference today ahead of MWC. Possible Android developments include the Ascend P2, a quad-core successor to last yea...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 23, 2013
It’s day minus-one of Mobile World Congress 2013, and we already have the first major device announcement from Samsung. Variously leaked and rumored over the past couple of months, the Galaxy ...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 22, 2013
Update: It's official -- a tweet from Google Developers confirms that registration opens at 7AM PDT on Mar. 13. Make a note of it, and good luck to everyone hoping to score a tic...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 22, 2013
February is drawing to a close, and we’re getting ready to head to Barcelona, Spain, for another Mobile World Congress. Usually one of the highlight events of the year in mobile, MWC takes pla...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 22, 2013
Sprint has announced that its latest ruggedized smartphone, the Kyocera Torque, is to go on sale on Mar. 8, priced at $99.99 on-contract. The torque, announced in late January, combined a hardene...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 22, 2013
If you're after a dual-SIM Android option in the U.S., there'll soon be a new device for you to consider. Sony's just put the Xperia E Dual, an entry-level phone with the ability to c...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 22, 2013
Google's "Photosphere" 360-degree panoramas are one one of the stand-out features of Android 4.2. But we've been left guessing as to whether third-party manufacturers will get acce...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 21, 2013
One of the best uses of Android 4.2's lock screen widget feature has been Roman Nurik's DashClock Widget -- a customizable, extensible widget giving you access to a wide array of information...
