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Samsung Blue Earth eco-friendly solar smartphone

, Feb 16th 2009 Discuss [2]

As well as their more mainstream devices, Samsung also announced the first in their new Blue Earth series, an eco-friendly handset made from recycled PCM plastic, which is extracted from water bottles. On the back there's a solar panel, which Samsung are saying generate enough electronic power to "call anytime anywhere".   Read The Full Story

Samsung BEAT Edition phones announced: DJ and DISC

, Feb 16th 2009 Discuss [0]

Samsung have officially announced the new Samsung BEAT Series, including the Bang & Olufsen tweaked DJ phone we saw leaked earlier this month.  The BEAT DISC (left, below) and the BEAT DJ (right, below) both have full touchscreens, with the former also having a slide-out keyboard; the DJ uses a 2.8-inch AMOLED display. Read The Full Story

Samsung Omnia HD gets official at MWC 2009

, Feb 16th 2009 Discuss [1]

Samsung announced the latest iteration in the Omnia range today, the Samsung Omnia HD I8910, with a switch from Windows Mobile 6.1 to Symbian S60.  The Omnia HD has a 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen, capable of 16m colors, together with an 8.1-megapixel camera capable of recording 720p high-definition footage.   Read The Full Story

Pre Community briefing with Palm at MWC 2009

, Feb 16th 2009 Discuss [0]

We stopped by Palm this morning to check out the latest on the Pre; although we had been hoping that the GSM version of the handset would be announced, Palm maintain that they’ve no plans to confirm their European carrier at this event. Nonetheless, while shooting video of the Pre for our sibling-site Pre Community, we spotted a Vodafone SIM in what was obviously a GSM handset.

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HTC Touch Diamond2 and Touch Pro2

, Feb 16th 2009 Discuss [0]

HTC have announced two new devices at MWC today, the HTC Touch Diamond2 and the HTC Touch Pro2, each updates of the original devices. The Touch Diamond2 has a 3.2-inch VGA touchscreen display, while the Touch Pro2 has a 3.6-inh WVGA touchscreen and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. Both run Windows Mobile, currently 6.1 but we’re expecting to hear that each will ship with 6.5 when Microsoft officially announce it – as expected – later on today.

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Sony Ericsson Idou: Live Video and Gallery from MWC

, Feb 15th 2009 Discuss [0]

Sony Ericsson’s Idou may be far from complete, but that didn’t stop the company pulling out the limited number of pre-production demo units they had and running through a quick showcase of some of the touchscreen smartphone’s features.  Headline functionality for the Idou is the 12.1-megapixel autofocus camera with Xenon flash, 3.5-inch VGA-resolution touchscreen and new Symbian Foundation OS; check out our live demo video and full gallery after the cut.

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Sony Ericsson W995 Walkman with 8.1MP and Sony MediaGo

, Feb 15th 2009 Discuss [0]

Sony Ericsson have announced the W995 Walkman phone at Mobile World Congress this evening, an 8.1-megapixel cameraphone with A-GPS, WiFi and a 2.6-inch QVGA scratch-resistant display.  There’s also DLNA support, 118MB of onboard storage and a Memory Stick M2 slot; there’ll be an 8GB M2 card in the box.

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SlashGear at Sony Ericsson MWC press event

, Feb 15th 2009 Discuss [0]

SlashGear is at the Sony Ericsson press event, here at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, waiting to see what devices the company launches.  There’s just ten minutes before the event begins, so check out the video embedded after the cut and stay tuned for our coverage as the launch unfolds.

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Novatel MiFi 2352 Euro GSM debuts at ShowStoppers

, Feb 15th 2009 Discuss [0]

Novatel Wireless have announced the European GSM version of their MiFi personal HSPA/WiFi hotspot device, the MiFi 2352.  Combining an HSDPA/HSUPA chipset capable of 7.2Mbps downlink and 5.76Mbps uplink, together with a WiFi link which can simultaneously connect to up to five devices.

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SlashGear at Mobile World Congress 2009!

, Feb 15th 2009 Discuss [1]

slashgear_mobile_world_congress_2009_smlThe SlashGear team are in Barcelona and we’re ready to bring you all the top stories from Mobile World Congress 2009.  Although the last two weeks have been filled with leaks – Samsung, we’re looking at you – and early announcements, we’re still expecting a few interesting surprises.  Of course, we’ll also be bringing you hands-on reports, exclusive video and photo galleries of all the biggest launches.

We know that Samsung will be bringing their new flagship feature-phone, the Samsung UltraTOUCH S8300 (aka Samsung Tocco Ultra), as well as a number of other devices, many of which use AMOLED display technology rather than the more traditional (and generally more power-hungry) LCD TFT screens.  LG, meanwhile, have their Arena KM900 – which is being heavily advertised across Barcelona – complete with its nifty new 3D GUI.

MWC 2009 predictions after the cut

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Samsung deny 12MP cameraphone launch at MWC

, Feb 13th 2009 Discuss [0]

Not only are Samsung not bringing an Android-based cellphone to Mobile World Congress for us to play with, the company has also denied recent rumors that a phone with a 12-megapixel camera would be unveiled.  According to a source "familiar" with the company's internal marketing plans for MWC, there'll be no official announcement concerning either device. Read The Full Story

ASUS Eee Phone announcement this year: budget smartphone OS still unknown

, Feb 12th 2009 Discuss [0]

The much-rumored ASUS Eee Phone is another device on the Garmin-ASUS roadmap, according to a company spokesperson, but it will not be making an appearance at MWC next week.  Instead, the budget smartphone will get an announcement later this year, but the duo are keeping tight-lipped about what OS the handset will run.  Various options are on the table - including Windows Mobile, Android and other Linux distros - but the expectation is still that Google's open-source platform will be the likely candidate. Garmin and ASUS announced their partnership to co-develop, brand and market handsets last week, with the news focusing primarily on the nuvifone series.  These devices, which would build heavily on Garmin's GPS expertise, would prioritize location-based services in order to distinguish themselves from the rest of the cellphone crowd. Read The Full Story
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