Feb 15

GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona: we’re here!

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If this last week’s wide assortment of pre-show announcements and leaks was any indication, this is going to be one helluva MWC. Naturally, we’re here, on the ground, scarfing down tapas and working ourselves into a mild frenzy. The excitement is due to begin at 5PM local time (11AM EST) with some pre-show events, and should carry well into the night as phones are unveiled, embargoes lift, and we get our hands on the latest and greatest. The show proper begins tomorrow, so rouse yourself a few hours early, pour a pot of coffee into your face, head on over to Engadget Mobile and get ready for phones, phones and more phones!

Nuestro equipo de Engadget en español también está aquí, y realizará las coberturas en directo y en español!

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GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona: we’re here! originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 15 Feb 2009 08:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 14

Samsung’s Omnia HD and Beat DJ unveiled in massive MWC ad

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Samsung has plastered MWC’s host city of Barcelona with huge ads depicting its new Ultra Touch handset, alongside the previously unannounced Omnia HD and Beat DJ. We’ve spotted both of these handsets previously, the former being a dead ringer for the incredibly-specced Acme i8910, and the latter being that M7600 set which sports a Bang & Olufsen amplifier in a Ocean-like form factor. There’s nothing else revealed by the ad, but we’re obviously expecting to find out a lot more this coming week once the show proper gets underway.

[Via Phone Arena]

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Samsung’s Omnia HD and Beat DJ unveiled in massive MWC ad originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 13

Nokia shows off sample image from mysterious 8 megapixel phone

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This one won’t be a mystery for too much longer but, for now at least, Nokia is more than happy to tease out its latest high-end cameraphone right up until the official announcement at MWC. What we do know is that the above picture was taken with said cameraphone, and that the EXIF data revealed a couple more details in addition to its 8 megapixel nature. The most notable of those is that the phone will apparently come equipped with a Carl Zeiss lens which, judging from the sample image, certainly seems to be capable of producing some decent results. Hit up the read link to check out the full resolution version, and keep an eye on our MWC coverage for further details as we get ’em.

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Nokia shows off sample image from mysterious 8 megapixel phone originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 13

Toshiba TG01 gets CoPilot GPS app, takes you to camp

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What’s there to say about the TG01? It’s under ten millimeters thin, rocks a GPS and a 4.1-inch display, and with that 1GHz Snapdragon chip under the proverbial hood, we’re counting on some serious multimedia action. Now that we’re gearing up for MWC, ALK Technologies has just announced that it’s making the CoPilot Live GPS nav system available for the guy. The app promises full-featured turn-by-turn navigation and both 3D and 2D widescreen map views, and real-time services like traffic alerts, fuel price info, and weather conditions. Additionally, this bad boy supports safety camera alerts, with free database updates available for download directly to the phone. Specifics — such as price and release date — to be announced.

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Toshiba TG01 gets CoPilot GPS app, takes you to camp originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 13

Huawei announces i-Mo 3G modem with WiFi

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Here’s a peek at a tiny modem making its debut at MWC next week. The Huawei i-Mo HSPA modem is, indeed very small — the company says about the size of a key chain — and it boasts both an HSDPA / HSUPA USB modem as well as WiFi, plus it’s got a MicroSD slot for storage. We don’t know about pricing or availability for this little guy yet, but it will probably be offered through carriers, and should show up sometime in the fourth quarter of 2009. Hooray!

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Huawei announces i-Mo 3G modem with WiFi originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 13

Samsung dashes hopes for 12 megapixel phone at MWC

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Okay, so a recap is definitely in order here. Merely 11 days ago, a flurry of rumors about Samsung’s Mobile World Congress plans filtered out, which just so happened to include word of a 12 megapixel cameraphone. Then, the outfit itself leaked nine new models, giving just a wee bit of credence to the whispers we’d heard. Following that, we even saw a certain UK branch get ahold of one of its flagship models prior to the show, while it casually mentioned that no Android-based phones would be on display. Now, the other most awesome handset (er, rumored handset) is being squashed for a MWC debut, as Telecoms Korea has it that no dozen-megapixel phone is coming to Barcelona. No worries, though — you’ll have plenty to gawk at between the Blue Earth and the Ultra Touch S8300.

[Via Samsung Central, thanks David]

Samsung dashes hopes for 12 megapixel phone at MWC originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 12

Samsung to show off LTE chipset at MWC

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We’ve known Samsung was working on an LTE chipset for quite a while now, but word’s come down from on high that we’ll get to see it on show at MWC (which is now just days away). There’s no word on which handset we’re going to see with the new chipset, but we hear that, among other things, Samsung’s going to show its GPP LTE Rel-8 standard-based video-on-demand (VOD) and Internet telephony service using the aforementioned LTE chip-adapted phone and data card, plus it’s set to unveil its Mobile WiMAX Ubicell, which uses femtocell connections for use at home or in the office. Barcelona, here we come!

[Via Samsung Central]

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Samsung to show off LTE chipset at MWC originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 12

Samsung’s Ultra Touch S8300 handled ahead of MWC

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Oh, brother. Really, Samsung? Are we seriously going to have to juggle completely unrelated names based on geographic location yet again? Unless our deductive reasoning skills are just utterly shot, Sammy’s Ultra Touch S8300 — which got official earlier this week — will be known as the Tocco Ultra Edition in some corners of the globe. Nomenclature aside, what we’re really here to discuss is just how striking this piece is, and if you’re in disbelief, we’d invite you to give the read link a visit. Pocket-lint was able to score a pre-production sample over in the UK ahead of its “debut” at Mobile World Congress, and you know you don’t want to miss that.

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Samsung’s Ultra Touch S8300 handled ahead of MWC originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 12

Ericsson promises 42Mbps HSPA demo using multi-carrier technology

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Leave Ericsson alone for five seconds, and it goes and makes the technology it was just bragging about seem archaic. Just in case Telstra’s 21Mbps Next G network seemed a bit — how do you say, sluggish? — Ericsson will be showcasing a new approach that enables peak downlink data rates of 42Mbps at Mobile World Congress. In order to achieve such tremendous speeds, it will rely on its so-called multi-carrier technology, which is the next (or is that next-next?) generation of HSPA. The secret? It allows users to “receive data simultaneously on two frequency channels,” which doubles the data rate in the coverage area of an HSPA network and on the cell edge. The best part of all this isn’t that you can one day look forward to crushing your cable modem with a wireless USB stick, it’s that “one day” will be ready to happen before the dawn of 2010. Huzzah!

[Via phonescoop, image courtesy of TornadoChaser]

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Ericsson promises 42Mbps HSPA demo using multi-carrier technology originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 12 Feb 2009 08:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 12

Acer’s DX650 and X960 smartphones leaked: we waited for this?

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Ok Acer, you can let us in on the joke now. These “leaks” are just to throw us off the scent of your real smartphones right? After teasing with the announcement of your entry into the marketplace, you can’t expect us to believe that a Glofiish DX900 rebadge, and new DX650 (pictured above… twice) and X960 (after the break) makes up your A-game? The DX650 is a chubby dual-sided device: on one side we’ve got Windows Mobile pumping away beneath a 2.8-inch QVGA touchscreen, on the other a 1.27-inch OLED with full numeric keypad — you know, because a software-based keypad and/or QWERTY is just crazy-talk. Inside you’ll find HSDPA, GPS, microSD, 802.11b/g WiFi, and Bluetooth. Next up, the X960 looking very much a continuation of the Glofiish product line. It brings a 2.8-inch 640 x 480 pixel display riding a 533MHz Samsung S3C 6410 processor, HSDPA data, WiFi, SiRF Star III GPS, microSD, and a 3.2 megapixel camera with flash. Look Acer, if this is all you’ve got for Mobile World Congress, fine… just don’t expect us to repeat the year 2007 along with you.

[Via Sohoa]

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