http://www.phonearena.com/ PhoneArena.com - Cell Phone Reviews, News, Specs and Info. en-us Copyright 2001-2006 PhoneArena. All rights reserved. phonearena@phonearena.com http://www.phonearena.com/img/logo-en.gif http://www.phonearena.com/ 107 80 http://www.phonearena.com/news/Watch-Samsung-pull-the-greatest-show-at-MWC_id17012When it comes to the greatest show at MWC, there is one winner – Samsung. The Koreans overcame their questionable CES presentation legacy and this time pulled quite a show in Barcelona. You didn't even have to be inside…]]>NewsWed, 23 Feb 2011 08:17:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Watch-Samsung-pull-the-greatest-show-at-MWC_id17012/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Best-tablets-of-MWC-2011-Peoples-Pick-Poll_id17006Just last month at CES we witnessed the first wave of the upcoming tablet ocean, and now a mere month later, at MWC, we got a sense of how big this really is. Tablets were literally all over the congress…]]>NewsWed, 23 Feb 2011 07:59:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Best-tablets-of-MWC-2011-Peoples-Pick-Poll_id17006/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Best-phones-of-MWC-2011-Peoples-Pick-Poll_id17005This year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona was different. The world's biggest phone maker Nokia had no new handsets to announce and various reports suggested that Samsung was hesitating about…]]>NewsWed, 23 Feb 2011 07:57:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Best-phones-of-MWC-2011-Peoples-Pick-Poll_id17005/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/MWC-2011-All-hands-on-coverage_id16909Mobile World Congress 2011 is now in the history for future generations to study the importance of all the dual-core and 3D smartphone announcements. What better time than this to take a quick look back at beautiful Barcelona and all of the devices we could steal a minute with…]]>NewsFri, 18 Feb 2011 10:11:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/MWC-2011-All-hands-on-coverage_id16909/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/First-cool-concept-apps-after-RIM-bought-the-UI-design-firm-TAT-appear-on-the-PlayBook_id168983D media interface output to a large TV, interactive Scrapbook app, and a carousel-style multimedia application were some of the apps that The Astonishing Tribe has concocted for the PlayBook since being acquired by RIM...]]>NewsFri, 18 Feb 2011 03:37:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/First-cool-concept-apps-after-RIM-bought-the-UI-design-firm-TAT-appear-on-the-PlayBook_id16898/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Sprint-looking-into-an-LTE-future_id16895Sprint, the nation's third largest carrier was the first to introduce 4G services using the WiMAX technology. Since than major carriers have either announced or launched their 4G LTE networks…]]>NewsFri, 18 Feb 2011 03:24:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Sprint-looking-into-an-LTE-future_id16895/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Sonim-makes-claim-of-worlds-longest-talk-time_id16874Sonim, makers of some seriously ruggedized phones, have made an announcement at the Mobile World Congress of a new phone that they claim has the world’s longest talk time of a whopping 22 hours…]]>NewsThu, 17 Feb 2011 10:20:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Sonim-makes-claim-of-worlds-longest-talk-time_id16874/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Best-tablets-of-MWC-2011-PhoneArenas-pick_id16868It's the last day of the Mobile World Congress 2011 today, and we thought we'd wrap up what we consider the most enticing tablet offerings we set sight on at the Expo...]]>NewsThu, 17 Feb 2011 09:44:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Best-tablets-of-MWC-2011-PhoneArenas-pick_id16868/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Best-phones-of-MWC-2011-PhoneArenas-pick_id16871This year's Mobile World Congress didn't bring any surprising innovations but rather even more of the touchscreen Android hype. Almost every manufacturer showed a smartphone with some version of Android …]]>NewsThu, 17 Feb 2011 09:21:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Best-phones-of-MWC-2011-PhoneArenas-pick_id16871/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Verizon-VoLTE-and-Video-call-over-LTE-demo-with-the-LG-Revolution_id16870Over the last 3 days we reported to you everything worth reporting from MWC, and we couldn't resist the temptation...]]>NewsThu, 17 Feb 2011 09:08:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Verizon-VoLTE-and-Video-call-over-LTE-demo-with-the-LG-Revolution_id16870/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Toshiba-shows-again-its-10-Honeycomb-tablet-with-a-removable-battery-and-swappable-back-covers_id16866Still called just the Toshiba Tablet, the dual-core Tegra 2-powered slate will differentiate itself with a removable battery, so you don't run out of juice, and interchangeable back covers in a variety of colors, not to mention USB ports...]]>NewsThu, 17 Feb 2011 07:08:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Toshiba-shows-again-its-10-Honeycomb-tablet-with-a-removable-battery-and-swappable-back-covers_id16866/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Music-to-come-pre-loaded-on-Honeycomb-tablets_id16862Motorola Mobility's Sanjay Jha took the stage at MWC yesterday to announce some interesting things about the pricing of the Motorola XOOM, but he also mentioned an interesting detail about upcoming Honeycomb tablets…]]>NewsThu, 17 Feb 2011 06:08:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Music-to-come-pre-loaded-on-Honeycomb-tablets_id16862/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-says-3D-makes-phones-too-bulky-but-ready-to-roll-one-if-people-like-it_id16864The product management chief of Samsung Mobile in the UK said that the company is not planning a 3D-capable cell phone just yet, because it adds thickness, but if people like the technology, Samsung will do it...]]>NewsThu, 17 Feb 2011 06:06:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-says-3D-makes-phones-too-bulky-but-ready-to-roll-one-if-people-like-it_id16864/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-grabs-Device-Manufacturer-of-the-Year-award-thanks-its-user-base-for-it_id16856HTC won the "Device Manufacturer of the Year" award at the Mobile World Congress Expo, and said it owes the recognition to its thousands of dedicated employees, and its loyal user base...]]>NewsThu, 17 Feb 2011 03:10:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-grabs-Device-Manufacturer-of-the-Year-award-thanks-its-user-base-for-it_id16856/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Acer-Iconia-Tab-A500-hands-on_id16837Destined for Verizon's LTE network, the 10" Acer Iconia Tab A500 has a very stylish metallic design, and a spec sheet with the best out there, and even beyond, thanks to the HDMI port and USBhost functionality...]]>NewsWed, 16 Feb 2011 10:24:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Acer-Iconia-Tab-A500-hands-on_id16837/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Acer-ICONIA-TAB-A100-Hands-on_id16839Acer was quiet on the tablet front up until now only to erupt with a number of devices for pretty much everyone out there. Now the Acer ICONIA TAB A100 joins the family with a 7-inch screen...]]>NewsWed, 16 Feb 2011 10:19:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Acer-ICONIA-TAB-A100-Hands-on_id16839/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Acer-liquidmini-Hands-on_id16834There is little doubt that Acer is trying to make a statement of intent with its smartphone offerings...]]>NewsWed, 16 Feb 2011 10:09:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Acer-liquidmini-Hands-on_id16834/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Acer-ICONIA-SMART-Hands-on_id16836We headed to Acer's booth at MWC with a sense of excitement - Acer is the new kid on the block when it comes to smartphones and maybe that's what allows it to make some bold moves. And bold the Acer ICONIA SMART is…]]>NewsWed, 16 Feb 2011 09:56:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Acer-ICONIA-SMART-Hands-on_id16836/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/HP-TouchPad-hands-on_id16832We found one of the elusive dual-core Snapdragons in the new HP TouchPad - the first tablet released with HP webOS 3.0, and the tablet version of this mobile OS is even slicker than the phone one...]]>NewsWed, 16 Feb 2011 09:14:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/HP-TouchPad-hands-on_id16832/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/HP-Veer-Hands-on_id16835One of the tiniest smartphones in recent history has made an appearance here at MWC – we're of course talking about the HP Veer, the upcoming webOS-powered smartphone introduced hand-in-hand with the HP Pre 3 and HP TouchPad a couple weeks ago...]]>NewsWed, 16 Feb 2011 09:10:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/HP-Veer-Hands-on_id16835/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/HP-Pre-3-Hands-on_id16830Back in the day, the Palm Pre was an iconic device despite its delayed launch and Palm's funding problems. WebOS undeniably has one of the most original concepts for a platform with the card-based webOS…]]>NewsWed, 16 Feb 2011 08:46:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/HP-Pre-3-Hands-on_id16830/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/NVIDIA-promises-quad-core-tablets-by-August-smartphones-by-year-end_id16827Dual-core smartphones seemed a thing of the future just last year and the recently leaked NVIDIA roadmap mentioning a quad-core SOC in the works for release this Fall seemed too good to be true. But luckily – it is not…]]>NewsWed, 16 Feb 2011 07:22:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/NVIDIA-promises-quad-core-tablets-by-August-smartphones-by-year-end_id16827/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Android-Market-tripled-in-size-to-150-000-apps-for-9-months-says-Eric-Schmidt-quality-and-developers-in-focus_id16824Android Market has mushroomed to anywhere between 150 000 - 250 000 apps, depending on who you ask, and Google's Eric Schmidt said yesterday they are looking for better ways for developers to make money off of it...]]>NewsWed, 16 Feb 2011 06:37:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Android-Market-tripled-in-size-to-150-000-apps-for-9-months-says-Eric-Schmidt-quality-and-developers-in-focus_id16824/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/RIM-gives-carriers-a-direct-role-in-payment-services_id16825Jim Balsillie, co-CEO of RIM, took the stage at MWC's keynote event today to announce a couple of things related to BlackBerry. He used “constructive alignment” to explain the relationship between consumer electronics companies...]]>NewsWed, 16 Feb 2011 06:17:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/RIM-gives-carriers-a-direct-role-in-payment-services_id16825/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/HP-updating-webOS-App-Catalog-for-tablets_id16822HP's developers presentation didn't bring any new mobile products after the announcement of the HP Veer, HP Pre 3 and the HP TouchPad recently, but it did show a preview of the updated App Catalog…]]>NewsWed, 16 Feb 2011 05:26:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/HP-updating-webOS-App-Catalog-for-tablets_id16822/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/The-dual-core-phones-benchmarked-LG-Optimus-3D-takes-the-top_id16816The Texas Instruments OMAP4 chipset in the LG Optimus 3D is taking the lead over Exynos and Tegra 2, as found on the Samsung Galaxy S II, and the LG Optimus 2X...]]>NewsWed, 16 Feb 2011 04:51:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/The-dual-core-phones-benchmarked-LG-Optimus-3D-takes-the-top_id16816/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/iPhone-4-nails-best-phone-award-at-MWC_id16819The Mobile World Congress is the biggest mobile expo of the year, but it's not only about the new technology being announced - MWC also hosts the Global Mobile Awards, which give credit to the best mobile devices, companies and software. And this year's awards have been exciting as always, but the winner...]]>NewsWed, 16 Feb 2011 04:36:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/iPhone-4-nails-best-phone-award-at-MWC_id16819/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Pathpartner-demos-720p-mobile-Skype-calls_id16811Pathpartner, a mobile software solutions provider, demoed 720p HD mobile video-calls over Skype at the Mobile World Congress; they hope to get the app Skype-certified, and made a mainstay of different OEMs' devices...]]>NewsTue, 15 Feb 2011 23:05:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Pathpartner-demos-720p-mobile-Skype-calls_id16811/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Android-Movie-Studio-video-editing-app-for-Honeycomb-tablets-in-the-works_id16804In his keynote speech at the MWC Expo today Eric Schmidt announced that Google is working on Android Movie Studio - a video editing application, which will appear on tablets with Android 3.0 Honeycomb...]]>NewsTue, 15 Feb 2011 14:21:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Android-Movie-Studio-video-editing-app-for-Honeycomb-tablets-in-the-works_id16804/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Eric-Schmidt-says-Androids-door-still-open-for-Nokia-should-it-change-its-mind_id16799In his keynote speech today Eric Schmidt talked in Google's usual frank way about the Nokia Windows Phone. “We would have loved Nokia to choose Android and we certainly tried... The offer remains open for the future.” ...]]>NewsTue, 15 Feb 2011 13:41:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Eric-Schmidt-says-Androids-door-still-open-for-Nokia-should-it-change-its-mind_id16799/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-Wildfire-S-Hands-On_id16792Here we are at Barcelona playing with the successor of the HTC Wildfire - the Wildfire S...]]>NewsTue, 15 Feb 2011 09:45:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-Wildfire-S-Hands-On_id16792/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-Galaxy-S-4G-Hands-on_id16793The Samsung Galaxy S was one of the most successful handsets last year – it took us with its brilliant 4-inch Super AMOLED screen and smooth performance. The appearance of successors was imminent...]]>NewsTue, 15 Feb 2011 09:40:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-Galaxy-S-4G-Hands-on_id16793/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-Flyer-Hands-on_id16794Now that it looks like competition is to get stronger and stronger, with a bunch of Honeycomb tablets being scheduled for a release in the not so distant future, HTC has finally come out of the blue and introduced its first ever tablet – the HTC Flyer...]]>NewsTue, 15 Feb 2011 09:35:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-Flyer-Hands-on_id16794/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Intel-demoes-the-MeeGo-experience-on-tablets-video_id16786The Elopocalypse of recent days left Intel disappointed and alone when it comes to MeeGo, but the company is nonetheless committed to the OS as even in the beginning of MWC there were huge posters showing MeeGo devices...]]>NewsTue, 15 Feb 2011 09:04:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Intel-demoes-the-MeeGo-experience-on-tablets-video_id16786/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-Salsa-hands-on_id16791While handling the HTC Salsa, one of the company's "Facebook experience" phones, it becomes immediately clear that this one is targeted towards the younger crowd that wants to do some social networking on-the-go and on-the-cheap...]]>NewsTue, 15 Feb 2011 08:29:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-Salsa-hands-on_id16791/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-ChaCha-Hands-on_id16790The HTC ChaCha is a young and hip phone for all the socially connected cool kids in town with a dedicated Facebook button, which lets them easily share content on the go. Add in the full portrait QWERTY keyboard...]]>NewsTue, 15 Feb 2011 08:13:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-ChaCha-Hands-on_id16790/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-Desire-S-hands-on_id16788We spent some quality time with the HTC Desire S - all in all, it seems as a nice rehash over the original Desire, both externally, and from the chipset side of things, but we will reserve the performance judgment for the final unit...]]>NewsTue, 15 Feb 2011 07:30:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-Desire-S-hands-on_id16788/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-Incredible-S-Hands-on_id16787Shortly after the end of HTC's press event at MWC, we rushed to get a closer look at the exciting new lineup and the HTC Incredible S stood out with its angular “inside out” design. The first thing that you would notice...]]>NewsTue, 15 Feb 2011 07:23:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-Incredible-S-Hands-on_id16787/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-handsets-with-the-Facebook-experience-are-reserved-for-AT-T-only_id16785HTC said their "Facebook experience" phones will be exclusive to the carrier. Now, nobody specified if it will be those same exact handsets as they are, or rebranded under different monikers. It also might be something totally new and Facebook-oriented from HTC further down the pipeline...]]>NewsTue, 15 Feb 2011 06:19:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-handsets-with-the-Facebook-experience-are-reserved-for-AT-T-only_id16785/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Qualcomm-hints-at-20-upcoming-tablets-with-its-chipset-this-year_id16782This year – it seems – is marked by the invasion of tablets. Qualcomm, maker of the Snapdragon chipset, said that it knows of 20 tablets with its dual-core processor slated for release in the next year…]]>NewsTue, 15 Feb 2011 05:46:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Qualcomm-hints-at-20-upcoming-tablets-with-its-chipset-this-year_id16782/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/ZTE-Amigo-is-a-QWERTY-slider-with-Android-2.2-Froyo_id16780The main selling point of the ZTE Amigo is the presence of a physical slide-out QWERTY keyboard with four rows of keys. It sports a 3.5" display, 3MP camera, and is powered by an unspecified chipset....]]>NewsTue, 15 Feb 2011 05:28:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/ZTE-Amigo-is-a-QWERTY-slider-with-Android-2.2-Froyo_id16780/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-introduces-new-version-of-bada-Multitasking-Voice-recognition-HTML5-support_id16783Samsung just unveiled the latest version of its bada mobile platform generally used on more affordable handsets. The new version of bada adds some significant features like multitasking, voice-recognition and HTML5 support…]]>NewsTue, 15 Feb 2011 05:24:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-introduces-new-version-of-bada-Multitasking-Voice-recognition-HTML5-support_id16783/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Multiple-Facebook-devices-coming-out-this-year_id16778Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, was featured in HTC's press event at MWC today to announce that not only one, but a multitude of Facebook-centered devices is coming out this year...]]>NewsTue, 15 Feb 2011 04:30:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Multiple-Facebook-devices-coming-out-this-year_id16778/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/BlackBerry-Messenger-overhaul-on-its-way_id16777The popular BlackBerry Messenger application is getting a decent sized facelift in the form of some added features in version 6.0 of the app which was presented by RIM at the Mobile World Congress...]]>NewsTue, 15 Feb 2011 04:14:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/BlackBerry-Messenger-overhaul-on-its-way_id16777/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/RIM-unleashes-the-BlackBerry-Travel-application_id16776Research In Motion just released one of their so-called super applications, this one being called BlackBerry Travel which will help you book flights, hotel stays etc. from within the app itself…]]>NewsTue, 15 Feb 2011 03:56:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/RIM-unleashes-the-BlackBerry-Travel-application_id16776/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/HTCs-MWC-event-Live-Coverage_id16773This is our Live Coverage post dedicated to HTC's February 15 event here at the MWC. Join us as CEO Peter Chou and company officially unveil their next-gen devices...]]>NewsTue, 15 Feb 2011 03:05:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/HTCs-MWC-event-Live-Coverage_id16773/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-Wildfire-S-announced-is-a-budget-friendly-Gingerbread-phone_id16769HTC just announced the successor of the HTC Wildfire, aptly named the HTC Wildfire S...]]>NewsTue, 15 Feb 2011 02:41:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-Wildfire-S-announced-is-a-budget-friendly-Gingerbread-phone_id16769/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-ChaCha-dances-with-Facebook-full-QWERTY-style_id16772The smartphone dance floor just got a refreshment with two phones offering Facebook access through a dedicated button. The HTC ChaCha is a portrait full QWERTY candybar, which could have huge success among youngsters...]]>NewsTue, 15 Feb 2011 02:40:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-ChaCha-dances-with-Facebook-full-QWERTY-style_id16772/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/The-Facebook-HTC-phones-are-real-HTC-Salsa-shakes-it-for-the-social-crowd_id16771HTC Salsa has a dedicated Facebook button, which lights up when you have something to share from the phone, and modest specs - 3.4" 320 x 480 pixels LCD display, 600MHz Qualcomm MSM7227 chipset with 512MB of RAM, 5MP rear camera with flash, and a front-facing cam...]]>NewsTue, 15 Feb 2011 02:26:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/The-Facebook-HTC-phones-are-real-HTC-Salsa-shakes-it-for-the-social-crowd_id16771/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-Flyer-is-ready-to-take-off-in-Q2-2011_id16770Here comes HTC's first tablet - the HTC Flyer, which was leaked quite heavily in the recent weeks. Anyway, the hot device is now 100% official, so let's delve deeper and explore what it has to offer...]]>NewsTue, 15 Feb 2011 02:17:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-Flyer-is-ready-to-take-off-in-Q2-2011_id16770/commentsPhone Arena