More MWC News
- 27 February 2012
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News: McAfee Unveils New Mobile Security Tools
McAfee used the venue of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as an opportunity to announce new techniques and tools for protecting mobile devices, data, and apps. Mobile devices are a huge target for malware and cyber attackers, and McAfee wants to ensure organizations have the tools to use the mobile devices securely.
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News: Android 5.0 could come in autumn, Google exec implies
It's now likely that Android 5.0 will be rolled out in the autumn, according to comments made by Hiroshi Lockheimer, Google's vice president of engineering for mobile, at the at the Mobile World Congress here.
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News: Google exec hints of autumn Android 5.0 release
Pattern of earlier releases suggest autumn, but Lockheimer says Google wants to be 'flexible' on timing
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News: Mozilla Phones in 2012 Primer
Firefox maker Mozilla is expanding its horizons beyond the browser space with its smartphone collaboration with Spain’s largest mobile operator, Telefónica.
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News: Mozilla shows off Boot to Gecko OS
Mozilla, the non-profit organisation behind Firefox, has today announced its plans to unlock the ‘power of the Web’ for mobile devices.
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News: MWC: New software virtualizes multiple Android instances on smartphone
A new virtualization technique lets users create two separate Android "spaces" on their smartphone or tablet, one for personal use and a kind of walled garden for work use. The beta software, from Cellrox, is being demonstrated this week at Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona, Spain.
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News: Microsoft Windows 8 Consumer Preview: What We Know So Far
Microsoft is expected to release the Windows 8 Consumer Preview on Wednesday. The preview is essentially an open beta for users who want a sneak peek at the new operating system.
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Video: Samsung introduces new smartphones and tablets
Samsung introduced a number of new products at Mobile World Congress this week. The Galaxy Note smartphone tablet hybrid got a big brother with a 10.1-inch screen. Like its smaller sibling it can be used with touch or a stylus that Samsung calls the S Pen. It has a 1.4 ghz dual core processor and runs Android 4.0.
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News: Photoshop Touch app arrives for the iPad
Adobe has announced that Photoshop Touch—the centerpiece of its suite of mobile Touch apps—is now available for the iPad from the iTunes store. Priced at $10, it runs on the iPad 2, and is compatible with iOS 5.
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News: Samsung Shows Off Galaxy Tab 2 Series
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 series of tablets will be on display in Barcelona starting Monday, the first day of Mobile World Congress. News of the 7-inch model came a couple of weeks back; now, Samsung confirms that the 10.1-inch Tab will get a facelift as well. Both tablets will ship in the UK starting in March, followed by other parts of the globe. The new Galaxy Tab 2s come with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich; they will be the first tablets from Samsung to ship with Ice Cream Sandwich on-board.
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News: Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 First Look
The Galaxy Note 10.1, announced Monday at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, is the second entry in the company's pen- and touch-capable Galaxy Note line. Now that it's here in a full-size tablet with a 10.1-inch screen, the Note seems set to shine in a size and design that makes more sense than the 5-inch phone that Samsung inaugurated the line with two months ago. We had a sneak peak and got to see the tablet in-action--and had just enough time with it to form some initial impressions.
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News: Samsung Announces The Galaxy S 4.2 Media Player
It looks like Samsung is taking another swing at the media player market. Today, the company announced its latest Android powered media player, the Galaxy S Wi-Fi 4.2. A follow up to the 4.0 and 5.0, the Galaxy S 4.2 is essentially and Android phone without the phone.
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News: Android Market Hits 450K Apps, Challengers Abound
Google's Android Market is nipping at the heels of Apple's iOS App Store in terms of number of offerings.
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News: Dolby Moves From Smartphone Audio Into Smartphone Camera Technology
Dolby is getting into the smartphone camera game with a new mobile imaging technology, announced today at Mobile World Congress. The new technology enables High Dynamic Range images to be saved in JPEG-HDR, which preserves the high contrast effect better than saving them as JPEGs.
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News: Asus Unveils PadFone and Transformer Pad Family
The Asus PadFone made an appearance last May, but we haven't heard much about it in the time since. Now, at the Barcelona-based Mobile World Congress, Asus has given us a few more details about its phone-tablet hybrid.
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News: Adobe Photoshop Touch app released for Apple iPad
Adobe has released its Photoshop Touch app for the Apple iPad 2 at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) exhibition in Barcelona.
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News: Skype for Windows Phone arrives in beta version
Windows Phone users now have access to the Skype Internet calling service.
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News: Asus announces Padfone, three tablets at MWC
Asus launched its anticipated PadFone and Transformer Pad tablet line-up at Mobile World Congress on Monday.
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News: ZTE Reveals Ambitious Line-Up: Quadcore Tablets and Phones Galore
ZTE revealed its "New Era" for smartphones and tablets in 2012 at its press conference at Mobile World Congress today. ZTE has ambitious plans to release quad-core and LTE devices on top of maintaining its foothold in the mid-tier and inexpensive smartphone markets.
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News: ZTE's expands Windows Phone family with low-end smartphone
ZTE continues to push Windows Phone with the launch of the Orbit, a cheaper phone that aims to expand the market for Microsoft's smartphone OS.
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