Remember Nokia Morph? It’s the Finnish manufacturer’s long-standing project to build a transparent, flexible phone that you can contort to your hearts content. Now the company’s submitting a second missive to the Patent and Trademark office in the ho…
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SK Telecom Smart Learning robots add twist to interactive learning, we go hands-on (video)
They aren’t quite up to Johnny Number Five’s level of fame and stature, but SK Telecom’s new “Smart Learning” robots have something it (he?) never could have dreamed of: the power of a smartphone. The mechanical critters are designed to be next-gen ed…
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More Nokia 808 PureView sample shots spotted: 41MP sensor laughs at the notion of motion blur
Nokia’s 808 Pureview was one of the major stories of last week’s MWC. We’re desperate to get to grips with a final retail model and push that 41-megapixel sensor to its limits — but until then, a handful of extra sample shots will have to suffice. Th…
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Engadget Interview: Richard Yu, Huawei chairman of devices
Countless smartphones were announced at last week’s Mobile World Congress, but Huawei’s showing was one of the more intriguing at the event. The company has some incredibly lofty goals, intending to ditch its past reputation as an ODM (Original Desig…
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Hands-on with ViewSonic’s 4e and 4s dual-SIM Android phones
Another fringe smartphone manufacturer, ViewSonic, continued their attack on the dual-SIM market at this year's Mobile World Congress in addition to showing off some new tablets. The ViewPhone 4e and 4s are both disctinctly mid-ra…
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Preview of WhitePages social caller ID app for Android
One pleasant little tidbit to roll out of Mobile World Congress 2012 was an upcoming app from WhitePages. They're expanding their standard caller ID features to a bunch of social network tie-ins, so you can see LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter upda…
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PSA: Nokia 808 PureView not coming to North America
When we heard last year that the Nokia N9 wouldn’t be coming to the US, we were left feeling a little letdown even though we half-expected the news. Espoo has assigned a similar fate to the esteemed 808 PureView — our pick for the best innovation at …
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Hands-on with the rest of ZTE’s Android phones at MWC, including two quad-core devices
The last batch of devices we looked at from ZTE at Mobile World Congress included two quad-core devices, and a few lower-end ones. At the top of the heap was the PF112. It has a 4.5-inch 1080 x 720 display, an 8 megapixel camera on the back, and it…
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Hands-on with ZTE’s quad-core tablet, the PF100
Last week at Mobile World Congress 2012, ZTE announced a lot of devices, including two LTE devices that should be coming to North America, and this 10.1-inch quad-core tablet called the PF100. Beyond the quad-core 1.5 GHz processor, the ZTE PF1…
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Acer Allegro hands-on at MWC 2012
We covered Acer’s two Android devices at last week’s show, but what in the world happened to its Windows Phone? It’s easy to forget about the Acer Allegro because we haven’t seen it show up beyond the reaches of Asia and France, but we hunted one down…
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