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Benchmarks Are In: Nvidia's Tegra 4 Really Cooks
Gizmodo - 24 Feb 2013 23:37
When Nvida announced the Tegra 4 back at CES, they laid down the claim it was the world's fastest mobile processor. Now, at Mobile World Congress, the benchmarks are coming in and there's no questioning it. The Tegra 4 i...
NVIDIA Tegra 4 benchmarked, breaks all sorts of speed records (video)
Engadget - 24 Feb 2013 23:00
When NVIDIA unveiled Tegra 4 back at CES, we scrambled to get hands-on with a reference device. And though our initial performance impressions were positive -- it runs 1080p video and games smoothly -- there was only so ...
NVIDIA Tegra 4i Phoenix reference phone hands-on (video)
Engadget - 24 Feb 2013 23:00
NVIDIA's latest venture in the mobile world, called the 4i, was introduced last week ahead of Mobile World Congress, and fortunately the chipset maker brought the product to Barcelona embedded in a reference phone known ...
Why the iPad Needs a File System
TechPinions - 24 Feb 2013 22:17
Over at Monday Note, the always perceptive Jean-Louis Gassée writes about how the lack a a true user-accessible file system is holding back more intensive use of the iPad as a creation tool. Jean-Louis has been on this ...
HP Slate 7 Hands On: A Better Way to Do Android
Gizmodo - 24 Feb 2013 21:30
This is the good HP. We knew that HP had been planning on making some new Android hardware, but the Slate 7 is still a pleasant surprise. Because it's good. More
Insert Coin semifinalist: smARtPULSE is a hackable Bluetooth oximeter
Engadget - 24 Feb 2013 21:24
Oximeters aren't exactly the sexiest gadgets in the world, but they're definitely quite useful. Monitoring pulse and blood oxygen levels are important for patients in hospitals, athletes trying to squeeze every last drop...
Ceton reveals Android, Windows Media Center integration details for its Echo
Engadget - 24 Feb 2013 21:17
Just after launch, Ceton announced it would bring Android to the Echo Windows Media Center Extender by the end of last year. Owners of the device have been left wondering ever since then: what's the holdup? Now the Ceton...
PowerbyProxi debuts wireless charging solution, aims to fully integrate it into future smartphones (video)
Engadget - 24 Feb 2013 20:54
The pathway to innovation is paved with failed attempts to produce wireless charging solutions that a) actually work and b) people genuinely want to use, but we've got yet another upstart here at Mobile World Congress wi...
ZTE Open Firefox OS phone announced at MWC 2013, we go hands-on
Engadget - 24 Feb 2013 20:37
Alcatel wasn't the only one to flash some Firefox OS hardware at Mozilla's big MWC event. ZTE was also showing off two shades of its new smartphone, the Open. The device will launch in orange and blue in global territori...
HP Slate 7 hands-on (update: video)
Engadget - 24 Feb 2013 20:19
Well, this might just be the biggest news to come out of Mobile World Congress. Long after discontinuing the TouchPad (and the rest of its mobile devices, for that matter) HP is back with a new tablet. This time, though,...
Mozilla CEO: looking at a 2014 time frame for a US Firefox OS release
Engadget - 24 Feb 2013 20:09
With a number of other countries already in line to get their hands on Mozilla's Firefox OS, it's pretty clear that the company doesn't have the States at the top of its list of priorities. While attending its press conf...
Alcatel Idol X hands-on (video)
Engadget - 24 Feb 2013 20:00
Alcatel converted its One Touch Idol line from a duo to a trio with today's launch of yet another set at Mobile World Congress: the Idol X. While not quite as thin as its 6.45mm-thin Idol Ultra sibling, at 7mm thick with...
Alcatel One Touch Star hands-on
Engadget - 24 Feb 2013 20:00
Alongside Alcatel's other launches today at Mobile World Congress the One Touch Star is another example of an affordable handset that still manages to maintain good looks with excellent fit an finish. Featuring a 4-inch ...
Meet the ZTE Open, First Official Firefox OS Phone
Gizmodo - 24 Feb 2013 19:40
There have been a few Firefox OS developer phones floating around but now, Mozilla has announced the first official Firefox OS handset at Mobile World Congress: The ZTE Open. More
Mozilla to bring marketplace to Firefox OS, allow payment through network operators
Engadget - 24 Feb 2013 19:40
Mozilla has just announced live at its MWC 2013 event that it'll launch its marketplace for Firefox OS "later this year," and that you'll be able to pay for apps directly through your mobile operator. That's obviously di...
HP Slate 7 Android tablet rocks Beats, $169 price tag; due out in April
Engadget - 24 Feb 2013 19:32
Mobile World Congress isn't just about the phones. Sometimes a company's got a little tablet love to give as well. HP's out in Barcelona talking up the new Slate 7, a Jelly Bean-sporting tablet with a 1.6GHz dual-core AR...
HP's Going Android With $169 Slate 7 Tablet
Gizmodo - 24 Feb 2013 19:25
The HP Slate 7 is beyond fashionably late to the Android tablet party, but it tries to make up for its tardiness with a very low price. When the device arrives in April, HP's first Google-powered tablet just announced at...
Firefox OS heading to Brazil, Mexico, Poland, Spain and more; Huawei device coming soon
Engadget - 24 Feb 2013 19:07
Not content with a simple Deutsche Telecom announcement, Mozilla's using Mobile World Congress as a platform to launch its mobile operating system in a slew of markets. Rolling out in waves, the first round of devices fe...
Mozilla details apps Firefox OS: Facebook, Cut the Rope, Nokia Here, and Twitter confirmed
Engadget - 24 Feb 2013 19:05
We've only just stepped into Mozilla's press arena but the Firefox creators handed a rich press kit as we did, detailing a fair chunk of what we're expecting to see over the next hour. One of the more noticeable announce...
Check Out The Whole History of Display Resolutions In One Big Stack
Gizmodo - 24 Feb 2013 19:00
Computer screens have come a long, long way in the past decade and a half. With all these retina-grade, impossible-to-decern-the-pixels resolutions floating around, it's hard to believe we used to deal with displays as l...
Likely ZTE Open spotted at Mozilla press conference: it's blue, it's open, like the ocean
Engadget - 24 Feb 2013 18:58
Remember that orphaned spec list we saw for the Mozilla-powered ZTE Open? Well, we think we've just spotted the device that it describes. It only came out for a second, clasped in the hand of someone from Mozilla, but we...
Bell Canada set to launch Novatel's MiFi 2
Engadget - 24 Feb 2013 18:51
Novatel's touchable MiFi 2 -- also known as the MiFi Liberate -- receives a fresh coat of paint in the form of a UI overhaul on its way to Bell Canada's network this March. No word on pricing or an exact date, but this 1...