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Asahi Etches Glass for Fingerprints

by Tom Allen

Asahi Glass was showing a new cover glass product, on the CrucialTec stand, with a recess to house a fingerprint sensor. It is called ‘Glass on Top with Shine’. Today’s fingerprint sensors can read …

Haier Builds on MWC ’15

by Tom Allen

Haier was presenting four new smartphones, two in the existing Voyage series, which debuted at last year’s show, and two in the new Leisure series. The Voyage V6 is Haier’s flagship: a 7.6mm-thick model …

Nokia Will Re-Enter Smartphone Market

by Tom Allen

Rajeev Suri, CEO of Nokia, confirmed the company’s plans to re-enter the smartphone market at MWC. This did not come as a huge shock, of course – we have been reporting on rumours to …

Epson Ditches LCD for OLED in Moverio

by Tom Allen

It has been several years since we saw the first Moverio headset from Epson – a look through our archives shows that the product was first revealed in November 2011. The Moverio is an …

Will Flagship Samsung S7 Sell?

by Steve Sechrist

In its yearly update, Samsung showed its flagship smartphone duo at the Mobile World Congress on Sunday including the Galaxy S7 and Edge (curved display) models. But beyond the extended hype, some say the …

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Panasonic’s Tiny Tablets Are Smallest Toughpads Yet

by Tom Allen

Panasonic was showing off its connected IoT products, as well as a rugged smartphone in the Toughpad line. Although officially described as a tablet, the device is 4.7″, supports dual SIM cards and can …

Sony Focuses on Iteration, Not innovation

by Tom Allen

Thanks to Sony’s press conference kicking off as MWC opened on the first day, we didn’t make it in time for opening remarks. However, we were there for the launch of the company’s newest …

HTC Surprises with Vive Price

by Tom Allen

HTC had two stands, located opposite from one another: one was dedicated to the Vive VR headset (and was very busy for all four days of the show), while the other, larger stand held …

Huawei Lays Down Productivity Gauntlet

by Tom Allen

Huawei showed off a new convertible tablet to challenge productivity devices like the Surface Book and iPad Pro, and called the Mate Book. It will be available in a range of prices, set by …

ZTE Continues to Build Mobile Projector Family

by Tom Allen

ZTE introduced a new generation of its SPro mobile projector. The first of these was launched at CES 2014, and the second at CES 2015. MWC 2016 show saw the SPro Plus tablet, with …

GSMA Statement Regarding Planned Barcelona Transport Strike and Contingency Plans for Mobile World Congress

by Isaac Oburu

The metro and bus workers from TMB, the main public transport operator in the metropolitan area of Barcelona, have announced plans to strike during Mobile World Congress which will be held 22-25 February 2016. …

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ZEISS Shows Next Generation Optical System for Smart Glasses at 2016 MWC in Barcelona

by Isaac Oburu

At the 2016 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, February 22-25, optics pioneer ZEISS will introduce its next generation data glasses prototype to the tech community. At Pepcom’s international media event MobileFocus Global on Feb. …

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