Finnish startup Jolla is open for business. That’s the message CEO Marc Dillon was putting out, loud and clear, during two on stage appearances at the Mobile World Congress tradeshow in Barcelona la
Fujitsu has taken its time launching smartphones outside its home market. It's best known for slick, slender high end smartphones in Japan but has eschewed the crowded top tier of Europe's smartphone
Yuilop, a European free messaging startup which launched back in 2011 and has amassed "millions" of users of its apps, will be launching in the U.S. in the next couple of weeks. Although the startup h
It takes a lot to stand out at a trade show the size of Mobile World Congress. But here’s one device that caught my eye today: an e-ink smartphone. Unlike Yota Phone, the Russian startup that&#
Mobile chipmaker Qualcomm has a track record of pushing new capabilities into its chips faster than its competitors in a bid to carve out a bigger chunk of the market -- and one of its latest acquisit
All the mobile OS underdogs are coming out to play at this year's Mobile World Congress, rushing in to fill the void left by Google's lack of any Android marketing mania. Now it's Tizen's turn. At an
<a target="_blank" href="http://Switftkey.net">Switftkey</a> — the intuitive typing interface for smartphones which has made its way into some Android phones and is reputedly behind the new BlackBer
Messaging startup Viber, which lets users of most smartphone platforms send free texts, calls and messages via its app, is continuing to ramp up its user-base. Speaking at the Mobile World Congress tr
Smartphones have been getting more affordable but to connect the “next billions” of users they need to get more affordable still. Speaking at Mobile World Congress today Manoj Kohli, CEO of carrie
We need to face facts: WebOS is dead. Barring the <a target="_blank" href="http://forums.webosnation.com/webos-discussion-lounge/322916-lg-acquires-webos-hp-2.html#post3380115">unwavering support of t
Troubled operating system <a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/webos">webOS</a> isn't defunct yet. According to <a target="_blank" href="http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13970_7-57570990-78/webos-lives-lg-
Remember "mobile TV", whatever that was? No we don't either, but that's not about to deter new startup <a target="_blank" href="http://vinsontv.com">Vinson</a> which is launching their their new mobil
Nokia has announced two new Lumia smartphones at its Mobile World Congress press conference – broadening its Windows Phone 8 portfolio to five devices and filling in some of the pricing gaps in the
Chinese mobile maker Huawei has confirmed a new addition to its Android family: the Ascend P2. The P2 is the sequel to last year's relatively mid-range P1 but puts more power under the hood -- with a
After unboxing a pair of phablets at CES, Chinese mobile maker Huawei looks to be lining up a new flagship smartphone in its Android-based Ascend P line, ahead of the Mobile World Congress trade show