Nathan Eddy

With the help of two impressive demonstrations of Google Android-based mobile applications, company CEO Eric Schmidt addressed a rapt audience at his keynote presentation for the Mobile World Congress, in Barcelona, Spain, laying out a vision for the future of mobile computing that could be distilled into a single phrase: Mobile first. Schmidt kicked off […]

Acer, HP, Panasonic Display Netbooks, Tablets at MWC by Nathan Eddy Acer Aspire One 532G Sporting a 10.1-inch LED-backlit screen at 720p resolution, Wi-Fi connectivity with optional 3G and 7.1-channel audio output, this netbook also offers 10 hours of battery life (its high power efficiency earned it the Energy Star v5.0 qualification) and is the […]

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer wasted little time touting the updated Windows mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7 Series, as a new way for end users to connect to their mobile devices. Along with revealing a long list of hardware and carrier partners and a launch date for the OS-Christmas 2010-Ballmer book-ended the official announcement of […]

The GSMA, the association of mobile operators and related companies that organizes the annual Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, announced it has adopted the work of the One Voice Initiative, which uses current open standards to define the minimum mandatory set of functionality for interoperable IMS-based voice and SMS over Long Term Evolution (LTE), […]

Handset maker Motorola announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, the release of Quench, its latest handset powered by Google’s Android open-source operating system. The touch-screen smartphone, which offers capabilities such as pinch and zoom and a touch pad, also features Motoblur, Motorola’s Android-powered content delivery service, which organizes messages and synchronizes contacts. The […]

Samsung got this year’s Mobile World Congress off to an early start on Sunday with a press event to launch its Wave smartphone, based on the company’s open platform operating system Bada (“ocean” in Korean). The touch-screen device allows users to download a variety of applications, including games, e-books, utility apps and more, as well […]

Sony Ericsson debuted three smartphones at the start of this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, including the Vivaz pro, which adds a QWERTY keyboard to the touch-screen offering, and Xperia X10 mini and X10 mini pro, compact versions of the company’s Xperia X10 handset. No prices were announced, although Sony said the […]

Handset maker Nokia and chip set giant Intel announced a partnership to merge the existing Maemo and Moblin global programming communities into MeeGo, a Linux-based software platform that will support multiple hardware architectures across a broad range of device segments, including pocketable mobile computers, netbooks, tablets, media phones, connected TVs and in-vehicle infotainment systems. MeeGo […]

Telecommunications giant Ericsson’s President and CEO Hans Vestberg laid out the company’s agenda at a press conference in Barcelona’s Maritime Museum during the opening day of Mobile World Congress, highlighting the importance of mobilizing all the company’s assets across all markets, particularly emerging markets such as China and India. The company also announced a deal […]

Sales of video game hardware and software remained sluggish in the United States, as overall sales fell 13 percent in January to $1.17 billion, compared with the same period last year, reported the NPD Group. Hardware sales took the largest hit, dropping 21 percent to $353.7 million, down from $446.8 million in January 2009. Software […]