Category: Gadget Shows

MWC 2008: LG handsets round-up

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Whilst not teeming with various new handsets like Samsung, LG at least focused on quality, with their four handsets all being innovative and desirable. Samsung and Motorola, pay attention.

KF510 – touch-sensitive buttons, with an MP3 player, 3.0-megapixel camera, image stabilisation, LED flash and red-eye reduction it can also record QVGA video. Out mid-March. See details here…

Katherine Hannaford Gadget Shows, Mobile phones, Mobile World Congress 2008

MWC 2008: Samsung handsets round-up

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Samsung had the longest line-up of all the manufacturers, with 12 models displayed at the Mobile World Congress show. It’s enough to give anyone Samsung fatigue!

Here’s a recap on all the new handsets…

U900 Soul – 5.0-megapixel camera, 4x zoom, image stabilisation, HSDPA, mobile blogging, RSS feeds, music library, and microSD slot. Out March, for €400. See details here and video here…

Katherine Hannaford Gadget Shows, Mobile phones, Mobile World Congress 2008

MWC 2008: Nokia handsets round-up

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We’ve taken a look at Sony Ericsson’s showing for MWC this year, but what of Nokia? Let’s look below at the four handsets announced…

N78 – dubbed Nokia’s ‘multimedia’ phone, not only does it have a 3.2-megapixel camera, Nokia Maps and A-GPS, it also enables you to geo-tag your photos. Out mid-2008, for €350. See details here and video here….

Katherine Hannaford Gadget Shows, Mobile phones, Mobile World Congress 2008

MWC 2008: Sony Ericsson handsets round-up

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The Mobile World Congress show has ended for another year, Stuart, Ashley and Susi are on flights home as we speak, and so it’s now time to look at all the major manufacturers’ new models.

Sony Ericsson announced the arrival of seven new handsets for the masses this week, the Xperia X1, G700, G900, C702, C902, Z770 and W980i phones. Here’s the CliffsNotes for each handset, from the left to right –

Z770 – HSDPA, push email, Google Maps, RSS reader, 2-megapixel camera, media player, can be used as modem via USB. Out mid-2008. See details here….

Katherine Hannaford Gadget Shows, Mobile phones, Mobile World Congress 2008

MWC 2008: The L770, E251 and i200 mobile phones from Samsung slightly better than the previous three

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We’re still in disbelief over how disappointing Samsung’s collection of phones is for MWC – even with the Soul in mind – and these models shown, the L770, E251 and i200 don’t disappoint in the disappointment stakes. It’s just so disappointing. Get the picture?

Clockwise from top left, the i200 has some nice 3G power hammered into the candybar casing, along with Windows Mobile 6…

Katherine Hannaford Gadget Shows, Mobile phones, Mobile World Congress 2008

MWC 2008: Don't wet yourself, but Tim McGraw has launched his own mobile internet site!

Possibly the most EXCITING news that’s come out of MWC, country singer Tim McGraw has confirmed exactly what all mobile users have been waiting for: his very own mobile internet site.

McGraw2go.mobi is the one-stop site for fans of his music (and aren’t we all), giving us amazing access to view BREAKING NEWS, tour dates, download photos, video and even pay for – get this – electronic media, in the form of wallpapers and ringtones no doubt. Don’t you just feel like all your Christmases have come at once?

“The mobile medium is the latest way in which Tim McGraw is reaching out to his fans, giving him access to them 24 hours a day and seven days a week,” said his manager, Scott Siman, no doubt forgetting that most people are probably accessing the mobile site in the hopes of seeing nekkid piccies of his hardbody wife, Faith Hill…

Katherine Hannaford Gadget Shows, Mobile phones, Mobile World Congress 2008