MWC 2014 Recap : Smart gadgets galore
The 2014 Mobile World Congress event has officially wrapped up, leaving us gawking at some of the new devices and prototypes showcased in Barcelona. If you missed SiliconANGLE’s coverage of the event this week, here’s a roundup of some of the interesting news, announcements, and products:
Mozilla pushes mobile boundaries with $25 smartphones
Feature phones may soon be a thing of the past if Mozilla succeeds in pushing $25-smartphones in the crowded mobile market. Mozilla believes that affordable smartphones these days aren’t really that affordable, so it has partnered with Chinese chip designer Spreadtrum Communications so OEMs can deliver smartphones as cheap as $25.
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MWC day 1 recap : Nokia’s new Androids, voice-calls for WhatsApp
Nokia may soon be a part of Microsoft but at MWC, it revealed three new Android-based smartphones. The Nokia X, X+, and XL, are all running on a forked version of Android and are all directed at emerging markets. Though it’s running Android, it doesn’t have access to Google Play, but it comes pre-installed with with Nokia and Microsoft services such as the mapping app Here, and music streaming service MixRadio.
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Samsung unveils the Galaxy S5 and three new Galaxy Gears
The South Korean giant has unveiled the Galaxy S5 and three wearable techs, the Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo and Gear Fit. The Galaxy S5’s standout features are the fingerprint scanner, it’s water- and dust-proof, an Emergency Mode, a heart rate sensor, and the 16MP camera that can take photos in 0.3 second. As for the Gears, they are all water- and dust-proof, and have optical heart rate sensors, and run on Tizen, not Android.
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BlackBerry seeks a comeback at MWC : Pushes social enterprise
Under a new leader, BlackBerry is making a comeback and it’s doing it via social enterprise. At MWC, BlackBerry announced its next generation Enterprise Server BES12, the eBBM Suite, new partnerships with Daimler AG and Airbus Group, and two new devices, the BlackBerry Z3 and Q20.
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More intriguing concept designs showcased at MWC
More intriguing products at MWC include Sony’s SmartEyeglass, sporty shades fitted with an accelerometer, compass, brightness sensor, embedded camera, microphone, and other hardware components that make these smarter than your average sunglasses. We also saw a lifelogging camera to help you keep track and save life’s most precious moments.
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MWC wraps up with Blackphone, YotaPhone and more
The most intriguing showpiece at MWC may be Silent Circle and Geeksphone’s Blackphone, a device that promises to keep everything you want private, private and away from the government’s prying eyes. The Blackphone features a 4.7” HD IPS screen, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, LTE connectivity, 2GHz quad-core processor, 8MP rear camera, 1.3MP front camera, and runs PrivateOS, a security-oriented version of Android.
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