[MWC 2013] Lenovo Intros A1000 and A3000 Android Tablets

Chinese vendor Lenovo appears set to expand its presence on the Android segment of the market further, and the IdeaTab A1000 and A3000 7-inch tablet PCs that it has made official at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona should help. 

[MWC 2013] Lenovo Intros New 10.1-Inch S6000 Tablet

Lenovo wasn't about to miss out on the opportunity provided by the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain (MWC 2013), so it leaped forward and released a new tablet called S6000.

[MWC 2013] Alcatel One Touch Snap and One Touch Snap LTE debut

Alcatel is continuing its march here at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona adding two more devices to the ones that it already announced a few days ago. Meet the One Touch Snap and its 4G-enhanced twin brother, the Snap LTE.

Global Mobile Awards 2013 Announcing the Winners

This year's annual awards for the tops in the mobile industry were unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today. The awards are given to the best devices, apps, and technologies as selected by the GSM Association.

While the full list of winners is rather large and a bit obscure, we've done the hard work for you and summarized all the top apps and devices from this years' competition.

[MWC 2013] Samsung HomeSync Android media box hands-on

Samsung can’t help itself, spraying Android over every possible device, and the latest to get the Google treatment is the HomeSync. A media streaming set-top box – though not a Google TV box – the HomeSync is more a way to further integrate Samsung’s phones and tablets into your digital life, rather than a standalone gadget in its own right. In fact, your Samsung handset is what controls the whole thing.

[MWC 2013] Huawei shows off the MediaQ M310

One of the devices that Huawei is showing off at Mobile World Congress 2013 is its little Android-powered set-top box. The device is called the Huawei MediaQ M310 and was first unveiled at CES last month. This set-top box is a small and unobtrusive cube that’s only 14 mm thick.

[MWC 2013] Fujitsu Launches Second Waterproof Arrows Tab

The company has officially introduced a certain slate called ARROWS Tab Q582-F, which is similar to the Arrows Tab Wi-Fi FAR70B in that it can shrug off splashes, rain and other water attacks.

[MWC 2013] Rugged Cat B15 Android smartphone unveiled, will be out in March

The latest trend of dust and waterproof smartphones continues with the newly launched Cat B15. The rugged device can withstand a 1.8 meter drop and being submerged in up to one meter of water for about 30 minutes.

[MWC 2013] ZTE’s 5.7-Inch Grand Memo Official with Snapdragon 800 CPU

Chinese mobile phone maker ZTE unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, a new smartphone running under Google’s Android operating system, namely the ZTE Grand Memo. 

[MWC 2013] Samsung Launches Exynos 5 Octa, 8-Core Reference Tablet Platform

The thing about the ARM architecture is that it is very energy-efficient, so efficient that chips based on it use a fraction of the energy needed by x86. Samsung has now shown how much farther the concept of efficiency can be pushed.

[MWC 2013] ASUS Fonepad Goes Official with 3G Voice Features

In addition to revealing the Padfone Infinity, ASUS has revealed the fonepad – a 7-inch tablet, that is. This device is not just a tablet though, it works with phone connectivity as well. This device looks extremely similar to the ASUS-made Google Nexus 7, this time a bit thinner, titanium gray and champagne gold, and working with a back-facing camera. This device was introduced with a completely straight face, one that’s approximately the same size as the tablet that you’ll be speaking into – soon!

[MWC 2013] ASUS Padfone Infinity revealed with Qualcomm Snapdragon 600

Today, computer maker ASUS unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona the new iteration of the Padfone – this time titled the Padfone Infinity. This next-generation dual-purpose device works as a phone and a tablet, with the phone plugging in to the tablet as a docking station. This version of the device – the phone part, that is, works with a 5-inch Full HD display at 1920 x 1080 resolution, that being 441 PPI – “better than the retina display” as ASUS made clear.

[MWC 2013] Intel announces dual-core 'Clovertrail+' Atom processors

Intel has officially launched its new dual-core Atom processor-based platform that was formerly known as Clover Trail+. The new platform has officially launched at Mobile World Congress 2013 and will be featured in a range of new products, ecosystems, and other platforms including Android tablets. The new platform promises significantly improved power consumption among other features.

[MWC 2013] Firefox OS-Based Alcatel One Touch Fire Goes Official

Alcatel is one of the mobile phone makers to announce support for Mozilla’s Firefox OS a while ago, and the company has made yet another step in delivering to this promise, with the unveiling of One Touch Fire, the first smartphone to arrive on shelves with the platform on top. 

[MWC 2013] Nokia 301 Arrives with 3.5G, HD Voice, 39 Days on Standby

The new Nokia Lumia 720 and Lumia 520 were only two of the new devices that the Finnish mobile phone maker made official today at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. 

The Nokia 301 was also among them, featuring a classic Nokia design from all angles, and set to arrive on the market in the second quarter of the year with a price tag of only €65 ($86) attached to it. 

[MWC 2013] LG showcases Optimus G Pro, F5 and F7, L3 II, L5 II and L7 II

LG's press event is over - six phones stole the spotlight there. All of them were already announced - LG Optimus G Pro, the newly introduced LTE-enabled Optimus F5 and F7, and the upgraded Optimus L II lineup with the Optimus L3 II, L5 II and L7 II. LG also showcased the now aging Optimus Vu and Vu II phablets.

[MWC 2013] Sony Quad-Core Xperia Tablet Z global launch in Q2 from $499

Sony has confirmed US and global launch plans for its Xperia Tablet Z, the 10.1-inch Android tablet it revealed for Japan last month, with pricing kicking off at $499 in the US. The slate will arrive sometime in Q2 2013, offering a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro quadcore processor and, like its Xperia Z phone sibling, immunity to spills and splashes thanks to IP55/IP57 water resistance.

[MWX 2013] Nokia’s Affordable Windows Phone 8 Lumia 520 Now Official

This week at Mobile World Congress 2013 the folks at Nokia have revealed the new Lumia 520, a device that’s made to bring the Windows Phone 8 experience to the world along with the Nokia Pure design experience at an extremely low price point. This device has what Nokia calls high-end innovation while it does so with 3G connectivity – like the Lumia 720, this is another device made for the non-LTE networks around the world.

[MWC 2013] Nokia Lumia 720 Goes Official

Today, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia made its Windows Phone 8-based Nokia Lumia 720 smartphone official with a sleek and stylish design, aimed at young and design-savvy people with busy social lives. 

[MWC 2013] HP Readies 7-Inch Tablet with Price of Just $169 / 128-169 Euro

The small tablet that has fallen in our sights this time around is called HP Slate 7 and, as far as names go, isn't exactly the most original.