HMD Global promotes new manager for A/NZ and the Pacific
Nokia phone maker HMD Global has promoted Brenden Folitarik to country manager for A/NZ and the Pacific Islands.
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ZTE pays US$892M settlement to US over illegal sales to Iran
Chinese smartphone maker ZTE has agreed to pay US$892 million to the U.S. government for illegally selling networking technology to Iran.
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Beyond smartphones, Samsung wants its Exynos 9 chip in VR headsets
In a room cordoned off from the Mobile World Congress audience, Samsung was showing off untethered headsets that operates independent of smartphones.
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Mobile devices get a new spec to ensure quality 4K HDR video
The group that set standards for 4K on high-definition TVs has now set up specifications for 4K and HDR (high-dynamic range) screens and video on mobile devices.
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Enterprises enter the 5G spotlight at MWC
Enterprise uses of 5G are the focus for many participants at this week's Mobile World Congress, a shift from flashy promises of mobile broadband speeds a year ago. The key enterprise benefits worth exploring, vendors say, are high reliability, low latency and longer IoT battery life through more efficient networks.
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Relax: This phone measures your blood pressure
This Swiss electronics company is on a mission: to stop millions of people dying of ignorance each year.
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Qualcomm details plans for Windows 10 PCs with Snapdragon 835
Qualcomm has big plans to bring back ARM to Windows 10 PCs, and there is a chance that its Snapdragon 835 could support Windows Holographic for VR headsets.
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Cog Systems offers more secure version of HTC A9 smartphone
It sounds like a smartphone user's worst fear: Software that starts up before the phone's operating system, intercepting and encrypting every byte sent to or from the flash memory or the network interface. This is not some new kind of ransomware, though, this is the D4 Secure Platform from Cog Systems.
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Intel isn't yet done with x86 smartphone chips
Smartphones with Intel-based x86 chips aren't dead yet. Intel may have stopped making Atom chips for smartphones, but a partner is keeping that effort alive.
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Nokia, Sprint show a massive MIMO antenna to boost cell service
A cellular base station with 128 antennas may soon help some mobile operators serve many more subscribers in crowded areas. Nokia demonstrated the technology, called massive MIMO (multiple in, multiple out) with Sprint at Mobile World Congress on Monday.
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Sony's Xperia XZ Premium has a 4K HDR screen, super slow-mo
Sony's Xperia XZ Premium shines, quite literally. The first thing you notice about the new phone is the mirror-finish that surrounds the device giving it a sparkly appearance that seems destined to require lots of polishing.
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MediaTek wants to put its new 10-core chip in $300 VR smartphones
The smartphone world will be rocked with MediaTek's new 10-core Helio X30 chip, which will bring premium features like Google's DayDream virtual reality platform to Android handsets with prices starting at $300.
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HMD's new Nokia 3310 turns back the clock -- and turns heads
In Barcelona on Sunday, Nokia licensee HMD Global launched a (slightly) modernized version of the Nokia 3310, a rugged, beloved feature phone first introduced in 2000.
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Huawei showcases new phones in Barcelona, gets mobbed by eager crowds
At a preview event at this year's MWC on Sunday, Huawei launched the P10 and P10 Plus smartphones, and drew big crowds.
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Huawei's P10 camera-phone comes in more colors than the rainbow
Huawei Technologies calls the P10 a smartphone, but its CEO doesn't have much to say about its communication capabilities.
