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We’ve heard rumors, seen leaks, and now — it’s finally official. HTC has taken the wraps off their new high-end One series of smartphones and is kicking the series off with the HTC One X, One V, and One S. Of course the big boy is the HTC X, and I’m sure you’re all planning on making it your next device so I’ll get right to it and give you the specs.

We knew there would be a few surprises at MWC and it turns out Samsung is the first to catch us off guard with their new projector smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy Beam. This cool little device has a built-in projector with a nHD (640 x 360) resolution and 15 Lumen brightness for those moments when you feel like projecting Angry Birds onto the bathroom stall door. It’s definitely not your run of the mill smartphone, which is refreshing, and we can’t wait to try it out. For all of you wondering, the Galaxy Beam features:


Last year’s Android Booth at Mobile World Congress was quite the spectacle. They had a two-story slide, OS flavored smoothies, and a ton of Android related tech and swag. We can’t wait to see what Google has in store for us this year as they’ve been teasing us with a countdown to the unveiling over at Android site. With only a couple days left, we’re going to take a look at what we can expect to see from various manufacturers and what to be on the lookout for. It should be an exciting event full of amazing devices and even sweeter Android treats.


Mobile World Congress is quite an exhausting event and going booth to booth will surely have you burning some serious calories. That’s why Motorola is planning to be on hand with a few athletes to show off their fitness tracker the MOTOACTV. Along with demos, Motorola will be giving away 10 MOTOACTV devices in a “guess how many jellbeans” twitter contest.


Acer has been doing a great job at keeping their Android tablets up-to-date with Android 4.0 but we haven’t heard much from them in the phone department. There may be a reason as they don’t seem to have anything major up their sleeves. However, they have announced a new Liquid Glow budget smartphone that they will be displaying at this year’s Mobile World Congress. The Liquid Glow will come in an array of colors including: Sakura Pink, Alpine White, and Cat’s-eye Black. Other specs are scarce but we know it will come with Android 4.0, NFC, and a 5MP rear camera with LED flash.

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