We were all expecting Nokia to announce its first Android-powered smartphone here at MWC, but what we actually got was three new handsets all running the Finnish firm’s new take on Android. Called the Nokia X, the Nokia X+, and the Nokia XL, the trio offer “phones for all” — and promise to bridge the game between Nokia’s entry-level Asha lineup, and its flagship Lumia family.
They may still be wrapped in an ongoing patent dispute, but Apple and Samsung have temporarily put aside their differences to tell the European Union that it should cut down on the ability of companies that license patents to win court rulings limiting product sales.
Apple and Samsung are just two of 19 companies and associations who put their names to the letter, which seeks to battle patent trolls who don’t manufacture actual products but instead rely entirely on license fees.
It’s day two of Mobile World Congress! We’ve already seen the latest offerings from Nokia, Samsung, Sony, and LG — you can find yesterday’s live blog here — so look out for hands-on images of these devices from the show floor throughout the day. We’ll also be checking out new devices from Lenovo and ZTE.
Charlie is also running a live blog over on Cult of Mac, and you can tweet us at @killianbell and @mistercharlie if there’s anything you’d like us to check out — or just to say hello.
Yesterday, Samsung unveiled its flagship smartphone of 2014, the Galaxy S5, and today we’ve received confirmation that the handset is en route to all the big cellular operators across Canada, including Bell, Eastlink, Fido, Koodoo, Rogers, SaskTel, TELUS, Videotron, Virgin Mobile and WIND Mobile.
Earlier today, Samsung unveiled its latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S5, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, where we have been hands-on with the device and taken a bunch of pictures for you to peruse on our live blog. However, during the conference, the South Korean company was a tad brief with regards to the handsets specifications — so here’s the full list of components, courtesy of Samsung.
