MWC - News, Features, and Slideshows

News

• AirWatch upgrades management platform with closer ties to Apple

  Authentication using Apple's Touch ID and more control when rolling out new apps are two of the upgrades in the latest version of AirWatch's mobile management platform.

• Samsung, SKT to demonstrate 7.5Gbps wireless data next week

  Samsung Electronics and South Korean mobile operator SK Telecom plan to demonstrate next week research into future "5G" wireless and data transmission at 7.55Gbps.

• New teaser images and video help confirm details of Samsung's Galaxy S6

  With less than a week left until the event at which Samsung Electronics is expected to launch the Galaxy S6, two new images and a video of the company's next high-end smartphone seem to confirm its name and the presence of a curved screen.

• LG takes aim at Motorola's Moto G with new Magna smartphone

  LG Electronics has announced four new smartphones, including the Magna. The device has a spec that gives Motorola Mobility's Moto G a run for its money, assuming LG doesn't screw up the pricing too much.

• Nokia, Korea Telecom plan to demo 4G for machines, cars

  A slower but more frugal version of LTE that has been customized for the Internet of Things will be demoed at Mobile World Congress next month.

• Vendors lay groundwork for 5G with greener and faster mobile networks

  A new generation of mobile network equipment comes with lofty promises of better coverage and performance for subscribers, by making it easier for operators to add more capacity and support for new radio technologies.

• Long-awaited Blackphone tablet may emerge at MWC

  Paranoid tablet users, rejoice. The first units of the secure Blackphone tablet will be demonstrated at the upcoming Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona early next month.

• Size doesn't matter, says Jolla CEO

  Low operating costs combined with a differentiated operating system and close communication with users will help Jolla survive in the cutthroat smartphone market, according to CEO Tomi Pienimäki.

• STMicro could enable touchless gesture control of smartphones

  Using an infrared laser, ST Microelectronics' new proximity detector for mobile phones can measure distances to within a centimeter or two.

• The 'Internet of things,' beyond the hype at Mobile World Congress

  If you want to find out how the so-called Internet of things is shaking up the tech industry, Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is the place to be this week.

• 64-bit smartphones are coming, but Apple's iPhone 5s still stands alone

  After top smartphone makers announced new products at Mobile World Congress this week, Apple's iPhone 5s remains the only 64-bit handset available. But with new chips announced at the show and 64-bit Android now ready, competitive handsets are only a few months away.

• Mirrorlink 1.1 protocol brings third-party apps to in-car screens

  Allowing drivers to access more mobile phone apps on a dashboard display while at the wheel sounds like a recipe for disaster -- but at Mobile World Congress members of the Car Connectivity Consortium showed how they plan to do this while limiting distractions with a technology called MirrorLink.

• BlackBerry's enterprise chief talks BES12

  The head of BlackBerry's enterprise services business is plotting an aggressive launch of a new version of the company's core enterprise server later this year as BlackBerry seeks to regain some of the ground it's lost over the last few years.

• IBM's Rometty makes developers an offer: the Watson mobile app challenge

  IBM CEO Ginni Rometty took to the Mobile World Congress stage Wednesday to announce a global competition to encourage developers to create mobile consumer and business apps powered by its Watson supercomputer platform.

• Vodafone Foundation puts a 2G cell in a backpack for disaster recovery

  Did you ever have one of those days when cell coverage was so bad you wished you had a base station on your back? The Vodafone Foundation came out with just such a device this week, but not to keep irritable iPhone junkies happy.