Back from Barcelona and down to business.
If there's ever a week that's guaranteed to be absolutely insane, it's the week of Mobile World Congress. was no exception, bringing a huge number of new devices to the mobile party.
Let's start with Android: we finally got to check out the and its bigger and curvier S7 edge stablemate. As well as the modular metal . And the quite impressive . Plus the and .
Not to be left out, Microsoft was on hand at MWC as well, showing off the insane new , targeted at business users with optional desktop and laptop Continuum docks. and Alcatel went after entry-level customers with the . Plus , and .
continued, and you can expect it to continue for some time across the media, courtrooms, and boardrooms across the world. [Apple filed their formal legal stance on the issue), claiming that the FBI has neither the law nor the U.S. Constitution on their side. We'll see how this is going to play out, but we expect it's going to take a very very long time to reach a final resolution.
All that and much much more in this edition of Mobile Nations Weekly!
Android Central — An MWC hangover
This was the week of , and that means there's a lot to talk about here.
Plenty happened at the show itself, from smaller phone announcements to some information coming out of interviews with company representatives, but some of the biggest news just simply coincided with the show, happening at outside venues instead. Samsung unveiled the , LG brought out and Xiaomi took the wraps off of .
Here are some of the biggest MWC stories:
Believe it or not, there was also some non-MWC news that happened this week:
Although Mobile World Congress was light on hardware news for BlackBerry, the company still had plenty to announce including new partnerships, new acquisitions and new company initiatives.
continue to dominate the news cycle this week, with the government hitting the blogs, Apple hitting the courts, and everyone else hitting the web to talk about it.
Meanwhile Apple's March Event approaches, which means we're getting close to a new 4-inch , an that might end up being more iPad Pro mini, and plent more.
Come, walk with us!
Microsoft has been busy once again this week releasing Windows 10 on the same day. The company has only done that one other time, but with 2016 upon us and backend changes to OneCore, more updates on both platforms for Insiders is to be expected. Speaking of, production builds of Windows 10 Mobile build .107 is now going out to more phones .
The purchase of Nokia's mobile division never sat right with Microsoft's focus as a software company, which is why the acquisition of Xamarin . Xamarin makes very popular cross-development tools for iOS, Android and Windows and Microsoft .
Finally, early in the week HP unveiled the , which is the most powerful Windows Phone to date. Targeted for enterprise the phone can operate as a mobile, laptop, or desktop device using Continuum. The phone is a remarkable feat of engineering if only because HP has jammed . The phone should ship by late summer. Read to learn more and check out .
