Not a lot was announced at MWC, but the battle for third place in smartphones has been set perfectly, says Steve McCaskill
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MWC 2013 Gallery: Pictures From An Exhibition
See the best smartphones, tablets and stands from MWC 2013
MWC 2013: Sony Says Brand Is Stronger After Sony Ericsson Buyout
Sony's Stephen Sneeden says that its mobile operations are in a better position after acquisition
MWC 2013: Sony Mobile Wants To Be Number Three In Smartphones
Sony Mobile tells TechWeekEurope that it has high hopes for the Sony Xperia Z
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MWC 2013 Video: Bell Labs Designs Future-Proof Networks
Theodore Sizer from Alcatel-Lucent talks about the future of telecoms
MWC 2013: Firefox OS Will Catalyse The Open Mobile Web – Mozilla CEO
Gary Kovacs says Firefox OS can make significant impact on mobile development
MWC 2013: Mobile Internet Can Be Another Industrial Revolution – Nokia CEO
Stephen Elop says it takes more than cheap phones to get the next billion people online
MWC 2013 Video: TomTom “Adds Value To Smartphones”
Pieter Gillegot-Vergauwen from TomTom talks about the future of navigation
MWC 2013: Google Denies Retail Store Plan
Google is not going to follow in Apple's footprints, after denying reports of Android-based retail stores
MWC 2013: ZTE Shows 5.7In Grand Memo Phablet And Firefox OS ZTE Open
ZTE reveals high-end phablet and first ever Firefox OS smartphone at MWC
MWC 2013: Lenovo Announces Three Android Tablets
IdeaPad A1000 for teenagers, A3000 for people allergic to Nexus 7, and S6000 for the living room
Not MWC 2013: Samsung Galaxy S4 Confirmed For March 14
Carefully timed launch announcement says Samsung Galaxy S4 is on its way
MWC 2013 Video: Canonical Unleashes Ubuntu For Mobile Platforms
Oren Horev, lead designer for Ubuntu on tablets, talks about Canonical’s promise of convergence
MWC 2013: Intel Touts New Atom Smartphone Platform
Intel promotes its new Atom platform for smartphones and tablets as it continues its push into the mobile arena
MWC 2013: HP Sells webOS To LG For Cars And Smart TVs
HP has sold the webOS operating system it inherited from Palm to LG for use in smart TVs and cars
MWC 2013: Nokia Lumia 720 And 520 To Broaden WP8 Reach
Nokia expands its Lumia range with cheaper Windows Phone 8 devices
Oren Horev From Canonical Talks About Ubuntu For Mobile Devices
Gizmodo Germany interviews Oren Horev, lead designer for the Ubuntu Tablet project
MWC 2013: Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Takes Fight To Apple
Mid-sized Samsung tablet will compete with the iPad Mini when it is released later this year
MWC 2013 Video: Why Carriers Love Firefox OS
Christian Heilmann from Mozilla talks about the benefits of the free mobile OS
MWC 2013: HP Announces Slate 7 Consumer Tablet
HP throws down the gauntlet in the market dominated by iPad Mini and Nexus 7
Christian Heilmann From Mozilla Talks About Firefox OS
Gizmodo Germany interviews Christian Heilmann at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona
MWC 2013: Sony Launches Xperia Z – Thinnest Android Tablet Ever
The classy (and waterproof) Japanese device will come to Europe in the second quarter of the year
MWC 2013: Firefox OS Commercial Release Gets Strong Carrier Support
Eighteen network operators pledge allegiance to the mobile operating system from Mozilla
MWC 2013: Huawei Ascend P2 Has World’s Fastest LTE Modem
HANDS ON: It's not just the fast 4G that impresses us about the Huawei Ascend P2
MWC 2013: IBM Teams Up With Deutsche Telekom For ‘Smarter Cities’ Products
IBM is building on Deutsche Telekom's Machine-To-Machine expertise to deliver integrated products for Smarter Cities projects around the world
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