What we’ve learned from Mobile World Congress 2016

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The take away from MWC was that phones are great as standalone devices and pocket computers, they can be awesome when you extend their functionality with great accessories and ecosystems.

This year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona brought the focus back on smartphones with various new flagship models sporting the latest processors, the latest display technology, improved cameras and software as well as better battery life, water resistance features and premium materials.

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Apple's iPad Air wins Best Tablet at Mobile World Congress

Despite not being featured or on display at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Apple's iPad Air took the Best Tablet for 2014 honours as part of the the 2014 Global Mobile Awards. This is despite half-a-dozen new Android tablets having come to market since the iPad Air launched in October. 

The iPad Air and the past four generations of Apple's tablet have dominated the tablet space pretty much since Apple introduced the category in 2010. Various waves of tablets have tried to challenge the iPad in the 9.7-inch category. Competitors have diversified by making different sizes, connecting keyboard accessories and even releasing professional versions of their tablets.

Despite this, the iPad and its ecosystem have dominated not just the consumer space but the ever-evolving enterprise market. Apple has managed to make the iPad more portable and yet even more powerful with each suceedding iteration. 

Source: iSource

Nokia's got something to say at MWC 2014

With Mobile World Congress happening in Barcelone in a few weeks away Nokia's one of the first to send out invitations to media. No hint of what they will announce but it should be interesting since Nokia's historically had a strong presence at that particular show.

Source: Nokia

ASUS teases Metal for MWC by completing Gaudi's Sagrada Familia in a video

Mobile World Congress in Barcelona begins on February 25th but ASUS is already hyping the airwaves with a District-9 type video that shows a spaceship flying over the famed Catalonian city and cruising above Antoni Gaudi's still unfinished modernist masterpiece, the Sagrada Familia Basilica. The spaceship then lands next to the Sagrada Familia and in one fell-swoop, completes the structure with shiny metal spires. What is ASUS selling here and what sort of Metallic Miracle will we see launched during the event. All will be revealed soon enough.