(NFC) has barely been off my radar when writing about mobile and telecoms for the past year. Only one mobile operator - Orange - is currently carrying the service, which allows customers to pay for items or access extra content from ads and cash termianls by swiping their mobiles in the UK. Vodafone is still running field trials and O2 has changed its projection for the launch of the mobile wallet from “the second half of the year” to “the final quarter. here is no other service currentl.... read me.

As Steven Levy described in his book “In the Plex,” Google soon acquired Android, the mobile phone operating system, and began building a phone business that it has since developed into a juggernaut. Even after Google acquired Android in 2005, it continued to play down plans to enter the phone business for several more years. It wasn’t until the summer of 2008 that Steven P. Jobs at Apple actually took notice and went to Google’s headquarters to inspect one of its prototype handsets. [youtub.... read me.

There’s been a rather sizable increase in mobile units moved compared to last year, a 16.5 percent increase to be more specific, this being one of the more impressive statistics released in a Gartner study arriving today. This 16.5 percent is tied to the second quarter of this year, 2011, as compared to the second quarter sales from one year ago, this year’s total adding up to 428.7 million units. The leader of this pack of smartphones is Android, a very different situation compared to last year.... read me.

Nikesh Arora, Google's Chief Business Officer, takes questions from the audience about the future of media and Google.
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Preview and hands on with New LG Optimus 3D at Mobile World Congress 2011. ( + Test 3D games ) Présentation du nouveau smartphone OPTIMUS 3D de LG au MWC à Barcelone.
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Phil takes a look at the KB01 Froyo leak for the Samsung Captivate.
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Hands on with the Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro at Mobile World Congress 2011. Présentation du smartphone Xperia Pro de Sony Ericsson au MWC à Barcelone.
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Hands on with the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc at Mobile World Congress 2011. Présentation du smartphone Xperia Arc de Sony Ericsson au MWC à Barcelone.
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Hands on with the Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo at Mobile World Congress 2011. Présentation du smartphone Xperia Neo de Sony Ericsson au MWC à Barcelone.
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Promote your mobile applications using Google Adwords. Clicking on your ad brings the user to the Android marketplace making transactions quick and easy. The game featured in the video was created by
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A comprehensive look at the BRAND NEW HTC Desire HD from Telus. Check out TheCellularGuru.com for a comprehensive review in the coming days.
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The Samsung Galaxy S is meant to be the Korean firm's big assault on the smartphone market - packing oodles of top end technology into a handset it thinks can take on the iPhone 4.
There's more than just top end technology in here to beat the iPhone – the chassis looks decidedly similar too, despite the much larger scree.... read me.

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LG Electronics announced a new LG Android smartphone, LG Optimus Black handset. Providing users with a dramatically brighter 4-inch NOVA display in the world’s slimmest 9.2 mm mobile phone, LG Optimus Black cell phone creates a one-of-a-kind user experience unlike anything before. A.... read me.

-Mobile and Samsung Mobile revealed the Samsung Galaxy S 4G Smartphone, exclusively from T-Mobile. According to T-Mobile, the new Samsung Galaxy S 4G will be the fastest Smartphone running on America’s Largest 4G Network. Powered by Google Android 2.2 (Froyo), the Samsung Galaxy S 4G handset is T-Mobile’s first Smartphone cap.... read me.

The 3.2-inch screen has been beefed up as well - while it's the same size and resolution (HVGA) as the one used on the HTC Hero, the bezel has been reduced to give the impression of a wider screen. And the display itself is now an OLED, rather than LCD, screen. This not only gives incredible colour reproduction, but also disp.... read me.

Samsung’ latest offering in the Galaxy range is the Galaxy 551 and with a bright 3.2 inch TFT capacitive touchscreen and slide-out QWERTY keypad it’s bound to be as popular as its other Galactic family members.

 3G HSDPA web browsing delivers your favourite sites to the screen with broadband-like speeds and the built-in accelerometer offers portrait or landscape modes for the best view.

 Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are included and GPS is on hand for n.... read me.

The successor to the smartphone that ushered the Android success- Google Nexus One- is a matter of huge confusion for even the best of gadget freaks and that includes us. Rumors were ripe that Samsung has been endowed with the responsibility of creating the second generation Nexus dubbed the Nexus Two, and from nowhere the glimpse of a Nexus S for T-Mobile snapshot has confused these assumptions furthermore.[img]http://www.devicemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Nexus-S-Availability-for-T-Mobil.... read me.

Launched tonight, Twezr provides you a new way to use and arrange your contact list. Apparantly this app shows the contacts just like the contacts usually do but it also provides a lot more features.















This free app tells you who have contacted y.... read me.

Nexus Two is made by Samsung and the main difference found so far between Samsung Galaxy S and Google Nexus 2  is front facing camera, the source said on Gizmodo.





Though the official specifications are not announced yet, but the rumors say it will have the same 4-inch AMOLED screen like the other Galaxy series smartphones. According to Gizmodo:

As far as software is concerned, Nexus Two .... read me.