MobileWorld Congress 2014 saw many new mobile device announcements from major companies. Firefox unveiled several new Firefox OS smartphones and tablets using Qualcomm processors. HP announced new Windows tablets and convertible PCs. HTC announced the Desire 816 smartphone. Huawei launched new phablets and tablets running Android. Lenovo debuted the Yoga Tablet 10 HD+. LG unveiled several new Android smartphones. Nokia announced new Android smartphones. Samsung showed off the Galaxy S5 smartphone and Gear smartwatches. Sony launched new Android tablets and smartphones, including the waterproof Xperia Z2 devices. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg spoke with an author about the company.

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2. Firefox
Firefox OS smartphones / tablets with
Qualcomm Snapdragon processors:
• Alcatel Onetouch Fire C / Fire E /
Fire S smartphones, Fire 7 tablet
• Huawei Ascend Y300
• LG
• ZTE Open C / Open II

3. HP
• ElitePad 1000, 10.1” WUXGA (1920x1200)
mulit-touch panel, 16:10, Corning Gorilla Glass,
Win 8.1, $740 and up
• ProPad 600, 10” WUXGA, Atom quad-core,
Corning Gorilla Glass, BT 4.0, Miracast, Win 8.1
• HP Pavilion x360 convertible PC, 11.6” HD
SVA 1366x768, Quad-core N3520 Intel
Pentium, Win 8.1, $399 and up

4. HTC
HTC Desire 816
5.5” HD (720x1280), 1.6GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400, 8GB, 13Mpix rear camera, microSD
card up to 128GB, 2600 mAh, 165g, Nano-SIM.
Since March in China, since April in other countries.
Announcement of HTC One successor to be done in London and New York on March 25th.

5. Huawei
• MediaPad X1 phablet, 7” LTE, 1920x1200 FHD
LTPS, 1.6 GHz quad-core, Android 4.2, 13 MP
Sony Exmor R, 5000 mAh, Eur 399.
• MediaPad M1 phablet/tablet, 8” 1280x800 HD
IPS, 1.6 GHz quad-core, 4800 mAh
• Ascend G6 smartphone
• TalkBand B1, 1.4” flexible OLED, supports
Android 2.3 / iOS 5 devices, 26g, $99.

6. Lenovo
Yoga Tablet 10 HD+,
1920x1200, 224 ppi IPS
LCD, quad-core 1.6GHz
Snapdragon 400, 2GB of
RAM, Android 4.3, 8Mpix
front camera, BT 4.0,9000
mAh (18 hours), 615g,
$349

7. LG
• G Pro 2, 5.9” FHD
• G2 Mini, 4.7” FHD
• F70, 4.5” WVGA IPS, 800x480, 207
ppi, 1.2 GHz quad-core, LTE,
Android 4.4, Knock Code, 2440
mAh, 32GB MicroSD card slot,
5Mpix
• L40 / L70 / L90

8. Nokia
• XL, 5”, Android OS, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 dual-core,
5Mpix / 2Mpix cameras, Dual SIM $165
• X, X+, 4” IPS display, Android 4.1.2 OS, Qualcomm
Snapdragon dual-core, 3Mpix camera, Dual SIM, $135/ -
• Asha 230, $68
• 220, $44

9. Samsung
Galaxy S5 smartphone, 5.1” Super AMOLED, 1080p, 432 ppi, 16Mpix
camera, 4K recording/30fps, Snapdragon 801 2.5 GHz quad-core
baseband/app processor, 802.11 ac 2xMIMO, Wi-Fi+LTE, Android 4.4.2 KitKat,
fingerprint sensor, heart rate sensor, water & dust resistant, 128GB MicroSD
Card support, 2,800 mAh
Gear 2 / Gear 2 Neo Smart Watch, Tizen OS, 1.63” 320x320 Super AMOLED,
1GHz dual-core processor, BT 4.0. Price in the U.S.: $300 / $200.
Gear Fit Fitness Band, industry’s 1st with Curved Touchscreen display, 1.84”
Super AMOLED, 432x128, BT 4.0, 27 g. Price in the U.S. $200.
SOUND Premium Headphones
AG 900 / OG 900 / IG 900
Around / On / In Ear

10. Sony
• Xperia Z2 Tablet, 10.1” FHD Triluminos, 2.3 GHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon
801, quad-core Krait CPU, Adreno 330 GPU, Android 4.4 KitKat, integrated
Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0 technology, 6000 mAh. The World’s slimmest
& lightest waterproof tablet for its size class. From March 2014.
• Xperia Z2 smartphone. 4K video rec., FHD 5.2” Triluminos IPS display, 2.3
GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 CPU, Adreno 330 GPU, 20.7
Mpix Exmor RS camera, Android 4.4 KitKat, Digital Noise Canceler,
waterproof IP55 IP58, 3200 mAh, seamless aluminum flame, tempered
glass. From March 2014.
• Xperia M2 smartphone, 4.8” qHD (960x540), Qualcomm Snapdragon 400
1.2GHz quad-core CPU, Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, 8Mpix Exmor RS camera,
NFC, BT, 2300 mAh. From April 2014.
• SmartBand SWR10, Lifelog Android app, NFC, BT, Life Bookmarks,
waterproof IP58, available from March 2014 at Eur 99.

11. Samsung Unpacked 2014 Episode 1
J.K. Shin, President & CEO, Head of IT and Mobile Communications Division, Samsung Electronics
Jean-Daniel Ayme, VP, European Telecommunication Operation, Samsung Electronics

12. Sony Mobile Press Conference
Kunimasa Suzuki, Executive VP of Sony Corporation, President and CEO of Sony Mobile Communications.
Kuni: “Now our concept is going beyond the budget…beyond gadget!” 
Yana is using Augmented Reality to make Kuni “The Amazing Spiderman”!

13. HTC Press Conference
Peter Chou, President & CEO and Cher Wang, Chairwoman, present HTC Desire 816
Cher Wang:
“Our industry is truly fascinating.
We are stimulated by competition.
Peter Chou:
What makes our brand stand out?
Innovation and being a design leader.

14. Facebook Keynote
David Kirkpatrick, 61, author of the book
“The Facebook effect: The Inside Story of
the Company that is Connecting the World”
and
Mark Zuckerberg, 29, founder and CEO
of Facebook, talk about

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