Mobile World Congress 2012 coverage

The Mobile World Congress 2012 has closed its doors and what a wild ride it was. We saw all sorts of new gadgets and software and we did our best to cover everything interesting in sight. We've written tons of news, blog posts and hands-on impressions and have added many new phones and tablets to our specs database.



To make your life easier and save time navigating the content, we have our complete MWC 2012 coverage at a glance, including phone specs, news and hands-on impressions.

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MWC 2012 overview

Nokia 808 PureView in focus: An interview with Damian Dinning
Nokia 808 PureView runs Belle OS FP1, 3 older models to get it too
Nokia 808 PureView wins Best New Device at MWC
The amazing science behind the Nokia 808′s mammoth camera sensor explained Nokia 808 PureView video and camera samples emerge
Nokia announces PureView 808 with a 41 MP sensor
Nokia officially announces Lumia 610 and world Lumia 900
Nokia announces Asha 302, 203 and 202

Nokia 808 PureView - specs • hands-on (with video)
Nokia Lumia 900 - specs • hands-on (with video)
Nokia Lumia 610 - specs • hands-on (with video)
Nokia Asha 302 - specs • hands-on
Nokia Asha 202 - specs • hands-on
Nokia Asha 203 - specs • hands-on

Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 is now official
Samsung announces Galaxy Beam with built-in projector
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 leaked prior to announcement
ICS-running Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 unveiled, hands-on inside

Samsung Series 9 ultrabook hands-on
Samsung Galaxy S Wi-Fi 4.2 hands-on
Samsung Galaxy Beam - specs • hands-on
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 - specs • hands-on photos
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 - specs • hands-on • more hands-on photos
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 - specs • hands-on (with video)

Price tags hung on Sony Xperia U and Xperia P
Sony Mobile announcing the Xperia P and Xperia U at MWC

Sony PlayStation Vita hands-on
Sony Xperia U - specs • hands-on (with video)
Sony Xperia P - specs • hands-on

LG showcases 4X HD, Vu, 3D Max, L3, L5 and L7 at a pre-MWC event

LG Optimus 4X HD - specs • hands-on (with video)
LG Optimus 3D Max - specs • hands-on
LG Optimus Vu - specs • hands-on
LG Optimus L7 - specs • hands-on
LG Optimus L5 - specs • hands-on
LG Optimus L3 - specs • hands-on

HTC's One X, One S, and One V get a contract-free price
HTC officially debuts the One X, One X LTE, One S, and One V

HTC One X - specs • hands-on
HTC One X LTE - specs • hands-on • hands-on (with video)
HTC One S - specs • hands-on (with video)
HTC One V - specs • hands-on

It’s official, Apple will be announcing the iPad 3 on March 7

Acer Liquid Glow - specs • hands-on
Acer CloudMobile - specs • hands-on

ZTE shoots four Android tablets into the MWC orbit, meet the V9S, V96, PF 100 and T98 ZTE announces Orbit, Tango-powered smartphone
ZTE announces new quad-core ICS-powered Era

ZTE Blade II - specs • hands-on
ZTE Fashion TV phone - hands-on
ZTE U970 - hands-on
ZTE N960 - hands-on
ZTE Nova 4.0 - specs • hands-on
ZTE Nova 3.5 - specs • hands-on
ZTE Style Q - specs • hands-on
ZTE V856 - hands-on
ZTE Mimosa Mini - hands-on
ZTE PF200 - specs • hands-on
ZTE N910 - specs • hands-on
ZTE Era - specs • hands-on
ZTE PF112 HD - specs • hands-on
ZTE Skate Acqua - specs
ZTE Orbit - specs • hands-on
ZTE Kis - specs
ZTE Tania - specs • hands-on
ZTE T98 - specs • hands-on
ZTE V96 - specs • hands-on
ZTE PF100 - specs • hands-on
ZTE V9S - specs

Asus Transformer Pad 300 Series - hands-on
Asus Padfone hands-on - specs • hands-on

Huawei MediaPad 10 FHD announced, quad-core beast
Huawei announces the Ascend D quad, D quad XL, and Ascend D1

Huawei Ascend D quad - specs • hands-on
Huawei Ascend D quad XL - specs
Huawei Ascend D lte - specs
Huawei Ascend D1 - specs • hands-on
Huawei MediaPad 10.1 FHD - specs • hands-on

Alcatel One Touch 995 ULTRA - hands-on
Alcatel One Touch 991 SMART - hands-on
Alcatel One Touch 595 TRIBE

Orange enlist HTC One X, One S and Sony Xperia U
Intel to sell Medfield reference design through Orange

Orange Santa Clara - specs

Panasonic Eluga Power brings more bang to Europe

Panasonic Eluga Power - specs • hands-on
Panasonic Eluga - specs • hands-on

Toshiba Windows Phone IS12T - specs • hands-on
Toshiba AT270 hands-on

Misc

Windows 8 Consumer Preview highlights
Mozilla Boot2Gecko platform hands-on
NVIDIA showcases the power of Tegra 3 with several games
GSMA Awards announced, here are the winners (cough, Samsung)
Corning Gorilla Glass 2 officially shipping in devices this April-May
Fujitsu quad-core phone hands-on
Fujitsu ARROWS ES IS12F hands-on
Fujitsu F-12C Globetrotter Classic
Intel announce two new mobile Atom CPUs
Google brings back the Android pins at MWC
Huawei MediaPad 10 FHD announced, quad-core beast
Skype for Windows Phone beta is live
Intel to sell Medfield reference design through Orange