MWC is not only a crazy show to cover, but crazier to cover if you plan ahead to also do a behind-the-scenes of it. That said, we did take some time to film ourselves as we filmed stuff for you. Whether it was running down the trade show or figuring out which drink we'd use as an appetizer, we've got it all on film. In our second episode of Pocketnow Insider we go through the various challenges and solutions that we faced in order to bring you the best coverage for the largest mobile show in tech. As you expected, not everything went right at MWC, and if you think of how bad it is to pack ...

Mobile World Congress 2013 was, as promised, a boatload of fun and a bucket of hot tech-geek action. While we didn't see everything we wanted to, we were treated to an avalanche of smartphones and tablets running everything from Android to Windows Phone to Sailfish to FirefoxOS. We got a gander at some really impressive form factors too, at sizes ranging from the conventional to the fantastic. If you were off the internet for the duration of last week, or if you simply couldn't deal with the cavalcade of content gushing forth from the tech-news spigot, that's okay. We understand. And we've ...

HTC couldn't even wait for the Mobile World Congress to announce the HTC One, showing the Android off to the world at its February 19 launch event. Of course, it still brought along the brand new phone to show off to the crowds, and it looks like it managed to make quite the impression, beating-out all that other hardware announced at the expo itself for the award for best new mobile handset, device, or tablet. This isn't the most surprising news, considering there wasn't any one real show-stopper that dominated our attention at the MWC, but the One still had some decent competition to ...

Watch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the Nokia Lumia 520 and 720 as they've not got both a retail price and a release date. Then we talk about Windows Phone 8, and how it seems that history won't repeat itself when it comes to software updates. Then it's some MWC oddities as we visit the NWC Medias W dual-screen Android smartphone. Samsung's new wallet service is next, even though it looks exactly like Apple's passbook. We end today talking about the Galaxy S IV and the processor selection we'll get when released. All this and more after the break. Stories: - MWC 2013 News and ...

Google's been struggling for over a year now to drum-up interest in Google Wallet, and despite the arrival of more and more Androids with NFC capabilities, it faces some formidable competition from alternate mobile payment systems with carrier backing, like the threat posed by Isis. Now Google could have one more player to worry about, with Samsung announcing its own partnership with Visa and demonstrating its own Wallet app. While Samsung Wallet and its Visa deal are separate arrangements, together they could draw users away from Google Wallet. All new Samsung Androids with NFC will offer ...

A little earlier this month we had the opportunity to chat with Jolla CIO Stefano Mosconi about the upcoming Sailfish OS. Originally stemming from MeeGo, birthed under Nokia's watch, Sailfish has since gone its own way and is maturing into a mobile platform getting ready for launch. This week at the Mobile World Congress, we tracked down Jolla and Mosconi again, getting the opportunity in the process to check out a live Sailfish demo. We check out how notifications work, look at the Sailfish take on a status bar, and get to see the media player with all its gesture support. There's a lot ...

Yes, we do know that it is not Friday but we also do know that it is the last chance to get Anton and Michael in the same room for a while. ...and, it's MWC, so no schedule can be good or strong enough to face the amount, frequency, and speed of happenings that occur at a show with such magnitude. If last week's Live episode was a pre-MWC-one, today's installment is a wrap-up of what we've seen (and not) on the show floor. But it doesn't have to be MWC-only. No, it doesn't even have to be mobile-related! The idea behind Live is that You can get a chance to talk to us about whatever you ...

ASUS is the manufacturer behind the Nexus 7 we like so much, and now that the company has a new seven-incher of its own on the way, the just-announced Fonepad, we simply had to see how the two tablets compare. While the materials used may differ, the two tablets certainly share similar looks, though some details, like button placement, get swapped around. The big difference between the two is the Fonepad's inclusion of an earpiece, letting you use the tablet as an (oversized) smartphone. In software, the Nexus 7 is obviously running stock Android, while the Fonepad shows the touch of ...