Author: Holly Brockwell
Editor Holly worked on some of the tech industry's most high-profile smartphone launches before coming to us, and is a self-confessed Android fangirl. She's currently lusting after the Galaxy S6 Edge, and is never seen without her Misfit Shine.
“Holy moly, I’m in Portal!” – hands on with the HTC Vive virtual reality headset #MWC15
HTC's announcement of a virtual reality headset, created in partnership with world-leading games company Valve (Half Life, Portal, Steam...), took Mobile World Congress entirely by surprise on Sunday. We were all feeling pretty clever, thinking we'd already seen everything they had to show (since most of the HTC One M9 material leaked before the launch),…
Pebble announces the Pebble Time Steel – and you can get one even if you’ve already invested #MWC15
Last week, Pebble unveiled their new colour e-paper smartwatch, the Pebble Time, and the world went crazy. Today at Mobile World Congress, the roof was raised again for the announcement that the new watch will also come in a sophisticated steel version. As with the previous Pebble Steel, the Pebble Time Steel is a more stylish, premium…
Interview: Slava Rubin, CEO, on how Indiegogo helps $1m projects happen and women succeed
We caught up with Slava Rubin, CEO of Indiegogo, at the Jolla stand at Mobile World Congress. Slava tells us about how to run a successful crowdfunding campaign like Jolla and Bluesmart's, how campaigns started by women often do better on Indiegogo than elsewhere, and how women are hired, promoted and respected internally at the…
Hands on with the Alcatel Idol 3: the smartphone you can use upside down #MWC15
We tried out the Alcatel Idol 3, an Android smartphone in two sizes that can be used either way up, at Mobile World Congress. Here's a demo: The 5.5-inch version of the Alcatel Idol 3 has a full HD (1080p) IPS display, 13MP rear camera and 8MP front-facing, octa-core processor, 4G and Android Lollipop. The…
Hands on with my namesake, the Honor Holly #MWC15
As a Holly myself, I'm pretty interested in what the Honor Holly has to offer. Sadly, the Honor team at Mobile World Congress weren't able to give me much to go on - it sounds like a fairly standard low-end Android phone. Here's a hands on: At £99.99, the Honor Holly offers a 5-inch 720p HD display,…
Hands on with the Doro Liberto 820 Mini, designed for senior users #MWC15
Just released in the UK, the Doro Liberto 820 Mini is a smaller version of the existing Liberto 820. As with most Doro phones, it's designed to be incredibly simple to use for people who aren't too familiar with smartphones or want something easy. We gave it a try at Mobile World Congress: The Doro…
We try out the Honor 6 Plus phablet’s photo refocusing feature #MWC15
The Honor 6 Plus 5.5 inch phablet might have an overly familiar name (6 Plus? Really?!), but it does also have a fairly unique feature: dual rear-facing cameras for refocusing photos after you've taken them. We gave it a try at Mobile World Congress: The Huawei Honor 6 Plus has an incredibly sharp and bright…
Hands-on and first impressions of the very affordable flagship, ASUS ZenFone 2 #MWC15
We were stupendously excited when the ASUS ZenFone 2 was announced, having loved the ZenFone 5 so much that we gave it our Outstanding Value Award in last year's ShinyShiny Awards. The ZenFone 2 is their new flagship model, combining premium looks and specs with the low prices ASUS has become famous for. Sadly, the…
ZTE’s new smartphone unlocks using the veins in your eyes (!) #MWC15
In a development straight out of a sci-fi film, ZTE today showed off a smartphone that unlocks using a scan of your retinas. The ZTE Grand S3 uses EyeVerify to bypass any kind of lock screen, pin or pattern, instead using the front-facing camera to analyse the unique vein patterns in your eyes. To do this,…
200GB is now smaller than your fingernail #MWC15
SanDisk caused a bit of a stir at Mobile World Congress today as they showed off their 200GB microSD card. That's it in my hand above. The SanDisk 200GB Ultra microSD card can hold up to 20 hours (!) of full HD video and transfer files at up to 90MB a second, which means 1200…
