Posts tagged with: Mobile World Congress
Last man standing: The Nokia N8
As Nokia jumps into bed with Microsoft and kisses its Symbian operating system goodbye, The Prodigal Fool examines the last of a dying breed: the N8, a Symbian-powered multimedia powerhouse that leaves him impressed and disappointed in almost equal measure.
By The Prodigal Fool, published on 28 February 2011
HTC, you have our attention: The HTC Legend
We’ve never really discussed Android or HTC much on the pages of The Guide before. The reason was simple enough: we just didn’t think that Android was mature enough as an operating system and HTC’s hardware designs never quite managed to tick those crucial Prodigal boxes of ours: well-made, good-looking, and distinctive. Well, with the [...]
By The Prodigal Fool, published on 17 February 2010
News from MWC ’09: the Nokia E71 evolves into two very sleek, but very different, E-series devices
We love our Nokia E71. In fact, we think it’s the best smartphone you can buy at the moment. So, when Nokia reps took to the Mobile World Congress stage today and announced two new variations on the E71 formula, they caught our attention.
By The Prodigal Fool, published on 16 February 2009
News from MWC ’09: the Samsung OmniaHD
What’s all this then? Just when we thought that 2009 was going to be all about the Nokia N97 and Palm Pre fighting it out for domination of the smartphone world, along comes Samsung with their new OmniaHD. Announced today at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, it’s the innocent little HD in the device’s name that should [...]
By The Prodigal Fool, published on 16 February 2009
New video reveals more details on the glorious Palm Pre
It’s no secret that The Guide is giddy like a schoolgirl at the thought of the new Palm Pre. This stunning device is currently fighting it out with the Nokia N97 for the title of our most hotly anticipated ‘phone. And we don’t mind telling you, with the video that Palm have just released [...]
By The Prodigal Fool, published on 15 February 2009






















