March 2, 2018 • 3 mins
Mobile World Congress is the world's largest gathering of the wireless industry and it happens each year in Barcelona, Spain. Here are some unique gadgets unveiled at this year's show.Mentioned:Nokia 8110 “Banana Phone”Sony Xperia Ear Duo HeadphonesSamsung Dex Pad Docking StationAsus Zenfone 5Vivo Apex Fullview
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Unique gadgets from Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. I'm
rich Demiro and this is rich on Tech Daily. So
every year the mobile industry heads to Barcelona, Spain for
a show called Mobile World Congress. This is basically like
a meeting of the minds for all the big players
in the wireless industry.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
They are all there.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
They talk about the future of mobile internet wireless technologies,
and of course some of the mobile carriers and companies
show off new gadgets.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Now, I have never been to this show.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
Can you believe that it's one that I always want
to go to, But I've never made it over there,
But I do follow it and get to see some
of the stuff that's launched over here. Let's start with Nokia.
They're bringing back the iconic eighty one ten, which was
quickly coined by bloggers the banana phone because it resembled
a banana. The eighty one ten has an easy to
use interface, but this time around you also get popular
(00:54):
apps like Google Maps, and yes, there's even a reboot
of the game Snake.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
We all had a Nokia back in the day.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
This is obviously playing on our nostalgia. Sony is launching
some wireless headphones that automatically adjust the volume on their own.
They're called the Experia Ear Duo and they use artificial
intelligence to make music and notifications sound louder or softer
depending on your surroundings.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
So what does this.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
Mean, Well, it means you won't have to pull out
your earbuds when someone tries to talk to you, which
is really cool. There's some other features built in as well.
Samsung is letting you turn its flagship Galaxy S nine
smartphone into a computer. Now, this is something they've done
before with what's called the dex docking station, but now
they have a new thing. They call it the des pad,
(01:41):
And so all you do is you plug your smartphone
into this little docking station. Then you connect a big
screen monitor and a keyboard, and you can now use
your phone kind of as a big computer, so you
can edit documents, you can type things out on a
real size keyboard. It's a really cool concept. But now
the new thing is that you can use your phone
as a touch screen, so your phone's screen will double
(02:03):
as a trackpad. Now they say imitation is the sincere's
form of flattery. While a SEUs has nailed it. They
are channeling the iPhone ten with a copycat notch at
the top of their phone called the zen Phone five.
This one also has some sort of animoji software built in.
I'm sure it's not as good as what Apple's doing.
(02:23):
This device runs Android. It costs half the price of
a new iPhone, just five hundred dollars. Is kind of
crazy for them to literally copy almost every aspect of
the iPhone, even down to the way the camera is
situated on the back.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
All right.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
Finally, the Innovation award goes to Vivo. They showed off
their concept APEX full view phone.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
This has a.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
Fingerprint scanner in the screen, which I find really cool,
and it also has a neat selfie camera. It pops
out of the top of the phone when you need it,
then it retracks down in less than a second when
you're done. And why do we need this Well, obviously
for reasons like you know, just look school, but also
it can protect your privacy because we've heard a lot
about how in the future hackers you're going to try
(03:05):
to get access to the camera and sensors on our
phone more and more.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Well, there you have it.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
Five cool gadgets from Mobile World Congress maybe one of
these days I'll take the long flight and get over
there and hang out with my friends there.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
But until then, thanks so much for listening.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
If you want links to any of these gadgets, go
to my website.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Rich on tech dot tv. Thanks so much for listening.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
If you have a moment, the best thing you can
do for me is to rate and review the podcast
inside the Apple Podcasts app. I do appreciate that. That
way more people will discover it. Thanks so much for listening.
I'm rich damiro rich on tech dot TV.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Talk to you soon.
Unique gadgets from Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. I'm
rich Demiro and this is rich on Tech Daily. So
every year the mobile industry heads to Barcelona, Spain for
a show called Mobile World Congress. This is basically like
a meeting of the minds for all the big players
in the wireless industry.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
They are all there.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
They talk about the future of mobile internet wireless technologies,
and of course some of the mobile carriers and companies
show off new gadgets.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Now, I have never been to this show.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
Can you believe that it's one that I always want
to go to, But I've never made it over there,
But I do follow it and get to see some
of the stuff that's launched over here. Let's start with Nokia.
They're bringing back the iconic eighty one ten, which was
quickly coined by bloggers the banana phone because it resembled
a banana. The eighty one ten has an easy to
use interface, but this time around you also get popular
(00:54):
apps like Google Maps, and yes, there's even a reboot
of the game Snake.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
We all had a Nokia back in the day.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
This is obviously playing on our nostalgia. Sony is launching
some wireless headphones that automatically adjust the volume on their own.
They're called the Experia Ear Duo and they use artificial
intelligence to make music and notifications sound louder or softer
depending on your surroundings.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
So what does this.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
Mean, Well, it means you won't have to pull out
your earbuds when someone tries to talk to you, which
is really cool. There's some other features built in as well.
Samsung is letting you turn its flagship Galaxy S nine
smartphone into a computer. Now, this is something they've done
before with what's called the dex docking station, but now
they have a new thing. They call it the des pad,
(01:41):
And so all you do is you plug your smartphone
into this little docking station. Then you connect a big
screen monitor and a keyboard, and you can now use
your phone kind of as a big computer, so you
can edit documents, you can type things out on a
real size keyboard. It's a really cool concept. But now
the new thing is that you can use your phone
as a touch screen, so your phone's screen will double
(02:03):
as a trackpad. Now they say imitation is the sincere's
form of flattery. While a SEUs has nailed it. They
are channeling the iPhone ten with a copycat notch at
the top of their phone called the zen Phone five.
This one also has some sort of animoji software built in.
I'm sure it's not as good as what Apple's doing.
(02:23):
This device runs Android. It costs half the price of
a new iPhone, just five hundred dollars. Is kind of
crazy for them to literally copy almost every aspect of
the iPhone, even down to the way the camera is
situated on the back.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
All right.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
Finally, the Innovation award goes to Vivo. They showed off
their concept APEX full view phone.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
This has a.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
Fingerprint scanner in the screen, which I find really cool,
and it also has a neat selfie camera. It pops
out of the top of the phone when you need it,
then it retracks down in less than a second when
you're done. And why do we need this Well, obviously
for reasons like you know, just look school, but also
it can protect your privacy because we've heard a lot
about how in the future hackers you're going to try
(03:05):
to get access to the camera and sensors on our
phone more and more.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Well, there you have it.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
Five cool gadgets from Mobile World Congress maybe one of
these days I'll take the long flight and get over
there and hang out with my friends there.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
But until then, thanks so much for listening.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
If you want links to any of these gadgets, go
to my website.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Rich on tech dot tv. Thanks so much for listening.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
If you have a moment, the best thing you can
do for me is to rate and review the podcast
inside the Apple Podcasts app. I do appreciate that. That
way more people will discover it. Thanks so much for listening.
I'm rich damiro rich on tech dot TV.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Talk to you soon.
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