What's new at Mobile World Congress 2017

In harmony with spring, the mobile market has begun to reveal the latest trends and innovations in the technological world during the latest edition of Mobile World Congress 2017 This week in Barcelona.

Celebrated annually since 2009, this event is the largest annual exhibition in the communications industry, and attracts the most influential minds in the field of technology, finance, marketing and advertising.

He MWC The event kicked off last Sunday, February 26, unveiling a series of innovations and products that will dictate the trends in the technology market this year. The largest companies demonstrated why they have such a strong position in their sector, although smaller competitors They did not lag behind and surprised the public with their ambitious projects and winning spirit.

Keep up to date with the latest technology news:

Mobile Pioneers on the Bounce

The fading of Nokia and BlackBerry As leaders in the mobile sector over the past few years, they have shown us that even the biggest fall victim to the unpredictable market. However, both companies refuse to be disheartened and are back in the game, each with a different approach. While BlackBerry tries to recapture its former glory through the latest trends, introducing its new KeyOne SmartphoneNokia takes a retro approach and revives its most famous model 3310. And yes, you can still play Snake with the.

Sony impresses with new Xperia models

Sony revealed the new Xperia XZ Premium and XZS, slightly updated versions of the Xperia XZ, the brand's latest release. Although the camera resolution has dropped since 23 megapixels from the original XZ to 19 megapixels, the new versions have better performance in lower light and can record slow motion videos. Premium is able to record a video with the impressive 960 frames per second.

Waverly Labs presents its universal translator

Waverly Labs They presented a prototype whose style is based on the wireless headphones of the AirPod and is able to translate conversations in real time. The application of Waverly Syncs with a device Android either iPhone, and uses machine learning to translate audio recorded with the headset and transmit it to another person's headset. The translator currently works with French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and English, and is set to debut this year for approximately $300.

King of App launches its innovative platform for mobile application development

In a stage of strong growth and rapid expansion of the mobile application market, King of App makes its debut with a platform CMS of open source that revolutionizes the process of creating apps. Through modules, templates and previously established elements, its technology allows the application development without any prior knowledge of programming language. Customers can easily modify components and design creative applications in a couple of hours at a very affordable price compared to native apps. In addition, the search is now on for King of App internationalization.

Little news from the planet Samsung

What many assumed was the perfect occasion to present the new Galaxy, Samsung has taken a step aside in this edition of the MWC. Although there has been news about the Korean brand, as they have presented their new tablet, the Galaxy Tab S3. It will feature 9.7 inches size, processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 820, 4GB of RAM and battery 6000 mAh (up to 12 hours of consumption). Another news is the Galaxy Book, Samsung's professional tablet, which will appear on the market in order to take ground from the Surface of Microsoft.

Leaks are back in the news

Although as we have mentioned above, in the final stretch of the MWC News has emerged of the leak of the star product of Samsung, he Galaxy S8. The digital portal BGR They have been the ones who have managed to offer the public the first data on this mobile, whose presentation would have been postponed to March 29. The reason was the fiasco that was the Galaxy Note 7, with all the controversy that arose after the burning batteries.

Telefónica's most ambitious project

The day before the Mobile World Congress, Telefonica came into the spotlight thanks to the so-called fourth platform. The theory is quite simple: thanks to an application called Aura, we will be able to choose that the data we generate by making a call, paying a bill or watching a movie through Movistar, are not shared with third parties, such as Facebook either Google, as well as banks. By authorizing Aura to transfer this data to third parties, thereby improving the quality of services that Telefónica offers its customers. “Google, Facebook and Apple are happy with the idea”, he stated Chema Alonso, project manager.

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