News highlights for 26 February
Arto Nummela, CEO of Nokia-HMD, holds up a Nokia 3310 device
REUTERS/Paul Hanna
Nokia goes retro in Barcelona, relaunches 3310
BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) – Nokia’s newly revitalized phone business went back to the future on Sunday, re-introducing a brightly colored version of the classic 3310 talk and text phone, the world’s most popular device in the year 2000. Read more…
Samsung launches new tablet after Note 7 fire fail
BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics launched two new tablets on Sunday, marking its first major announcement since being forced to withdraw the flagship Galaxy Note 7 smartphone after some of the devices caught fire. Read more…
Spark partners with Netflix in New Zealand
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand telecommunications company Spark said on Monday it was partnering with U.S. video streaming giant Netflix in an arrangement that was the first of its kind. Read more…
Google’s digital assistant coming to new Android phones
(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google announced on Sunday that it will bring its digital assistant to smartphones running the latest versions of its Android operating system, vastly expanding its reach. Read more…
TCL launch Blackberry licensed device
BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) – Blackberry Ltd may have exited the device business, but fans of the pioneering email machine need not despair as Chinese smartphone maker TCL Communication has introduced its first Blackberry-licensed phone with the physical keyboard that was long its key allure. Read more…
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