Android’s native web browser can now lay claim to being the most popular mobile browser, according to StatCounter ‘s latest survey. Mapping use over the past year, Google’s mobile internet browser has grabbed around 23 percent of all users, up from just over 14 percent back in February 2011. The phone and tablet-based browser may have soaked up BlackBerry and Nokia users on its way to the top, with the two companies dropping browser share to six and 11 percent, respectively
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StatCounter: Android web browser claims biggest user share
Mobile World Congress 2012 was a massively exciting show and true to form brought us so much new kit to be excited about in early 2012. From Intel’s Medfield launch, a 41-megapixel smartphone, a new generation of personal hotspots and even engineered metals using micro arc oxidation, there was never a dull moment. Highlighting what was best, most innovative, or interesting is a tough nut but we’ve done our best to point out the highlights using our impressions — and the occasional arm-wrestling match — to chose the finalists amongst the products and our Editor’s more notable achievements
It wouldn’t be MWC without us spotting a phone manufacturer that’s blatantly channeling the design spirit of another. You may remember Konka’s appearances at trade shows past, but this year its new (but not completely finished) Falcon device was on the showfloor in Froyo and Gingerbread forms. Both white and black color options were on hand for us, packing the same GSM (850/900/1800/1900) and WCDMA (900/2100) radios and a 3.75-inch 480 x 360 display. 
Scandinavian video streaming site Voddler (think: Spotify for video) has teamed up with Nokia to launch a Lumia -exclusive app the company’s current markets. Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and (the distinctly non-Scandinavian) Spain will get free, unlimited access to a wide library of movies and TV from April. Windows Phone users will also be able to schedule “Movie Night” streaming parties and riff on them, MST3k -style. 
Not one , not two , but three Nokia interviews at Mobile World Congress ? 
What can we say, white sets are somehow more pleasant to behold than the typical black slabs we see. Nokia ‘s glossy N900 is no exception; in fact we’re all in a heated debate about exactly which color we’d choose and which theme makes it look best. Device color aside, there’s nothing new here, but we know we’d be breaking hearts if we didn’t get all close and personal with the only color we’ve not had a chance to play with. 
` Hot on the heels of yesterday’s interview with Stefan Pannenbecker , we had a chance to sit down with Damian Dinning, Lead Manager for Imaging Experience at Nokia, to discuss the mother of all cameraphones — the Symbian Belle-based 808 PureView — which was announced yesterday at Mobile World Congress . With such incredible specs as a 41-megapixel sensor and f/2.4 Carl Zeiss autofocus lens, we wanted to get a better understanding of the technology behind this flagship shooter. Watch the video to find out how Nokia is redefining photography by using sub-pixel interpolation and oversampling for high-quality digital zooming and image stabilization, plus improved low-light performance
Nokia N9 users, if you’ve yet to activate your beloved device today, then do so post-haste. It looks like our army of faithful tipsters found PR 1.2 ready to roll this morning. The 284MB update should be available worldwide, although a few users in Saudi Arabia are yet to see any goodies
Another addition to la familia Nokia has been revealed. The Lumia 610 looks to be its entry level Windows Phone, going by the company’s current naming convention , and will pack 256MB of RAM alongside an auto-focus camera. Nokia also used its latest Windows Phone to demonstrate Nokia Transport; a new app that will draw on tram, train and bus directions for around 500 cities and 46 countries. 
The Nokia Asha Series 40 phones were introduced at Nokia World last fall and today it expands by a few models, with the 202, 203 and 302. The 202 model is designed for “easy swap” SIM changes without powering off the phone, while the 203 is a single SIM model. Both expand the lower end line with access to 40 free games ( including Bejeweled, Need for Speed, Tetris, Sims Medieval) and Nokia Life services. 
