Barcelona (Feb 27 - Mar 1, 2012)
Explore the apps featured at the Android stand with bios written by the developers in their own words.
Advanced Mobile Applications Ltd will be showcasing four of their apps at the Android stand -- Babel Rising 3D, Panic Flight, Love Test and Cross Fingers. Founded in 2004 by the Guillemot Brothers, Advanced Mobile Applications Ltd is an international game and application developer and publisher specialising in content for mobile and next generation devices.
Carbon Games in an independent game developer based in Seattle. AirMech is a revolutionary action-strategy game that puts you in the battle as a giant transforming robot! From the air, build and position your units anywhere you want. Then instantly transform into robot mode and fight alongside them! Join multiplayer games featuring 1v1, 2v2, or 3v3 for the ultimate in cooperative team play.
Any.DO is a free to-do list that helps you get things done with your friends in a simple & elegant way. With Any.DO you can easily capture, organize & sync all the things you need to do. It's free, simple & fun! Our users are people who want to get their things done. Any.DO is an elegant way to make things happen.
Autodesk applications push the boundaries of what you can do on a tablet, from real-time, synchronous editing of CAD files, to taking full advantage of Android features to create a great sketching experience, to enjoying capturing the moment in images and adding fun effects directly from your Android device. Autodesk® SketchBook® Pro for Android is a professional-grade paint and drawing application, optimized specifically for Android tablet devices. Autodesk® Pixlr-o-matic™ is a fun and playful post-process darkroom where you can experiment with different effects, overlays, and borders. AutoCAD® WS is a mobile CAD application that gives you the freedom and flexibility to view, edit, and share your DWG™ files on your Android phone or tablet.
The BBC is the world's leading public service broadcaster. Its mission is to enrich people's lives with programmes that inform, educate and entertain. At the Android Stand, they’ll be showing off integration with Android Beam, offering a way to instantly share a BBC News story with a friend and allowing the opportunity to be social and to discuss a news event with a friend.
A companion to the Box storage and collaboration service, Box for Android lets you: access, create and view content on your Android phone or tablet, upload multiple images, videos and files from the SD card, save files to SD card for offline access, easily share files and folders with links, invite collaborators to shared folders and leave comments on files, find content fast with built-in search, save files you edit or create in other Android apps to your Box account and add a widget to your home screen to see updates on files by collaborators
Catch is a free, feature-packed app that allows users to capture their ideas and experiences across all their devices with secure auto-syncing to the cloud. Users can capture photos, jot notes, record voice memos, map locations and attach reminders. With Android Beam, you can share a Catch stream with your friends or colleagues by tapping your NFC-enabled devices together.
Cellfish develops innovative personalization applications focused on delivering high-value and engaging experiences to music, sports and entertainment fans. Our apps leverage content created by our own internal studios or by partnering with world-class brands such as NFL, NBA, NHL and Fox. We create apps that create an emotional, personal and entertaining connection between Android users and their favorite content. Cellfish will be showcasing NBA FanCam & NFL Photo Booth, NBA 2012 Live Wallpaper, Family Guy Live Wallpaper, NHL 3D Live Wallpaper, and NFL 3D Live Wallpaper at the Android stand.
The Cobra JoyRide™ for Android™ smartphones is an automotive smart charging device that transforms the way your phone interacts every time you enter and exit your vehicle by automatically reconfiguring the phone for in-car usage. The companion Android app communicates with Cobra’s charging accessory via Bluetooth® and opens up a whole new world of possibilities for personalizing how your Android-powered smartphone operates in the car. Pushing a single button can initiate phone calls, launch voice commands, share information about road hazards and live police, pause and play music, and even launch GPS navigation apps or other favorite in-car applications.
Com2uS is the creator of SummitX Snowboarding, an extreme snowboarding game; Chrystal Hunter, a shooting action RPG game with 3D graphics; and Aqua Story, the No.1 Aquarium SNG game in Korea.
Enterproid helps organizations and individuals get the most out of mobile technology and corporate BYOD policies. The company's flagship Divide™ platform combines cloud-based management with device-level technology that ensures enterprise security and control without compromising personal freedom and privacy. Divide takes advantage of Android’s openness to create a dual persona user experience the leverages a single physical device for both work and life.
Our apps are customizable 3-D high definition live wallpapers. My Beach HD - Spend a warm summer day relaxing at your own private beach. Season Zen HD - Enjoy every season in a peaceful park surrounded by the blossoming of new life. Valentine's Day HD - A romantic evening for two - in true 3D.
EggDrop is the smarter neighborhood marketplace app. The hassle-free mobile app matches local buyers and sellers to cash in on Egganomics - the art and science of saving and making money from your mobile device.
FarSight is the creator of Pinball Arcade -- real pinball for your Android phone and tablet! The all-time greatest pinball tables from Williams®, Bally®, Stern Pinball®, and Gottlieb® are now together in one game. Every flipper, bumper, sound effect, and display pixel has been painstakingly emulated in astonishing detail.
Join the 15 million people who use foursquare to explore the world around them! Keep up with friends, discover what’s nearby, and save money at places you love. Getting dinner with a friend, and want to share the restaurant's information? Or are you exploring a city together, and want to make sure you both have the list of places you'll be going? With foursquare and Android Beam, simply hold your phones back-to-back and you can share things from within foursquare. It makes exploring your city with foursquare even easier.
GigBeat helps you never miss another concert by your favorite artist in your town! GigBeat scans your music library and enables users to receive notifications when their favorite artists are coming to their town. With GigBeat users have the ability to share an event with a friend using Android Beam. When the user is on an event's page tapping their phone with another will send the event over to the other user. GigBeat also provides an interactive list widget of a user's upcoming events.
Glu Mobile is a leading global developer and publisher of Social Mobile games for smartphone and tablet devices, including Gun Bros. Multiplayer. The Freakishly Rugged Advanced Genetics Galactic Enforcement Division (AKA F.R.A.G.G.E.D) specializes in the development and deployment of superhuman special agents. Headed since its formation by the brilliant soldier-turned-scientist Mother Gun, its current roster consists of only two active field operatives, code-named Percy and Francis Gun. Their lifelong mission: to protect the cosmos from the Tyrannical Oppressors of Life known as T.O.O.L. Using Android Beam, players can launch multiplayer missions immediately.
Glympse is real-time location sharing for the masses. Share location for a set time with anyone via email, SMS, Facebook or Twitter. Glympse will be showcasing their prototype integration of Android Beam in Glympse at the MWC event. Android Beam integration on Glympse enables users to share their location with one another with a simple tap of their phones: "bump and run.”
Lightbox is a community of people from around the world sharing their unique experiences through photography. From the Lightbox Android app, users can snap a photo, enhance it with effects, and instantly upload it to Lightbox.com. Users can also browse and follow the photo streams shared by other members of the Lightbox community. With Android Beam, Lightbox users can share photos by tapping their phones together.
SHADOWGUN: DEADZONE, created by MadFinger Games, will allow players to challenge up to seven friends to multiplayer battles in four different fantastic environments and to experience intense tactical multiplayer combat. They can choose one of eight different characters and several game modes. Players can connect online via Wi-Fi to battle friends anywhere. The professional console-quality graphics and easy-to-use controls of the original SHADOWGUN game are all intact.
With humans on the brink to discover the secret of eternal life, angels and demons make a pact to proclaim the apocalypse to be able to materialize into the real world, fight the humans and keep the circle of life intact. SoulCraft lets you play as an angel, demon or human – it is up to you who will win this fight. With Android Beam integration, players will be able to challenge each others’ characters by tapping their devices together.
NEWS REPUBLIC, created by Mobile Republic, is the only app that cuts through the noise from global news sources, empowering each user to choose and tailor their perfect news environment. NEWS REPUBLIC creates an environment that fosters greater “discoverability,” offering users thousands of categories, topic clouds and search terms that empower them with news and information tailored to their interests. Mobiles Republic’s content platform employs an intelligent engine, the TagNav™ system and partners with leading content providers to create a news environment that delivers relevant news across devices for easy consumption.
Netflix is the easiest way to watch TV shows and movies on Android phones and tablets. Install the application from the Android Market and start streaming immediately. With more than 23 million streaming members in the United States, Canada, Latin America, the United Kingdom and Ireland, Netflix, Inc. is the world's leading internet subscription service for enjoying movies and TV shows.
Onavo Extend shrinks your Android's mobile data usage so that you get as much as 5 times more out of your data plan and save money. Once you install the app you can go back to using your phone as before. In the background, data usage from all apps and web browsing is compressed so that you get more out of your plan month after month. And, if you travel abroad with your phone, the money you save could be enormous.
OneLouder’s socially-powered apps are uniquely designed to deliver a simple, yet fully-featured solution for managing a wide range of digital content from social sources like Twitter, Facebook, Reddit and other news, weather and entertainment outlets. New features include resizable and scrollable widgets, a powerful voice input engine, as well as Android Beam functionality for sharing content across the majority of our apps.
Paper Camera lets you see the world through a new, original, stylish and captivating lens, have a wonder in your own home and discover how cool is now your world in cartoon! At the Android stand, JFDP Labs with Paper Camera will be showcasing integration with Android Beam, allowing users to sync and share your Paper Camera settings and lenses.
PocketCloud is a secure and fast way to remotely connect to your Mac or Windows desktop from your Android device no matter where you are. Access your files, pictures, and applications like Outlook, Word, Photoshop, games or any other program. And with Android Beam integration, use PocketCloud for secure file transfer.
Qype is the best application to find the right place! Whatever you are looking for (restaurants, bars, shops, doctors, hotels etc.) it's all on Qype, along with user-generated ratings and reviews to get detailed insider information and tips on where to go. It's a quick, easy, and smart location-based application that puts millions of reviews right in your pocket. With Android Beam, establish friendships on Qype by bumping phones together, or meet at your favorite places by picking a place, a time and date, then bump phones together to create calendar events for all participants.
Recon HQ Mobile is a gateway to add functionality and features to MOD Live and allow the outside world to communicate with the device and user. Via this app, the MOD Live user can view SMS, caller ID and navigate through their music playlist without removing the phone from their pocket. All the phone’s features can be navigated using a wireless remote mounted on the person’s body. It is also through Recon HQ Mobile that the user can take advantage of the buddy tracking feature and see their friends’ location on the mountain at all times via the Micro Optics Display.
Shazam the world’s leading media discovery company, connects more than 180 million people to the music, TV shows and brands they love, adding another 1.5 million every week. With this latest version of Shazam, people who use Android Beam will simply be able to hold their devices back-to-back with that of their friends to share their favourite music and television tags – giving their friends access to music samples, tour dates, YouTube™ videos and other great information.
Siine is a keyboard app designed for the way we talk. It helps make text communication easier by providing features such as a clock and calendar for whenever you need to type about times and dates. It is also colorful, rich and flirty ;)
SilverTree Media is the maker of Cordy, Sleepy Jack and Cordy Sky. Cordy is a puzzle platformer harkening back to Mario Brothers and Sonic the Hedgehog, Cordy is able to run, jump and bounce his way through many fun and challenging levels. Sleepy Jack is a tunnel shooter where our hero Jack dreams of his toys and battles against them in order to collect his z's and remain in a blissful slumber. Cordy Sky is a continuation of the Cordy saga where Cordy has crashlanded his rocket onto Planet 2! Cordy teams up with his new friend Volt who together try to reach a hidden space ship to continue on to Planet 2!
Spacetime Studios is an independent game development studio located in Austin, Texas which creates large scale, AAA, next-gen PC Massively Multiplayer Online Games. They will be offering a sneak peek at their latest title, Dark Legends, at the Android Stand.
StumbleUpon is the easiest way to discover new and interesting things from across the Web. More than 20 million members turn to StumbleUpon to be informed, entertained and surprised by content and information recommended just for them. In our coming release of the StumbleUpon App for Android, we’ve integrated a number of ICS features: Android Beam for NFC-based sharing will enable Stumblers to easily share anything they have discovered on StumbleUpon with other people with Android NFC devices in a seamless and fun manner, and a Resizable Widget will allow Stumblers to access rich StumbleUpon-recommended content directly from the home screen.
TripAdvisor® is the world's largest travel site, enabling travelers to plan and have the perfect trip. TripAdvisor offers trusted advice from real travelers and a wide variety of travel choices and planning features with seamless links to booking tools. TripAdvisor-branded sites make up the largest travel community in the world, with more than 50 million unique monthly visitors*, and over 60 million reviews and opinions. We have TripAdvisor Android hero apps for Tablet and Mobile. We will also demonstrate some of our 20 free city guides.
WhitePages is the maker of Social Caller ID, Localicious and WhitePages. Social Caller ID helps you be a better communicator by providing easy access to relevant and useful information for those important people in your life who you call or text frequently. Localicious helps you find businesses in 80,000 neighborhoods across the US including real-time tips, trends and reviews, as well as one-tap access to comprehensive contact information for over 21 million businesses. WhitePages puts over 200 million people and businesses at your fingertips. WhitePages has updated the UI of all of our Android apps to reflect the new ICS look and feel which specifically includes new ICS features, including swiping between tabs and resizable widgets.
DEMOLITION, INC., from Zeroscale, is a new action strategy game: Assume the role of the daring demolition worker Mike and start a devastating chain reaction on earth, use cool tools and weapons and expand your destructive powers! Demolition Inc. is 100% physics technology: nothing is predetermined, and nothing is pre-animated. Only you make a determination what you do and what you see! Because of this, every time you play will be a unique experience and you won't get enough from those explosive chain reactions you make by yourself. With Android Beam, you can share edited levels with friends.
Check out the device partners featuring innovative hardware at the Android stand.
Since its founding in 1976, Acer has achieved the goal of breaking the barriers between people and technology. Acer is proud to be a Android partner by launching a series of liquid smartphones in the past years and will continue focusing on creating innovative phones for the future.
ASUS is the world’s most innovative tablet maker. The Transformer Prime is the 1st Android™ ICS tablet. At MWC, we will unveil new Transformer series and the revolutionary PadFone, which transforms from a smartphone to a tablet while sharing one data plan.
HTC is the world’s leading designer of Android-based mobile devices. Placing people at the center of everything we do, HTC creates innovations that simplify the way in which people communicate with those in their lives and access information on the move.
Huawei invites you on an exciting journey to discover the incredible design and technology behind our most popular Android devices. Immerse yourself in a hands-on experience of our latest smartphone and other Huawei Device favourites such as the Ascend P1/P1 S and MediaPad.
Enjoy a seamless mobile experience with LG’s exclusive Android smartphones. With its upcoming 2012 lineup, LG will bring the mobile experience to a whole new level!
Lenovo is the world’s second-largest PC vendor serving 160 countries. Dedicated to building exceptionally engineered PCs and mobile internet devices. At MWC 2012, Lenovo will be demonstrating new smartphones and tablets featuring the Android platform.
Visit partner site | Lenovo Mobile Communication Technology Ltd. on Google+
Motorola Mobility uses innovative technology with human insights to create experiences that simplify, connect and enrich people's lives. Our portfolio includes converged mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets; wireless accessories; end-to-end video and data delivery; and management solutions, including set-tops and data-access devices.
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2010 consolidated sales of US$135.8 billion.
Samsung Electronics was named the world’s most sustainable technology company in the 2011 Dow Jones Sustainability Index.
Experience Sony’s latest Android™ smartphones and accessories, including Xperia™ ion, Xperia™ S, SmartWatch, SmartTags & much more. Here you can also view demos, get hands-on, and see connected screens in action.
ZTE is the fifth largest handset manufacturer in the world, a member of OHA, and a core partner of Google. ZTE is committed to promoting Android products to 200 major carriers in more than 140 countries and regions in the world.
Learn more about the technology partners that are featured at the Android stand.
Experience MobileNOW and MobileNEXT at the Intel Booth: Come test-drive our Intel-powered Android devices with amazing graphics, eye-popping video, smarter cameras, and blazing fast web browsing.
Come visit NVIDIA at booth #1C34 to see the world’s first 4-PLUS-1™ quad-core mobile devices, powered by the NVIDIA® Tegra® 3.
Proof that mobile can be more than you ever imagined. Experience how Snapdragon™ S4 processors by Qualcomm® do more on even less battery power, and turn the best Android-based smartphones and tablets into the centerpiece of your cutting-edge entertainment system.
ST-Ericsson is a world leader in developing a complete portfolio of innovative mobile platforms and cutting-edge wireless solutions. It supplies complete platforms for smartphones & tablets optimized to support Android and other leading operating systems.
Texas Instruments semiconductor innovations help 80,000 customers unlock the possibilities of the world as it could be – smarter, safer, greener, healthier and more fun. TI's OMAP™ mobile processors provide the high performance, low power balance needed to deliver advanced user experiences on consumer-craved, Android devices.
Visit partner site | Texas Instruments Incorporated on Google+
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ALCATEL ONE TOUCH designs, develops, and markets globally a growing range of mobile and internet products designed to be as individual as the people who use them. Currently the fastest growing of the world’s top ten mobile phone manufacturers, ALCATEL ONE TOUCH makes access to today’s mobile lifestyle simple by offering colorful, easy-to-use devices equipped with the technology people need most at prices they can afford. ALCATEL ONE TOUCH is a brand of TCL Communication, a public company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (2618.HK) and part of TCL Corporation one of the largest consumer electronics companies in the world.
Come to the ARM booth to learn about the ARM® Cortex™ processors and Mali™ GPUs that are powering the greatest Android devices at MWC, but also learn about what you will be seeing in Android devices at MWC 2013.
AnyDATA Corporation is a global leader in the quality design and supply of wireless devices and service solutions. AnyDATA’s Android Certification Service provides ODM/OEMs a means to distribute products with proper Google licenses so consumers can enjoy the full suite of offerings from Google.
Freescale is a leader in embedded processing solutions — powering the latest innovations in cars, smart mobile devices, healthcare, networks and smart energy. Experience our high performance, low power system solutions inside the latest Android devices.
Fujitsu brings a new kind of thinking to Smartphone design, visit the Fujitsu stand, Courtyard CY15, to see the world’s thinnest waterproof Smartphone, powered by Android; and the new NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core device featuring Android 4.0 Ice-Cream Sandwich.
Haier has launched a range of Android devices. Experience Haier's colorful Android phones on our stand in Hall 2.
Marvell Semiconductor is a leading provider of SoC-based system solutions for smartphones, tablets, and advanced consumer electronics. As a longtime ecosystem partner, Marvell platforms power a variety of advanced Android-based devices on the market today.
MediaTek is a leading fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital multimedia solutions. Building on the success in delivering feature-rich multimedia experiences on various mobile platforms, MediaTek enables cost-effective AndroidTM -based smart phones by delivering high-quality; full system solutions that are ideally suited to cater to a range of smartphone devices to address this growing segment in multiple markets worldwide.
NEC provides total a C&C cloud solution. Android devices contributes in the Retail, Education, Hospitality, and Telecommunication sectors. NEC is expanding on cloud business collaboration efforts with Google.
NTT DOCOMO serves over 59M customers in Japan with advanced 3G and LTE networks and integrated services focused on mobility. It also markets Android smartphones and develops mobile technologies for NFC, GPS, TV, intuitive assistance, green monitoring, etc.
As the co-founder of NFC and a leading provider of mobile secure elements, NXP’s technology ensures data security and enhances the mobile NFC experience with best-in-class transaction times. NXP and Google have worked together to develop full Android NFC support.
Discover multimedia software that unlocks the true potential of Android devices: Capture and share your best smile as a picture or video, Watch videos and share via Facebook with social TV for tablets; Add emotion and clarity to voice calls with our speech enhancements.
PV’s software makes it possible for our customers to offer your premium interactive media experiences that support all popular formats and digital rights management technologies. While satisfying the end-user with greater access and control over their media, our services accommodate various business models, so that your device will remain compelling to carriers, advertisers and content providers long after it ships. PV's (Twonky) relationship with Android is two fold. We are a founding member of the Open Handset Alliance as well as a creator of media management Mobile Applications on Android.
Experience how Renesas Mobile, a premier supplier of advanced cellular platforms, is bringing console-like graphics to mobile devices by visiting Pavillion AV16. See world leading Android graphics powered by Renesas Mobile’s MP5225 smartphone platform in a benchmarking demonstration.
SK Telecom is Korea's largest mobile operator with a market share of over 50%. Currently offering 8 Android-based LTE devices, we have over 1 million LTE subscribers and plan to secure national coverage by Apr. 2012.
At MWC, SanDisk will highlight its focus on optimizing memory solutions for mobility. Leading chipset and ecosystem partners will be at our booth to describe advantages of a close working relationship in creating the best possible mobile experience.
Symphony Teleca is the leading global scaling partner of the OHA and has been providing software commercialisation services to the Android community for the past 5 years. Our services cover everything from creating the latest must have application to complete Android platform and service development projects.
Trusted Logic Mobility is the leader of on-board security for consumer and connected devices. Its Trusted Foundations™ for Android secures value-added services like HD content streaming, mobile financial services, and corporate access on-the-go.
Vodafone is one of the world's largest mobile communications companies by revenue with approximately 391 million customers in our controlled and jointly controlled markets as at 30 September 2011. Our focus is on offering an unmatched customer experience across all of our markets.
Wind River is a world leader in embedded, intelligent connected device software. Its portfolio of Android solutions include runtime packs, test tools, and architectural design for the rapid acceleration of next generation embedded devices in all markets.
They’re back! Last year, at our Mobile World Congress debut, we designed a set of unique Android pins that capture the diversity and fun of the Android community.
Everyone enjoyed collecting them so much that we’ve designed a whole new set of pins with our Android Ecosystem partners for MWC 2012.
Google+ for Android makes sharing the right things with the right people a lot simpler. With circles you can share the right things with just the right people. Visit the stream to get updates from your circles or see what people are saying nearby. Instant Upload automatically uploads videos and photos to your own private album on Google+, making sharing a snap. Messenger is super-fast messaging for everyone in your circles.Mobile Hangouts allows you to video chat with up to 9 friends while you’re on the go. Whether you want to connect with the people closest to you, or want to share something with the world, Google+ for Android can help.
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The speed and simplicity of Chrome, now on your Android phone and tablet. Chrome for Android is available, initially in Beta, on devices running Android 4.0 and higher. Browse fast on your Android smartphone or tablet, and bring your personalized Chrome experience with you anywhere you go. You can search and navigate directly from the omnibox, and open and switch between unlimited tabs in an easy-to-view stack. Sign in to Chrome to sync your bookmarks and view tabs you have open on your computer.
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YouTube for Android allows you to keep up with your favorite YouTube channels and instantly access all the world’s videos on the go. Search or browse YouTube’s vast catalog, including user-generated content, official music videos and even live broadcasts. Log in to your account and access your Subscriptions, Favorites, Playlists or upload your own videos. YouTube app turns your Android device into a powerful video creation tool: record a video, upload it directly from the phone and share with a few friends or with the whole world.
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Google Maps for Android shows users where they are and how to get to where they’re going with rich 3D maps and voice-guided turn-by-turn navigation. Users can also search for and rate local businesses, explore the world in Street View, see live traffic information to avoid congestion, and get other information about the world around them. Recently, Google Maps for Android began adding indoor maps for select airports, hotels, retail stores, and other locations to provide users with detailed floor plans and accurate indoor location. Whether you need directions to your destination, the closest good place for a bite to eat, or just a sense of where you are, Google Maps for Android can help.
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Google Wallet is an app that makes your phone your wallet. Simply tap your phone to pay, redeem offers, and transmit loyalty information using near field communication (NFC).
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Visit the Google Mobile Ads pod to see the latest solutions on phone and tablet for advertisers who want to connect with their customers wherever they are - whether that's on the go or on the couch - and publishers/developers who want to earn revenue for their app or website.
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The Google Search app for Android is the fastest way to search—both the web and your phone. As you type you'll get web, phone, and local search suggestions, as well as quick access to the items you click on most, making it even easier to quickly find what you want. With voice input, search for anything on the go without worrying about having to type.
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