Samsung to reveal 11.6in Galaxy Tab at Mobile World Congress?

We’re still getting used to the idea that Samsung might not launch the Galaxy S III at Mobile World Congress after all, but it might have another high-specced beast up its sleeve.

German site Tabtech reckons Samsung is planning to reveal a spanking new Galaxy Tab, with a mammoth 11.6in display. That’d make it the world’s biggest Android tablet, right?

Other rumoured specs for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 11.6 include a 2GHz dual-core Exynos 5250 processor, and an eye-melting resolution of 2560x1600. The screen will also welcome stylus input.

The rumour is corroborated by Android and Me’s Taylor Wembley, who was asked to delete pictures he took of a prototype Exynos 5250-powered tablet at CES in Vegas. Said prototype had Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) on board.

To be honest, we’d rather see the Samsung Galaxy S III. Also, this will be the fifth Galaxy Tab (7, 7.7, 8.9, 10.1 and now 11.6) from Samsung, adding to our concerns that Sammo might “do an HTC” in 2012.

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iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy S III to be waterproof?

In the fast-paced modern world, there just aren’t enough minutes in the day. As such, it’s often necessary to multitask, and a great way to make up some time is to text while you pee.

Of course, there’s always the fear that you’ll drop your phone in the toilet, but if this latest rumour is to be believed, you’ll be able to fish your iPhone 5 or Samsung Galaxy S III out of the bend and keep on texting - Amazing - hm?

According to a “previously reliable source” of Cult of Android, both the Samsung Galaxy S III and iPhone 5 will be waterproof. However, the source serves the rumour juice “with a side of caution”, and presumably some fries.

Supposedly it’ll be CES attendees Liquipel getting the big money contracts for waterproof goodness. That’ll no doubt come as a shock to rivals HZO, who seemed to think that both Apple and Samsung were interested in their waterproof tech.

In any case, it looks like waterproof action will be the norm for high-end smartphones in future.

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Fujitsu lifts the lid on Stylistic Android tablet

If there’s one thing we’re really looking forward to at Mobile World Congress, it’s a host of spanking new much-the-same Android tablets. You really never can have enough of those bad boys.

Well, good news if you can’t wait another three weeks, as Fujitsu has fired out a press release detailing the Stylistic M350/CA2.

The press release is fairly light on the spec front, but tells us the Fujitsu Stylistic M350/CA2 will weigh in at 420g with a 7in 1024x600 display, “Android OS” (thought to be Gingerbread) and 6.1 hours of battery life.

Fujitsu is keen to emphasise its "NX! Input powered by ATOK" character input technology, allowing users to switch between numeric, QWERTY and hand-written input.

The Japanese manufacturer suggests that the Stylistic M350/CA2 would be ideal “as a mobile sales terminal, as a handset for displaying digital catalogs at a retail store, and as an e-book reader in a classroom setting.” Exciting.

Will the Fujitsu Stylistic M350/CA2 be in attendance at Mobile World Congress? Does anyone care?

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