Nokia set to make a nano-coated water resistant phone with P2i

Like Hz0 which we saw last year, P2i protects your phone on a molecular level making liquid substances bounce off the motherboard and various other internals. The advantage of this type of protection is that it doesn't involve the vacuum caps and lids, which some devices feature (the Xperia Z comes to mind) and the phone has all the usual open spots like a headphone jack, micro USB port, etc.

According to sources, Nokia is working with P2i on a water-repelling phone for 2013. The two companies reportedly struck a deal at the Mobile World Congress a couple of days ago but there's no word on what phone (perhaps plural?) will have the coating.

P2i has reportedly worked with Alcatel One Touch devices, the new Huawei Ascend D2, Motorola, etc.

Rumor has it that the upcoming Lumia 1000 EOS with the PureView sensor on board could be the pioneer Guinea pig.

Source

thanks to GSMARENA for insight

Mobile World Congress 2013 coverage

MWC 2013 overview

	Lumia 720 and 520 are Nokia's latest smartphones Nokia announces 105 and 301 feature phones at MWC Nokia announces a wireless car charger for Lumia 920 Enjoy Nokia Lumia 720 and 520 promo videos Nokia integrates Maps and Drive into HERE location services, makes them available to all WP8 devices Nokia Lumia 521 bound to T-Mobile USA, WP8 for less Nokia Lumia 720 - specs • hands-on (with video) Nokia Lumia 520 - specs • hands-on (with video) Nokia 301 - specs • hands-on Nokia 105 - specs • hands-on
	Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 goes official with S Pen on board Samsung officially retiring Bada, will make Tizen phones instead Samsung to announce Galaxy S IV on March 14 Samsung officially launches Wallet, a rival to Apple’s Passbook Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 - specs • hands-on (with video)
	Xperia Tablet Z to become available worldwide this spring Sony has Firefox OS device in the works Here are the official Sony Xperia Tablet Z accessories Sony Xperia Tablet Z - specs • hands-on (with video) Sony Xperia ZL - specs • hands-on (with video)
	LG showcases Optimus G Pro, F5 and F7, L3 II, L5 II and L7 II LG launches enhanced Optimus G in Europe LG working on 8-core chip called Odin, Optimus G II bound HP sells webOS rights to LG, to be used now in smart TVs We put the LG Optimus G Pro display head on with the Super AMOLED on the Galaxy S III LG displays Wireless Ultra HD video streaming technology at MWC LG Optimus G Pro - specs • hands-on (with video) • preview LG Optimus F7 - specs LG Optimus F5 - specs • hands-on LG Optimus L7 II - specs • hands-on LG Optimus L5 II - specs • hands-on LG Optimus L3 II - specs • hands-on LG Optimus Vu II - specs • hands-on
	Huawei Ascend P2 finally announced Here goes the Huawei Ascend P2 promo video, enjoy Huawei Ascend P2 - specs • hands-on Huawei Ascend G526 - specs
	Asus Padfone Infinity and FonePad announced Highlights of yesterday’s Asus event show Padfone Infinity and Fonepad announcements, skimp on the magic Here are the first camera samples from the ASUS Padfone Infinity Asus Transformer AiO hands-on Asus PadFone Infinity - specs • hands-on • hands-on, day 2 Asus FonePad - specs • hands-on (with video) Asus Memo Pad Smart - specs • hands-on Asus Transformer AiO - hands-on
	Alcatel unveils One Touch Idol X, 5-inch, 1080p, Jelly Bean Firefox OS launches at MWC on ZTE Open and Alcatel OT Fire Alcatel One Touch Snap and One Touch Snap LTE debut Alcatel One Touch Idol X - specs • hands-on (with video) Alcatel One Touch Fire - specs • hands-on Alcatel One Touch Idol Ultra - specs • hands-on Alcatel One Touch Scribe HD - specs • hands-on Alcatel One Touch Star - specs • hands-on Alcatel One Touch Snap - specs • live photos Alcatel One Touch Snap LTE - specs • live photos
	HP Slate 7 announced, runs Android Jelly Bean at a temptingly low price of $169.99 HP Slate 7 - specs • hands-on (with video)
	ZTE unveils the Grand Memo phablet and the ZTE Open Firefox OS launches at MWC on ZTE Open and Alcatel OT Fire ZTE Open - specs • hands-on (with video) ZTE Grand Memo - specs • hands-on (with video) ZTE Grand S - specs • hands-on
	Acer Liquid E1 - specs • hands-on
Misc	Fujitsu Arrows X F-02E hands-on Windows Phone Store now hosts more than 130,000 apps, Elop says Lenovo K900 hands-on impressions and synthetic benchmarks Lenovo unveils the A1000, A3000, and S6000 entry-level Android Tablets Intel announces dual-core 'Clovertrail+' Atom processors Cat B15 announced at MWC, one of the rare rugged smartphones I'm Watch hands-on Ubuntu for smartphones and tablets hands-on Galaxy S III wins best smartphone by GSMA, Nexus 7 - best tablet YotaPhone hands-on Xiaomi MI-2 hands-on Geeksphone Peak hands-on

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Galaxy S IV to premiere at Times Square on March 14

Samsung has already sent out invitations for a press event on March 14, where it will unveil the Galaxy S IV smartphone. It seems though its plans for the announcement are much bigger.

Today Samsung invites all of its social network followers to join the Galaxy S IV premiere in New York. Everyone is invited on March 14, 7PM at Times Square.

The people there will be able the follow the UNPACKED announcement event via a livestream, which, we guess, will be hooked on to some of the big screens, lining the square. They should also be able to "experience Samsung's new flagship smartphone at Times Square", whatever that means.