The Signal (Episode 17: Mobile World Congress 2009 Edition)
By Simon Sage on Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 at 4:17 PM PST In Live Event Coverage, Mobile World Congress 2009, Podcast, The Signal
Nervous exhaustion, shmervous exhaustion. Here’s the year’s busiest week of mobile news.
Mobile World Congress has come and gone, in case you haven’t noticed our live-from-Barcelona coverage, and it’s time to rein it all in and figure out what actually happened. There’s a ton of new devices that were on display from most major manufacturers (sorry, RIM and Motorola (NYSE: MOT)), and too many solutions providers to keep track of. We have the prolific Dusan Belic joining us this episode, which is a rare treat indeed – before MWC, we’ve never been in the same time zone, let alone room! If you’re wondering where the podcast was last week, I was in New York covering a little RIM to-do, and stuck around for the CrackBerry podcast with RIM VP of Developer Relations, Mike Kirkup – feel free to take a listen if you’re into the BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) stuff.
Our Mobile World Congress Edition of The Signal Podcast is behind the jump – check it out!
Music by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, as featured on Tap Tap Revenge for the iPhone.
Filler by Krazy Baldhead.
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Headlines
Acer Announces Tempo Smartphone Lineup
Vodafone Announces Android-Powered HTC Magic
Samsung Launches Slim, Sexy Touchscreen Slider: Ultra Touch
Samsung Launches two Beat Phones For DJs who Can’t Afford Turntables
Samsung Launches T-Mobile Memoir, Endorsed by Pretty Girls
Microsoft goes official with Windows Mobile 6.5 at Mobile World Congress!
LG-GM730 Rocks “New” Windows Mobile… 6.5?
LG Officially Outs Arena, Sticks Out Tongue at iPhone
LG Style Rocks Transparent Sliding
Nokia 6710 Navigator and 6720 classic get announced
Nokia unveils two new ESeries devices – E55 and E75
HTC unveils Touch Diamond 2, Touch Pro 2!!!
Sony Ericsson unveils 12MP touchscreen “Idou” at Mobile World Congress!
P.S.: Nevermind Rumours and Releases this week. This is more than enough. 
Sorry about the quality cutoff at around 0:42, was having some importing issues.
Man, I should never be in The Signal again. At least not drink and record.
If I ever say “nonetheless” and “though” again, feel free to slap me.