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The Signal (Episode 17: Mobile World Congress 2009 Edition)

By: , IntoMobile
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 at 4:17 PM

The SignalNervous 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), 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 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.

Download The Signal ( Episode 17 )iTunesRSS – (1:34:50)

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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

Samsung Launches Omnia HD

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.

About The Author

Simon Sage

Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.

  • Dusan Belic

    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. :)