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The GSMA gave Steve Jobs the “Mobile Personality of the Year” award, but he wasn’t there to accept it. Even non iPhone users can appreciate what that device has done to the market. It’s made device manufactures concentrate on making their devices easier to use, it’s made the touch screen device the preferred form factor amongst many, and it got an entire country (USA) to care about mobile and start making their locally produced, globally consumed, media mobile optimized.
Yea, Steve Jobs deserves this award, no matter how hard I want to punch him in the face for being a smug bastard.
HTC won the best mobile handset award with the Hero. I’ve been seeing a lot of those on the show floor, that and the HTC Nexus One. The press room in hall 2, which has practically become my second home since Monday, is loaded with the Nexus One. It’s a bit shocking since just 2 years ago Nokia devices dominated.
[Via: mocoNews, who also a list of the other awards that were handed out last night]
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Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
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