Right, late again. Hey, better late tha…it’s late, apologies. Let’s move on. Take a gander at the Sony Ericsson booth at Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2008. The main attractions here were the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 and the Sony Ericsson C902 CyberShot. Unfortunately, the XPERIA X1 was under glass, and the guy giving the demo…
Quick look at the Samsung G810 from Mobile World Congress
Yea, it’s a bit late in coming, but lack of decent internet connection and a bunch of travel-time kept me from uploading this video until now. Anyway, here’s a quick look at Samsung’s new Nokia N95 fighter, the Samsung G810. With a 5 megapixel camera that delivers the kind of high-end picture and video performance…
MWC: alternative stats
I think this is the last 3GSM08 post (yes, still refusing to called it MWC) I am going to make, but hey hey, it’s a light-hearted one, so why not one more…. OnePointSurveys and mBlox have released their final “Alternative Congress Stats wrap-up” – for those of you not familiar, mBlox commissioned OnePointSurveys to conduct…
Follow-up: video: Imagination Techologies
Remember a few days back I mentioned about gaming, and how it should be advancing due to things like hardware acceleration? Well there is a nice short video on the BBC News website, which features a mini-interview with a spokesman from Imagination Technologies – one of the companies involved in this next generation of boosting…
Toshiba Portege G810 Windows Mobile smartphone announced in Barcelona
Almost missed this one. At the MWC in Barcelona, Toshiba has uneiled its latest Windows Mobile smartphone – Portégé G810. The all-in-one device prides itself with both HDSPA and HSUPA support. In addition to high-speed 3.5G, users can connect to other devices and networks using WiFi and Bluetooth v2.0. Then there’s the built-in GPS and…
Mobile World Congress in numbers
Another 3GSM — now Mobile World Congress — is behind us and we have some numbers to report. In total, more than 55,000 visitors — including delegates, exhibitors, contractors and media — attended the event, making this year’s event the largest yet. More than 230 chief executives and other high-level speakers from across the world…
Emoze goes enterprise
We’ve almost missed this one. Our friends from Emoze used Mobile World Congress not only to launch their push-email service for the masses (using POP3), but also to unveil the Enterprise edition to enable organisations to manage their information flow and to “have control over data transfers based on IT policies.” With the Enterprise Edition,…
Vodafone adds BlackBerry to the set of preferred consumer operating platforms
During the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Vodafone announced that it will collaborate with Research In Motion (RIM) on the development of Vodafone consumer services for the BlackBerry platform. This move sees Vodafone add the BlackBerry platform to the set of preferred consumer operating platforms that it strategically supports. Other preferred platforms are Windows Mobile…
Motorola to stick to its handset business
It’s hard to argue against activist investor Carl Icahn, who owns a 5% of Motorola and who says breaking up the company could unlock more value for shareholders, but the fact stays that the American handset maker is pretty much the dominant player in the U.S. handset market. So personally I don’t believe they should…
UK: knives are out already for Mobile sales at Xmas 08!
No sooner have we crossed the mid-point of February (highlighted nicely with Valentine’s Day!), than a story about Xmas 08 appears – stop the madness! Where will it all end!? Anyway, this story is about the battlelines being drawn up for Christmas as regards what the “hero” devices might be – in the Prepay segment…