Well, today is the day. Mobile World Congress will be kicking off in a few hours and I’m already up and at it. Actually, I’m still up – I couldn’t sleep. Knowing that the world’s latest and greatest handsets are just a few hours away, I’m jittery with anticipation. Last night Sony Ericsson bowed their…
MixDJ application turns your phone in to a superDJ!
Apparently, the MixDJ app turns your phone in to a DJ – or so NXP software, who are behind the app, are suggesting. You can do beatmatched, gapless, cross-faded mixes of your songs, and then apparently save the mixes to share with your friends. You can’t unfortuantely download the app, as NXP are known for…
Emporia Telecom’s phones for the Elderly
Austrian firm Emporia Telecom specialises in making phones for those of us who have not only approached, but charged through, the “50 year old” barrier! There are no music/video/camera-type functions, but instead big buttons, LOUD volume, and emergency call functions. The company will apparently by at MWC, so it will be interesting to see more…
O2 Head of R&D predicts what you’ll see at MWC
Mike Short, Head of R&D at O2 UK, was interviewed by Mobile Marketing Magazine, about what he expects to see at MWC – below is a brief bulleted summary of the key points: Mobile Data and Applications – lots around 3G, Mobile Internet, and Mobile Email Mobile Commerce and Banking – NFC (Near Field Communications)…
Dell not exhibiting at Mobile World Congress, but they’re in town
Martin Sauter started a wiki a while back for the upcoming Mobile World Congress. One page has a list of some of the parties and events taking place. I’m registered for the Mobile Jam Session which looks to be an interesting get together of technical minded people and one of the things I couldn’t help…
Robert Redford coming to Mobile World Congress
Robert the man will be attending the upcoming Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. He will headline at Mobile Backstage, a special one day Mobile Entertainment conference on Wednesday, February 13th, and will also appear at the GSMA’s Global Mobile Awards night later in the day. There he will be introducing the GSMA’s Mobile Entertainment…
Nokia set to demo S60 Touch UI at Mobile World Congress 2008
We’ve seen some simple demonstrations of Nokia’s S60 Touch interface before, but Nokia’s going to really kick things up into high gear with their full-on S60 Touch demo at Mobile World Congress 2008 in Barcelona (MWC). According to the official Symbian Series 60 blog, Nokia will be showing off some added Touch UI features at…
Dell: Not working with Google on new handset – no hardware to show off at Mobile World Congress
We love a good rumor. But, if there’s one thing we love more, it’s the back and forth between the blogosphere and spokespeople that these rumors generate. Following on rumors that Dell and Google are working together on a mobile phone, a Dell spokesperson has denied that Dell has no hardware to debut at the…
CeBIT – right after MWC!
For those of you gadget-heads that don’t get enough of a fix at MWC (Mobile World Congress, formerly known as 3GSM), CeBIT only a few weeks in Hannover, Germany. The main difference between the two shows is that whereas MWC is more of an Telecoms industry show (and is located in the very lovely Barcelona),…
Mobile World Congress 2008 confirmed speakers
This year’s Mobile World Congress is just around the corner and have no doubt about it – we’ll be there to cover it all. And in case you’re still wondering is it worth to come to Spain for that, maybe the following list of confirmed speakers will help you decide: Arun Sarin, CEO, Vodafone Wang…