The best of Mobile World Congress 2010

MWC is the premier global event for the mobile phone industry. Here's the latest in mobile innovations, from Barcelona this week.

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HTC Desire coming to Telstra in April

Telstra has announced it will be selling HTC's latest Android smartphone, the HTC Desire, in Australia.
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Honey, I shrunk the phone: Meet Sony Ericsson’s XPERIA X10 Mini and Mini Pro

In a day and age of high tech, touch screen smartphones with extra large displays designed for multimedia and Internet consumption, a handset the size of a credit card seems so 1999. Sony Ericsson doesn’t seem to think so though, as it has just unwrapped its latest creations, the XPERIA X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro handsets.
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Windows Phone 7: An in-depth look at features, interface

Microsoft took the wraps off of Windows Phone 7 Series (the official name for Windows Mobile 7) here Monday at Mobile World Congress. Slated to launch on handsets by holiday season 2010, Windows 7 is a complete overhaul from previous versions of the OS.
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Windows Phone 7, Meego OS herald new start for smartphones

In separate announcements from Barcelona today, three traditional powerhouses in computing and communications -- Microsoft, Intel and Nokia -- kick-started major revamps to their technology to adapt to a quick-changing smartphone and mobile device market that's increasingly dominated by Google and Apple .
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News
Samsung launching Galaxy Tab 2, Galaxy S 2
We love a good rumour or leak, and this time it's Samsung's plans for its Mobile World Congress (MWC) announcement in Barcelona next month.
Rumour: Nokia N9 first smartphone to run MeeGo OS?
Nokia's N8 smartphone may soon be superseded by a superior model running the MeeGo operating system, thought to be called the Nokia N9.
In pictures: Windows Phone Series 7 demo
Microsoft fitted out its stands at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona with huge touch screens that offered a taste of Windows Phone Series 7
Wall Street Beat: Tech vendors issue upbeat sales reports
Since the beginning of the year, doubts about economic recovery have sent markets on a roller-coaster ride, but the IT sector keeps plugging along, showing signs that it is becoming increasingly dynamic.
Five reasons wireless providers should fear Google
When Google chief executive Eric Schmidt took the stage at Mobile World Congress, it seemed that many of his remarks were meant to placate the mobile phone industry. And for good reason: Over the last year, Google has become a mobile powerhouse -- this was Schmidt's first keynote in Barcelona, after all - that, in many ways, competes with wireless service providers. The past year has seen a proliferation of Android phones and the debut of powerful mobile apps such as Google Voice and Maps Navigation. It's a good thing in that Google's driving sales, but it's also a cause for concern. Here are five reasons mobile telcos should be worried about Google:
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Slideshows
In pictures: Windows Phone Series 7 demo
Microsoft fitted out its stands at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona with huge touch screens that offered a taste of Windows Phone Series 7
In pictures: LG's Mini (GD880) and GT540 mobile phones
In the middle of groundbreaking announcements from the likes of Microsoft, Nokia and Samsung, LG has so far been fairly quiet at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
The best of Mobile World Congress 2010
MWC is the premier global event for the mobile phone industry. Here's the latest in mobile innovations, from Barcelona this week.
Hands-on with Sony Ericsson's first Android phone: the XPERIA X10
Sony Ericsson's XPERIA X10 smartphone, the company's first handset to run Google's Android operating system, was announced well before Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. However, for many people MWC was the first chance to get some one on one time with the phone.
In pictures: Samsung's Wave mobile phone at MWC
Samsung's GT-S8500 Wave at Mobile World Congress
Videos
MWC: NTT DoCoMo demos prototype LTE terminal
MWC: NTT DoCoMo demos prototype LTE terminal
Japan's NTT DoCoMo is demonstrating for the first time this week a prototype computer designed to run on a super-fast cellular network it plans to launch in December. The terminal, developed by NEC, is compatible with LTE cellular -- a data technology one step beyond today's 3G service and can support speeds from 100Mbps -- around 5 times today's fastest service.
MWC: Google previews new translation services
MWC: Google previews new translation services
Google previewed a new technology that allows its Goggles application for Android phones to recognize and translate text using the phone’s camera and internet connection.
MWC: Google readies Flash for Android devices
MWC: Google readies Flash for Android devices
Unlike mobile software rivals Apple and Microsoft, Google is working with Adobe to bring Flash to phones
MWC: HTC unveils update to Nexus One and HTC Legend
MWC: HTC unveils update to Nexus One and HTC Legend
HTC will also launch its latest Windows Mobile phone, HTC HD Mini
MWC - SK Telecom crams a processor, Android in a SIM
MWC - SK Telecom crams a processor, Android in a SIM
This isn't your ordinary SIM card. Crammed inside are a processor, memory, a gigabyte of flash storage space and Google's Android operating system.
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