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Remember Vodafone’s 360 phone? Okay, if not, Vodafone launched a phone two years ago with its own new operating system. It was an attempt to create an alternative...
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Welcome to the jungle: the press room
Want to know what a big conference’s press room looks like? Well voila. And this is about a third of it. Organised geek mayhem. Have seen near-fights over...
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30 Irish companies at MWC
At least 30 Irish companies are exhibiting at this year’s Mobile World Congress, the cellular industry’s annual convention. Among the firms doing business...
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Pre-conference thoughts: why Microsoft wins in Nokia deal
Here’s why the Nokia/Microsoft deal looks like a win for MS and maybe something less than a total win for Nokia: 1. Microsoft gets access to a massive phone...
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LG goes nuclear on Android devices
Thought Samsung and HTC had the Android market wrapped up? Think again. LG has launched an all-out assault on the Android market — both mobile and tablet...
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LG’s turbo-charged Androids
While all the pre-conference talk has been about Nokia and Microsoft, LG could well be one of the manufacturers to come out of MWC with one hell of a reputation. Why?...
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Playstation Phone is here
Sony Ericsson is first out of the blocks with the event’s big announcement: a Playstation phone. The phone is actually one big tweak of Sony’s last portable...
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The Irish are coming
There should be around 60 irish companies landing in Barcelona this week. Some, like Newbay, will have their own stands. Others, like Arantech, Solaris Mobile,...
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LG goes nuclear on Android devices
Thought Samsung and HTC had the Android market wrapped up? Think again. LG has launched an all-out assault on the Android market — both mobile and tablet...
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LG’s turbo-charged Androids
While all the pre-conference talk has been about Nokia and Microsoft, LG could well be one of the manufacturers...
Playstation Phone is here
Sony Ericsson is first out of the blocks with the event’s big announcement: a Playstation phone. The...
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LG goes nuclear on Android devices
Thought Samsung and HTC had the Android market wrapped up? Think again. LG has launched an all-out assault on the Android market — both mobile and tablet...
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30 Irish companies at MWC
At least 30 Irish companies are exhibiting at this year’s Mobile World Congress, the cellular industry’s annual convention. Among the firms doing business...
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The Irish are coming
There should be around 60 irish companies landing in Barcelona this week. Some, like Newbay, will have...
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Out of WAC, out of sight
Remember Vodafone’s 360 phone? Okay, if not, Vodafone launched a phone two years ago with its own new operating system. It was an attempt to create an alternative...
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Pre-conference thoughts: why Microsoft wins in Nokia deal
Here’s why the Nokia/Microsoft deal looks like a win for MS and maybe something less than a total win for Nokia: 1. Microsoft gets access to a massive phone...
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Welcome to the jungle: the press room
Want to know what a big conference’s press room looks like? Well voila. And this is about a third of it. Organised geek mayhem. Have seen near-fights over...
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- February 15, 2011
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Out of WAC, out of sight
Remember Vodafone’s 360 phone? Okay, if not, Vodafone launched a phone two years ago with its own new operating system. It was an attempt to create an alternative to Apple’s iOs and Google’s Android, principally. One of its main pitches was the creation of a common app developer system, to be shared among the world’s [...]
- February 15, 2011
- Weird/wonderful
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Welcome to the jungle: the press room
Want to know what a big conference’s press room looks like? Well voila. And this is about a third of it. Organised geek mayhem. Have seen near-fights over the seats close to power points, too.
- February 15, 2011
- The Irish at MWC 2011
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30 Irish companies at MWC
At least 30 Irish companies are exhibiting at this year’s Mobile World Congress, the cellular industry’s annual convention. Among the firms doing business with likes of Microsoft, Nokia and Samsung are Openwave, Advanced Innovations, Cubic Telecom, Zapa Technology and mobile advertising specialist, Digital Reach Commmunications (DRG). On Monday, DRG released an RTE news iPad app, [...]
- February 13, 2011
- Strictly business
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Pre-conference thoughts: why Microsoft wins in Nokia deal
Here’s why the Nokia/Microsoft deal looks like a win for MS and maybe something less than a total win for Nokia: 1. Microsoft gets access to a massive phone brand with enormous distribution. Yes, Nokia has been ailing. Yes it is floundering at the high-end. But it still has enormous muscle in getting its handsets in [...]
- February 13, 2011
- New phones, Tablets
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LG goes nuclear on Android devices
Thought Samsung and HTC had the Android market wrapped up? Think again. LG has launched an all-out assault on the Android market — both mobile and tablet — with a couple of very heavy-hitting devices. The Korean company has an Android (Honeycomb 3.0) tablet coming out, as well as a a couple of dual-core devices, including [...]
- February 13, 2011
- New phones
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LG’s turbo-charged Androids
While all the pre-conference talk has been about Nokia and Microsoft, LG could well be one of the manufacturers to come out of MWC with one hell of a reputation. Why? Because it has given its Optimus range of phones the equivalent of a three-litre fuel-injected engine, in the form of dual-core 1Ghz processors. Take [...]
- February 13, 2011
- New phones
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Playstation Phone is here
Sony Ericsson is first out of the blocks with the event’s big announcement: a Playstation phone. The phone is actually one big tweak of Sony’s last portable gaming machine, the PSP Go. In other words, it’s a PSP Go with a phone bolted on. The PSP Go didn’t set the world on fire, mainly because [...]
- February 13, 2011
- The Irish at MWC 2011
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The Irish are coming
There should be around 60 irish companies landing in Barcelona this week. Some, like Newbay, will have their own stands. Others, like Arantech, Solaris Mobile, and Adforce.ie (with CEO Colm Grealy pictured) have a spot within a large Enterprise Ireland stand. (You can see the Irish companies that Enterprise Ireland is bringing over here.) Over the [...]
