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Last week two important conferences were held on opposite sides of the globe. In London, the Financial Times held the FT World Telecoms Conference; in Hong Kong, the GSM Association hosted Mobile Asia Congress 2010.
CCS Insight attended both events Shaun Collins spoke at the FT conference, while Ben Wood and I went to Hong Kong. Comparing notes with Shaun... Read more

In our preview of this year's Mobile World Congress, we predicted there would be 50 Android devices on the show floor. In my spare moments, I've been taking pictures of as many of them as I can. The results are shown below. As you can see, the prediction was pretty accurate. There are 48 Android devices in this montage, ranging from vanilla midrange phones to fl... Read more

I never cease to be amazed by the extraordinary things you come across at trade shows. Although it's only day two of Mobile World Congress and I've not had a lot of time to look around, I think I've already seen the product that I'd label as the weirdest.
In the depths of Hall 2, I stumbled upon the Janus phone. Named after the Roman god of gates, who was... Read more

Today at Mobile World Congress, Sagem Wireless unveiled its Puma phone, the first results of a licensing deal announced in October last year.
When talking about the launch with colleagues in the industry, I generally got looks of disbelief that I would recommend going to see a product from Sagem Wireless. The company has been out of the spotlight for a wh... Read more

This year's Mobile World Congress featured some interesting accessories, including headsets and speakers. I've collected a few examples to highlight current trends.
The handset market is subject to strong (and transient) design trends; for example, touch screens and slider designs are currently the dominant fashion. At its zenith, Motorola's Razr made cla... Read more