Category: Mobile World Congress 2008

MWC 2008: Will the LiMo Foundation pip Google's Android to the open-source post?

The LiMo Foundation looks set to be a major thorn in Google’s Android side, with a couple of major announcements tipped to occur at MWC.

For those unfamiliar with the LiMo Foundation, it’s an alliance of manufacturers formed over a year ago, which has the same common aim as the Open Handset Alliance spearheaded by Google, of creating open mobile software platforms.

“[LiMo] is a very practical initiative, but also a deeply philosophical one, based upon the belief that openness in handsets delivers value to consumers,” Morgan Gillis, LiMo’s executive director, said recently about the alliance, which includes massive manufacturers such as Motorola…

Katherine Hannaford Gadget Shows, Mobile phones, Mobile World Congress 2008

MWC 2008: HTC doesn't exactly wow with their GPS P3470 smartphone

Would you believe that HTC has signed up TomTom, and packed their Navigator 6 GPS system into the P3470, announced today at MWC?

Sadly it’s only got EDGE support, but this is because it’s ‘affordable’, a fairly entry-level handset which isn’t really reflected with an entry-level price: this baby is €449.

Still, the lightweight candybar features a large (2.8″) QVGA touchscreen (similar to the Touch), and meagre 2-megapixel…

Katherine Hannaford Gadget Shows, Mobile phones, Mobile World Congress 2008

MWC 2008 Video Interview: Ash talks to Samsung's Marketing Manager about the Soul


Is it safe to say that Samsung’s Soul handset is one of the more exciting models from MWC so far? It certainly seems to be the phone everyone’s talking about, including – as you’d imagine – Samsung’s Marketing Manager, who Ash managed to squeeze a couple of minutes out of to explain just why it’s one of the hottest handsets of the year. Take a look at the video above, and try to dodge the marketing spin…

Katherine Hannaford Gadget Shows, Mobile phones, Mobile World Congress 2008, Video Reviews