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I just came back from an exhausting three days at the Mobile World Congress (formerly 3GSM) in Barcelona, talking to mobile device manufacturers (specifically Nokia), MVNOs and applications developers. Several things struck me.

First, at the Nokia press conference on Monday morning, February 11, after the CEO and one of the executives announced the new Nokia devices (6210 Navigator, N96, 6220 with 5-megapixel camera), analysts and journalists could ask only one question: when is Nokia going to embed touch screen technology…

Opinion: Ubuntu, a fast-growing version of Linux, could emerge as a prime platform for mobile devices and digital inclusion over the next year. Here’s why. Opinion: Ubuntu, a fast-growing version of Linux, could emerge as a key platform for mobile devices and digital inclusion over the next year. Here’s why.

Ubuntu Linux now has roughly 6 million to 12 million users, according to Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of Canonical — the company behind Ubuntu Linux. Shuttleworth delivered the estimate during Ubuntu LIVE,…

The next U.S. Census will not be taken for another three years but a dress rehearsal using mobile handheld devices started this week in Fayetteville, N.C., and Stockton, Calif.The next U.S. Census will not be taken for another three years but a dress rehearsal using mobile handheld devices started this week in Fayetteville, N.C., and Stockton, Calif.

Census workers, equipped with 1,400 secure GPS-enabled handheld devices will be capturing address information in the two cities from now through June. The data…

I wanted to wait until I got a chance to play with the N95 and post my review on Muniwireless, but this weekend, Om Malik posted a thorough review on his blog and I thought I would share it with you. Om Malik spent several days playing with the N95. He raves about the 5-megapixel camera, video and music-playing functions, integrated VOIP and Wi-Fi features. Yet he decided not to get the phone because of the battery life and lack…

Arstechnica reports that Skype has asked the FCC to prohibit cellular operators from banning software like Skype from the mobile phones that the operators sell to their customers: “Skype wants the agency to more stringently apply the famous 1968 Carterfone decision that allowed consumers to hook any device up to the phone network, so long as it did not harm the network. In Skype’s eyes, that means allowing any software or applications to run on any devices that access the…

Nokia announced yesterday the release of the much-awaited E90 communicator, together with the E65 and an updated E61i, at 3GSM in Barcelona. These E Series Wi-Fi mobile devices work on GSM and 3G network frequencies and support 3G WCDMA and WLAN. In addition, the E90 Communicator is now High Speed Download Packet Access (HSDPA) and GPS enabled. Nokia announced yesterday the release of the much-awaited E90 communicator (photo below), together with the E65 and an updated E61i, at 3GSM in…