MWC

SquawkBox Feb 11 – Mobile World Congress.

February 11, 2008

It's been a crazy day here in Barcelona. We recorded the Squawk Box five hours ago, but I'm just now getting the recording posted.  Blame the incredibly poor WiFi. This is being done from my hotel room after dinner and evening meetings. The focus of the podcast was the Nokia news which had come out [...]

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Ovi, Nokia’s social services play

February 11, 2008

Ovi (http://www.ovi.com) is Nokia's service brand.  Frankly, this is a fascinating trajectory in their strategy.  As they push down the path of extending the internet from the desktop to everywhere, they've clearly felt the need to deliver a branded Nokia experience to the consumer.  Maps, games, music and other services will all be delivered under [...]

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SquawkBox from Barcelona next week

February 8, 2008

CNET says that some of the big stories at next week's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona will be iPhone look-a-likes, Femtocells, Mobile advertising, Location and Navigation, and Social Networking.  I'll be heading there myself, on Sunday.  I'm particularly interested to see how far beyond "here's my facebook button" mobile social networking can get. Next week's [...]

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