At Mobile World Congress this weeks, Vodafone have launched a new phone based on Google’s Android operating system. Built by Taiwan’s HTC, the Magic feature a sophisticated browser, a 3.2 Megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, and GPS. The first “Google phone”, called the G1, was launched in September by HTC and is exclusive to T-mobile.
The BBC’s Rory Cellan-Jones reviews this phone, as well as the latest offering from Palm and Nokia.
Experts and pundits predict an increasingly sophisticated mobile web experience. Hot on the heels of Apple’s iPhone and Nokia’s N96 and N78, Sony Ericsson took the opportunity to announce their Windows Mobile enabled Xperia X1 ‘arc slider’ at the Mobile World Congress Sony Ericsson last night.
January is traditionally the month of bank account hangovers and press speculation over the year ahead.
So what Web applications and trends will make it big in 2008? In this post the RWW authors ruminate on the current trends in Web technology and look forward to what 2008 might bring us. Topics include Google, semantic web, online advertising, recommendation systems, Facebook, digg, open standards, Mobile Web, search engines, and much more!
Meanwhile, on the BBC website we have an article about Intel predicting spectacular developments in the world of mobile technology whilst Uncle Bill is excited over his funky coffee table.
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