MWC: Hot tech picks from Mobile World Congress 2009

iTnews editor Brett Winterford discusses new mobile telephony innovations with Telstra's Hugh Bradlow and Optus' Michael Smith at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

Summarising the technology trends at a gathering of the sheer scale of Mobile World Congress, with its 47,000 attendees and plethora of new products, is no walk in the park. But a handful of new applications and network technologies have captured the imagination here in Barcelona.

iTNews editor Brett Winterford caught up with Telstra chief technology officer Hugh Bradlow and Optus consumer managing director Michael Smith to discuss what new technologies they see as having a future in the Australian context.

Categories:
*Touch
*Accelerometers
*Speech-to-text
*Femtocells
*Long Term Evolution (4G)

Today Monday, February 23rd, 2009 there will be a next E.Factor event in Londen:

"Commercial Opportunities in Mobile Phone Entertainment"

Andy MacLaren, Co-Founder, agencymobile Limited and James Pimentel-Pinto,  CEO, agencymobile Limited, Technology Director, Mobile Applications & innovation specialist, will learn you more about:

*How much does your company know about this exciting new phase that is engaging advertising as never before.
*Global Trends in Mobile Entertainment & how this brings terrific export opportunities to companies.     
*Mobile Phone Applications as a Branding Tool      
*The Future of mobile content delivery including Rich Media, Applications and Video.

More info and registration

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