Mobile World Congress Haptic feedback - it’s the new herpes I’m only here because of a terrible misunderstanding. When the News Editor asked if I wanted to go to “Mobile World Congress”, I naturally jumped at the chance. Pictures of caravans, camping equipment and motorized Zimmer Frames swam before my eyes. Continued

Will you be my valentine enormous wireless infrastructure partner? Nortel and Motorola are reportedly in talks to merge their wireless infrastructure businesses in a bid to cut costs. Continued

Hollywood glam meets handset beauty If you see someone ordinary carrying Motorola s upcoming ROKR E8 handset later this month, then call the police, because they ve probably mugged a superstar. Motorola s planning to award ROKR E8 handsets to Oscar nominees, before letting the huddled masses know when the phone goes on sale. Continued

Mobile World Congress No need to save up Samsung clearly doesn t believe entry-level handsets are just about squeezing basic mobile features into an ugly box, because it s launched a trio of beauties into the price-conscious space. Continued

Now with vibrating keys Samsung s U600 handset has several similar-looking stablemates, including the G600. So the South Korean manufacturer has decided to set it aside from the rest by re-launching the U600 in a sultry black shade and adding in fingertip vibration. Continued

Your travel-friendly projection unit If you feel the need to beam your holiday photos onto a wall but are held back by power cables and heavy projectors, then Samsung may have the answer. It s developed a portable projector that plugs directly into a mobile phone. Continued

Always have enough juice to talk Philips has created a handset that stops dead your excuse of I couldn t call because my phone s battery died, because its latest mobile phone accepts AAA batteries. Continued

Review Still a brand to be reckoned with When the world ends in a nuclear glow or a flood of melted icecaps, the final remaining life will be bacteria in the vents of undersea volcanoes and the last piece of technology to give up the ghost will surely be a ThinkPad. Continued

Not to be confused with Nokia’s 8800, BlackBerry have just announced their new version, the 8800, which apparently contains ‘GPS goodness’, according to our woman of the hour, Susi, who obviously needs a long nap, judging by this video. Bless…. Continued

Camping World Congress Attention: Cargo Cults! We got our mitts on the mystery Communicator from LG at MWC today, and dear reader Kebabster, you are quite correct. The KT-610 isn’t going to win any prizes in a design contest. We’re not even sure it’s a serious product, or just pads out LG’s catalogue. But quite a few Reg readers value utility over bling, and this design really has potential. Continued

Well, there’s another hour or so of the majority of the Shiny Massive’s (Susi, Ashley and Stu) time here at 3GSM (although Hard Core Stu is staying on for more mobile fun); just time enough for a quick reflection on… Continued

To see some of the properly futuristic stuff at 3GSM, you have to seek out the technology companies. On its stand, NVIDIA was running a bunch of demos, including one showing a next-generation mobile interface, powered by its GoForce 5500… Continued

To see some of the properly futuristic stuff at 3GSM, you have to seek out the technology companies. On its stand, NVIDIA was running a bunch of demos, including one showing a next-generation mobile interface, powered by its GoForce 5500… Continued

Mobile World Congress No need to save up Samsung clearly doesn t believe entry-level handsets are just about squeezing basic mobile features into an ugly box, because it s launched a trio of beauties into the price-conscious space. Continued

Still hovering around the Samsung stand at 3GSM like a hobo ’round The Ivy’s garbage cans, Ashley has his mitts firmly clamped on the F300 music phone from Samsung. This hybrid of a mobile phone, and music player on the… Continued

Mobile World Congress Toshiba has unveiled a Windows Mobile-based smartphone that, as technically advanced as it may be, has unfortunately been released with the same product number as a rival Samsung handset. Continued

Camping World Congress Attention: Cargo Cults! We got our mitts on the mystery Communicator from LG at MWC today, and dear reader Kebabster, you are quite correct. The KT-610 isn’t going to win any prizes in a design contest. We’re not even sure it’s a serious product, or just pads out LG’s catalogue. But quite a few Reg readers value utility over bling, and this design really has potential. Continued