Mobile World Congress 2011 Underway...

[diogen]

First Announcements:

Sony/Ericsson
- Xperia Playstation coming in March
- Xperia Pro with Gingerbread

Nokia
- Our first priority is beating Android
Hmmm...

Samsung
- Galaxy Tab 2
- Galaxy S II
(I know, hard to call this news by now)

Diogen.

 

[diogen]

Samsung is trying to steal corporate customers from RIM using its just introduced Galaxy S II
Samsung working with Sybase and Cisco to make Galaxy S II enterprise-friendly -- Engadget

Cisco has a very mixed strategy in the mobile sector.
On one hand, they actually owned the iPhone (from the Linksys acquisition) and iOS trademarks before Apple started using them.
On the other hand their Cius 7" tablet is based on Android 2.2 and costs about twice as much as the iPad.
From discussions on Cisco boards, the proper implementation requires kernel modifications that Apple won't allow.

Rumor that they will release an Android IPSec/AnyConnect app has been around forever but nothing materialized.
You can work around using Android's L2TP/IPSec capabilities, but it's quite labor intensive...

This time, with Samsung's new Galaxy and Sybase help, it looks like they are trying to establish a new corporate business platform.
It might be a good companion to the Cius tablet...

Diogen.

 

[diogen]

And it's over. Links of the main events
Adéu, Barcelona: Mobile World Congress 2011 is over -- Engadget

Google booth
Google's MWC 2011 Android booth tour -- Engadget

Taking some clues from Apple: "Android Guru"?! Almost as stupid as "Genius Bar"...

Diogen.