Mobile Insiders

The iPad launch date of April 3rd looms on the horizon and while many are clamoring over the launch, some maybe even starting to wait in line (I wouldn’t be surprised given the cult following of Mac fans), I had already written it off weeks ago.

This week has been off to a great start for the mobile device space, as already we’re seeing several devices launching on multiple carriers. If you have been unimpressed with the device offerings, perhaps one or more of these will catch you eye. If you’ve been overwhelmed by all the new phones coming out, seeming to be the same phone with slight variations, then this is
sure to confuse you even more. That being said, lets take a look at what’s new.

The Smartphone space is starting to get pretty crowded, and I think Apple is starting to realize the real threat of some up-and-coming devices that can take away some serious market share from the iPhone, which has been on this pedestal since its launch back in 2007. As many Android devices are seemingly being launched or announced every few weeks, mostly from HTC, maker of the Google Nexus One, Apple has decided to rain on the parade by suing HTC for infringing on over 20 patents. Frankly, I’ve been waiting for some competition, so this news is very frustrating for me.

MWC turned out to be a good year for almost everyone. Apple of course not being there, even Steve Jobs won an award. Google and Microsoft seemed to be the talk of the town, and with good reason. The adoption of the Android OS among a growing number of device manufacturers has brought the daily shipments of Android devices to 60,000, according to Google's Schmidt at MWC, and Microsoft launched a new series of devices and new OS, the Windows Phone 7 Series.

Well it seems that Apple has bullied around its last carrier. Announced yesterday at MWC in Barcelona, two dozen of the world’s biggest carriers, including U.S. carriers Verizon Wireless, AT&T, and Sprint, have teamed up to create an “open international applications platform,” dubbed the Wholesale Applications Community. (Release)

Watch out Rosetta Stone, Google is going to make your software obsolete. Well, there will always be people that will want to pick up a second language, but for the rest of us, Google is making it easier for people to connect and communicate across language barriers.