The World Mobile Congress in Barcelona is the place where technology academics and professionals from all over the world come together to explore the newest pieces of miniature technology that could revolutionise our lives.
The Congress was the place at which the iPhone was initially announced, and the location at which the likes of Android really started to make its mark on the mobile market. Every year the event is eagerly anticipated, and this year was no different.
An announcement before the Congress, however, looked set to steal all the headlines. The coordination between Nokia and Microsoft drew together two of the biggest names in the technology sector and sent a clear message to Google, Apple, and RIM that their position in the mobile world was far from secure.
As it turned out, so potentially significant was the news that hardly any attention was paid on the presentations at the Congress itself, as all the focus was on the potential ramifications of the Nokia-Microsoft announcement. Google admitted that they had wooed Nokia without result but that the offer was still very much open, whilst Research in Motion's CE took umbrage at Nokia's suggestion that the smartphone market was a three horse race.
However, just as it seemed like the mobile had been forgotten, LG, the company primarily famous for selling TVs, announced a piece of technology which captured the attention of everyone.
LG's mobile, based on Google's Android operating system, was the first ever 3D mobile phone. Despite being just a test model - and it may be quite some time before such a product ever reaches the shelves - it was yet one more sign that 3D is really on the way to becoming part of our everyday lives.
Up to the present date most of LG's manufacturing might have been directed towards 3D televisions. They have been working on the production of a glasses-less 3D television screen although with, so far, mixed responses from critics. Still, with considerable effort being put into such technology, and television broadcasters such as Sky offering 3D television programmes, and even television on mobile phones, it won't be too long before the technology is perfected.
When it finally is, we should expect 3D mobile phones to be all over the place, especially as the battery life of our phones gets better, we can also expect people to be viewing the latest films and television programmes on those phones. So, perhaps the Mobile World Congress did give us yet another glimpse of the future after all.
The Congress was the place at which the iPhone was initially announced, and the location at which the likes of Android really started to make its mark on the mobile market. Every year the event is eagerly anticipated, and this year was no different.
An announcement before the Congress, however, looked set to steal all the headlines. The coordination between Nokia and Microsoft drew together two of the biggest names in the technology sector and sent a clear message to Google, Apple, and RIM that their position in the mobile world was far from secure.
As it turned out, so potentially significant was the news that hardly any attention was paid on the presentations at the Congress itself, as all the focus was on the potential ramifications of the Nokia-Microsoft announcement. Google admitted that they had wooed Nokia without result but that the offer was still very much open, whilst Research in Motion's CE took umbrage at Nokia's suggestion that the smartphone market was a three horse race.
However, just as it seemed like the mobile had been forgotten, LG, the company primarily famous for selling TVs, announced a piece of technology which captured the attention of everyone.
LG's mobile, based on Google's Android operating system, was the first ever 3D mobile phone. Despite being just a test model - and it may be quite some time before such a product ever reaches the shelves - it was yet one more sign that 3D is really on the way to becoming part of our everyday lives.
Up to the present date most of LG's manufacturing might have been directed towards 3D televisions. They have been working on the production of a glasses-less 3D television screen although with, so far, mixed responses from critics. Still, with considerable effort being put into such technology, and television broadcasters such as Sky offering 3D television programmes, and even television on mobile phones, it won't be too long before the technology is perfected.
When it finally is, we should expect 3D mobile phones to be all over the place, especially as the battery life of our phones gets better, we can also expect people to be viewing the latest films and television programmes on those phones. So, perhaps the Mobile World Congress did give us yet another glimpse of the future after all.
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