As far as news go, the presence of Microsoft at CTIA permeated the
coverage of CTIA. In their assessment of the show, writers
commented on the following:
- Sascha Segan at PC Magazine in
his analysis of the show pointed out the prevalence of MIcrosoft and
the overwhelming denial of the “i” word, liking it to the earlier PC
battles between Apple and Microsoft. He called the Windows Mobile
I-Mate handset one of the flashiest new phones at the show. He noticed
the slew of social networking services and reported that Guitar Hero
could be the superhero of the show.
- Eric Zeman in his CTIA wrap up for InformationWeek wrote “nothing
set the show on fire. Hell, the parties were barely fun,” and thought
that making the show in late October, too late for the holidays caused
the announcements of handsets to be done way before the show.
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The hottest phones from Yahoo’s Gadget Hound were the BlackJack II, I-Mate Ultimate 9502, Sprint Touch, Samsung F700, and Samsung SCH-i760.
There were few mentions in analysis of CTIA about Xohm
Senior Vice President of Mobile Broadband Operations Atish Gude’s
Day 3 keynote, where he talked about Sprint’s commitment to their WiMax
strategy and the ecosystem of the wireless Web.
Comment from Mobile and Wireless News:
Most of the
coverage CTIA Wireless I.T. and Entertainment lacks the
entertainment aspect. Perhaps, when the show is in San Francisco,
it tends to loose the entertainment flare like it had when
it was in Los Angeles, The Entertainment Capital of the World.
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