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.
• 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.