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Augmented Reality companies are causing crowds to gather in Barcelona. The technology still includes image-based elements, but true 3D recognition technology is growing, and the demand for content is there.

The mobile world has been good to Linux, whose Android derivative has enjoyed a success that few could have predicted just a few short years ago.

A robot at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona made custom smartphone case designs from Swarovski crystals. The cases were awarded to Galaxy Nexus owners as part of a Google promotion. The process took about eight minutes.

Intel CEO Paul Otellini spoke at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona about how the company plans to cater to both high and low-end devices.

Near field communication chip maker NXP showed off what’s possible with the technology at its booth at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

The Ascend D Quad was billed as the world’s fasted smartphone, with a Hauwei-designed quad core processor. For the first time, this is a Hauwei phone designed for a higher price consumer, coming with is designed Dolby technology sound, an 8 megapixal camera, a 4.5 inch high-resolution screen.

It might be hard to imagine there will be that much more for makers of smartphones, tablets and other wireless offerings to reveal at Mobile World Congress at the end of this month after the deluge of products that debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show to kick off 2012. But Sony, HTC and others have gotten wireless watchers in a frenzy already by issuing MWC event invitations and stirring speculation about Android 4.0, Windows Phone and quad-core devices.

Several themes seemed to govern most of the conversation at this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) including the proliferation of tablets, the momentum behind the Android platform and of course what will become of Nokia now that it is an OEM aligned to Microsoft in the smartphone segment. These conversations will continue throughout 2011 but one key area that seemed to stand out relative to previous years was the mobile enterprise. We have highlighted some of the key areas illustrating why below.

Ah, remember just six months ago, when we were anticipating super fast dual-core mobile processors? Well Nvidia and Qualcomm have been moving along quickly--on Tuesday Nvidia not only announced, but demonstrated, its new quad-core mobile processor at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

At Mobile World Congress Monday Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced that the company will be pushing new features to Windows Phone 7 users including access to SkyDrive, multitasking and a new HTML5 browser.

AT&T Chairman Randall Stephenson today prodded carriers, manufacturers and regulators around the globe to create openness and interoperability in mobile devices, platforms and networks in a keynote address at the Mobile World Congress.

Sony Ericsson officially debuted the Xperia Play smartphone at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Sunday. It combines a traditional mobile phone with a portable gaming console.