Whew.

Well it's been a busy few weeks - apologies for missing my posts.

First, our small team at Microsoft, now getting larger, moved into some new digs. Next, I spent a week at Mobile World Congress, soaking up the phone world. Then, the previously small team I've been working announced that we were acquiring Danger. Before I returned from Spain the team was re-orged into the Mobile Communication Business. Whew!

MWC, as it's now known (it used to be 3GSM but 3G is old news, right?) was hot. Something like 50,000 people, tons of companies just putting the pedal to the metal as the handsets get thinner, cooler and the pipes get bigger and better. Still, I think software is generally lacking, and frankly the demos I saw were still pretty primitive.

Nokia kicked it pretty hard, and their new phone with a compass in it was just smart. Samsung and LG shifted to "smart" D-Pads, but the touch/haptic combo was still a bit disconcerting to me. I dug the Sony Ericsson watches - can;t wait to pick one of those up.

It was great to see everyone, though, from the major players to the 10x10 start ups, carving out space and trying to innovate in such a industry. No shortage of gadgets and services in the pipeline.

On a personal note, I lost my darn Zune - not just any Zune but my Citron 16Gb version. Doh! On a flight back I realized it was likely lost in a very deep pocket in the seat of a BA business class seat on a 777. Lesson learned.

I am sitting here in my chair watching American Idol and thinking "dang I need to swap out that dimmer with an IR-controlled dimmer." Next project.