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If you want to get the latest news and keep an eye on the new trends of next generation mobile applications and services, the Mobilize ‘08 conference is an event you can’t miss.

Mobilize ‘08, organized by Om Malik & the GigaOm team, is an event focused on next generation applications for mobile devices, with a special attention to everything in the space of mobile web.

Mobilize will explore the advancements driving the development of the mobile web as well as the implications and opportunities, for both entrepreneurs and their investors. Indeed, despite big plans and visions, the promise of the mobile web—and a truly untethered Internet—has not yet been realized.

The speakers’ list is impressive, ranging from the co-founder of Google Android to the CTO of Cisco System. The topics to be discussed at the conference are the hottest you can find both in terms of innovation and business in the mobile world:

• Next Generation Networks, Handsets and Chipsets
• Rethinking Products in the Age of Hyper-connectivity
• The Economics of Mobile Development Platforms
• LTE or WiMAX: Which One Owns the Future?
• Mobile Browsers
• Location-Based Services
• Emerging Mobile Business and Revenue Patterns
• Mobile Investment Trends

Moreover, many new companies will be launching their products at the conference during a special LaunchPad session. Among the others, Pinch Media, a company which claims to help iPhone developers to grow and track their business, and Fonolo, a service launched during eComm ‘08 which promises to announce a new hot new application during the show.

Mobilize ‘08 will take place in San Francisco on Sept 18th at the Mission Bay Conference Center. I should be around during these days so I’ll do my best to make it.

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Om Malik is reporting that Nokia removed VoIP from their latest N-series models. Both the N78 and the new N96 are not VoIP enabled, so that also services like Truphone or Gizmo5, which rely on Nokia’s SIP stack, are not working on those devices (as Om verified by himself).

This move doesn’t surprise me at all. Previous models such as the Nokia N73 and the Nokia N93 didn’t have a complete SIP stack on board so VoIP was not allowed on those phones (as I reported last year while testing those phones).

At the same time, unlike E-series (typically for the business market), where VoIP seems to be on board in the latest models too, N-series are targeted to the consumer market like Truphone or Gizmo (to name some), that are not “friends” of the carriers which Nokia makes agreements with (Om points out the fight between T-Mobile and Truphone which took place last year). Is it a sort of “protection” for Nokia? Hey mobile carrier, my phones protect you against those new mobile VoIP services… are you happy?!?

Om’s post highlights other interesting points about this subject too, it’s really worth a read.

Technorati Tags: gizmo5, luca filigheddu, Mobile, n78, n96, Nokia, om malik, truphone, VoIP