The mobile industry is gearing up for Mobile World Congress 2009, its premier trade-show in Europe. Expect big announcements, big personalities, and big amounts of hype around this year's Next Big Mobile Thing.

We're there in Barcelona, covering the show and interviewing key mobile games firms. Bookmark this page, as it'll host all our coverage of the event.

FRIDAY 20THMobile games bubble under at MWC 09

Xiam boss: 'App stores should be dynamic and personal'

Nokia unveils five new N-Gage handsets at MWC 09

THURSDAY 19THUser ratings will affect BlackBerry app store rankings

Glu talks iPhone, brands and advertising

Fishlabs teaming with Nokia for N-Gage games

GPS Mission gets audience vote at Mobile Peer Awards

WEDNESDAY 18TH Connect2Media: 'Treat own-IP games as brands'

IMGAs reveal 2008's most innovative mobile games

TUESDAY 17THGameloft not so keen on $19.99 iPhone game pricingToshiba TG01 flexes its mobile gaming musclesMicrosoft reveals WinMo 6.5 and MarketplaceVodafone gets exclusive on HTC Magic Android handsetT-Mobile signs up for Ovi Store

Gameloft passes 200 million downloads

Nokia and Qualcomm to make mobile phones together

New high-end N86 handset from Nokia

MONDAY 16THNokia unveils Ovi Store (plus video of it)

Nokia press conference liveblog

NTT DoCoMo shows off new mobile games tech

O2 Litmus Store pays customers to test apps

SUNDAY 15THSony Ericsson Idou + Entertainment Unlimited

Zeemote: standalone price and BlackBerry demo

Vyro Games' biometric mobile games controller

Latest video footage of BioShock Mobile

 

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