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HTC Wins]]>Feb 18th 2010 7:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/Feb 18th 2010 7:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/
If Microsoft wins, so does HTC. You'd be hard pressed to find a better Microsoft Partner in the phone arena.]]>Feb 18th 2010 8:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/Feb 18th 2010 8:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/Feb 19th 2010 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/Feb 18th 2010 7:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/Feb 18th 2010 10:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/Feb 18th 2010 7:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/
Spain is in the hot part of europe]]>Feb 18th 2010 7:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/
One guy in the pic is in a T-shirt]]>Feb 18th 2010 7:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/
Who would've though... :)

Anyways, it's fuckin -12 Celsius here in Prague!]]>Feb 18th 2010 7:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/Feb 18th 2010 11:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/Feb 19th 2010 5:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/
Don't make me laugh!

:D]]>Feb 18th 2010 7:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/
Speaking of forcing the crew of Engadget to stay awake, WHERE'S MY NEXT PODCAST???]]>Feb 18th 2010 8:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/Feb 18th 2010 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/Feb 18th 2010 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/Feb 18th 2010 7:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/
Technically yes, but Barcelona is in Catalonia and many people there think of themselves as a separate - at least culturally - country from Spain, therefore they speak Catalonian.]]>Feb 18th 2010 7:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/Feb 18th 2010 11:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/Yea Catalan is Spanish with heavy French influence.]]>Feb 18th 2010 11:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/Any how if feels great to see that while in the show some people picked the right amount of indoctrination to embed some politics in a simple tech blog.]]>Feb 19th 2010 3:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/Feb 19th 2010 3:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalonia]]>Feb 19th 2010 5:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sp.html

Freedom for Humbold County. Freadom to smoke and munchies and funny talk when high. Independence for Humbold County.

Freedom for Humboldya YA!!!!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humboldt_County,_California]]>Feb 19th 2010 5:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/
Most Catalans would disagree with you (as do I). Especially these folk: http://www.esquerra.cat/ (Catalonia even has its own top-level-domain suffix The government's website is www.gencat.cat.)

I think what you need to realize is that Spain is composed of "Autonomous Communities". Some, such as Catalonia and the Basque Country are very very different from the rest.

Language is the most apparent difference; Catalan is completely distinct from Spanish (Castilian), not a dialect. Your argument about California doesn't really hold water. It doesn't have 1000 years of history as a political entity. Sure, it's a state with unique character, but moving there from anywhere else in the US doesn't present a big problem. The same cannot be said of Catalonia. I've lived in Spain, speak the language fluently, and generally feel quite at home there. Moving to Barcelona was an eye-opening experience - I very much felt like an outsider because I didn't speak the language (though I eventually learned). Catalonia, while an autonomous region of Spain, has its own political parties, distinct from the primary players on the national state. Spain has a national police forces, however in Catalonia they have their own, the Mossos d'Esquadra.

Catalonia always has been distinct, even after it became part of the Kingdom of Aragon, and then united with Crown of Castile under Ferdinand and Isabella. It wasn't until the Catalans chose poorly during the War of Spanish Succession that they lost a lot of their independence with the "Nueva Planta" decrees.. The Catalans have a solemn national holiday, "la diada", to mark the fall of Barcelona to Phillip V's forces on September 11th 1714.

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Nice coverage, thanks!]]>Feb 18th 2010 7:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/Feb 18th 2010 7:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/
Great coverage guys!

But I'm sad....WHERE IS MY DELL MINI 5 ;_;]]>Feb 18th 2010 7:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/Feb 18th 2010 7:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/Feb 18th 2010 7:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/Feb 18th 2010 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/
bet you feel pretty silly now. you... wally.]]>Feb 18th 2010 7:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/Feb 19th 2010 5:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/Feb 23rd 2010 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/Feb 24th 2010 7:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/huaweis-android-touchphone-is-a-mystery-wrapped-in-an-enigma/]]>Feb 18th 2010 7:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/Feb 18th 2010 7:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/Feb 18th 2010 8:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/Feb 18th 2010 7:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/Feb 18th 2010 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/20/bye-bye-barcelona-and-mobile-world-congress-2009/]]>Feb 18th 2010 8:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/Feb 18th 2010 8:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/O well, but It was an awesome coverage guys. Thanks!]]>Feb 18th 2010 8:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/totally hear ya!
waited on the edge of my seat for 2 months for SUPERSONIC news but no......nothing :(

really want to get a big screen mobile by june too, what will it be now?!?!?]]>Feb 19th 2010 2:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/Feb 18th 2010 8:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/Feb 18th 2010 8:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/adeu-barcelona-mwc-2010-draws-to-a-close/
I guess for me the disappointment was: Windows Phone Series 7 will only be released at the end of the year, no smartphone with an Nvidia Tegra 2 chip (now they claim middle of the year), no 720p video recording on HTC Desire (Bravo), no HTC Supersonic, no Nexus Two yet, no high end LG Android phones, no definite release date of flash 10.1 and no Nokia N87.

Good things were: The Samsung Beam and Wave (awesome Super Amoled screens), HTC Desire, Motorola Motoroi, the MEEGO os joining Moblin and Maemo, HP Compaq Airlife 100 & Opera Mini demoed on iPhone.]]>Feb 18th 2010 9:11PM