Hutchison Whampoa spin-off INQ Mobile's INQ1 has won best phone at this year's Mobile World Congress.  Well done guys!

I just noticed I never took a picture of the INQ1 itself when I had it!  Or, if I did I didn't upload it.  Oh well.

I don't really get the whole tech/gadget website unboxing thing, but hey, everyone's doing it so I'll join in...

It really isn't the best video in the world, the picture quality is bad and for some reason YouTube didn't think it was in widescreen.  But if you really want to see it, go ahead... knock yourself out!

Some recent nuggets from mBlox's Andrew Bud...

2009 could be a pivotal year for rich mobile content, but for this to happen, consumers need a transparent pricing mechanism to purchase rich content. Content providers need to be sure that their consumers are treated fairly

Mmm, how about consumers getting to choose whether they want 'rich' content in the first place?  Some of us don't want any so-called 'premium' content that we've not asked for.  Why not concern yourselves with that first, eh, Bud?

Ultimately we believe the price consumers see should be the price they pay. The current system of data pricing is severely restricting the growth of the mobile content market as consumers fear facing frightening bills.

Yes Andrew, we consumers do fear frightening bills caused by companies such as yours teaming up with both naughty scam artists and more 'legit' companies that think they can bend the rules.

Word of advice - get your own ship in order before babbling on about fairness and transparency elsewhere.

And for the rest of you, check out the following links...

Mblox: Data charging situation still hideous

The Hidden Costs of Mobile Downloads of a Music Track

and while you're at it, how about this excellent article over at Mobile Industry Review :-)

If you've got a newish S60 phone and access to some mysterious black and white codes, you too can have a bit of fun with augmented reality!

Just go to gofindit.net where you can download the application and the codes.  The codes will work just as well on an LCD screen as well as printed out.  Actually, I think they work better on a back-lit screen rather than 'old school' paper.

The clever technology behind all this is from HIT Lab NZ (the NZ stands for New Zealand, funnily enough) and they have a bunch of interesting projects on their site, including ones you can download and have a play with.  In this instance they licensed the technology to agency Wunderman for a Ford Ka campaign promoted by wearesocial.

Here's INQ Mobile's Frank Meehan explaining the ideas behind the INQ1 (it'll be a 3 exclusive to begin with... before anyone asks!)

Just knocked this out in a pub.  Excuse the quality!

Want to find a friend of family member using your mobile phones?  Well that's what SNIFF is offering for 50p (a pop?).

It's probably no more accurate than Google Maps Mobile's triangulation "where-am-I?" thingy-majig which can be less than specific (think a km or two radius!)

Nor-mobs and MSM are now picking up on these services, I came across this story on ITN's site via Google News