Last year I went to the Motorola analysts conference and got previews of just about everything they've announced since, like the new RAZRs, the professional version of the Q and follow-me TV. The most interesting discussion was around the services that make smartphones more than mobile phones with big colourful screens and I have a piece in IT Pro on the subject. Ed Zander practically runs Motorola from his Q...with services like enterprise Google search.

I'm still limping; while my knee is clearing up, my ankle is still painful (my osteopath comments cheerfully that it's muscles not tendons before hammering away at them sadistically) and the odd posture has put my sacro-iliac joint in bad shape. But I'm agile enough to start travelling again, and I'll be off to Chicago on Sunday for literally a flying visit to Motorola's annual meeting (back Thursday morning with only Monday morning free to explore). Motorola are a fascinating mix of great ideas and variable execution; it will be very interesting to see what they have in store.