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It's my pleasure for WIP to host this month's installment of the Carnival of the Mobilists. For more than five years, the Carnival has sought to bring the best of mobile blogging to the forefront in every installment, and this month, we feature a few submissions from the month of April.

First up is an entry from Antoine RJ Wright titled Mobile Apps Are A Toxic Investment, in which he argues that for consumers, buying apps is a losing proposition as they are generally locked to a particular device and can't be transferred to another piece of hardware or a different user. It's an interesting perspective which might resonate with some consumers who believe that paying for a piece of software should come with some sort of lifetime, completely transferable license. But is that viewpoint out of sync with the hundreds of millions of consumers who seem to be happy to pay for an app, use it for a while, then move on? Take up the debate in Antoine's comments section.

Peggy Anne Salz sent...

Welcome to the 238th installment of the Carnival of the Mobilists. It's a pleasure to welcome the Carnival back to the WIP blog, and to share some of the best in mobile blogging from the past couple of weeks with you. It's hard to believe that it's been nearly five years since Russell and I launched the CotM over at MobHappy. But that fifth anniversary is coming up in about a month, and the current keeper of the tents, Peggy Anne Salz, is looking for input on how to celebrate that milestone, so be sure to send her your thoughts.

Peggy also gets a big thanks for emailing me to remind me about hosting this week I am at the AppNation event in San Francisco, and my duties had slipped my mind since we've had our hands so full at WIP lately. There are tons of events going on in the mobile space in the next few weeks, including our WIPJam at the Verizon Developer Conference next week. The VDC is shaping up to be a great event, and it's free to attend, so we hope to see you there!

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Mobile design stalwarts Little Springs Design have this week's installment of the Carnival of the Mobilists up at their site, so be sure to check it out for the week's best mobile blogging. This edition features topics such as mobile advertising, app stores, open source in mobile, the future of devices and more.

It's time for another installment of the Carnival of the Mobilists, this time hosted right here on the WIP blog. A big thanks to all the mobilists who sent in their posts this week, and a big welcome to everybody visiting our site for the first time. After you're done checking out the week's best blogging about mobile, be sure to take a look at our Events Wiki, a comprehensive listing of mobile events and conferences, as well as our App Store Wiki, the most complete listing of mobile app stores -- currently tracking 84 -- on the web.

But let's get on with the Carnival!

Windows Phone 7, the latest work from Microsoft, was a popular topic this week, with both Terence Eden and Tam Hanna taking it on. Terence has a solid list of pros and cons about the new OS, with quite a few problems but a lot he likes about it as well, while Tam features an interview with a Microsoft evangelist for the corporate line on what to expect from WP7. Another emerging technology that's been getting a...

Steve Litchfield has this week's installment of the Carnival of the Mobilists up at his Phones Show site, so be sure to check it out for the week's top mobile blog posts, including Caroline's recap of her NGMN presentation on developer risk. Check back in with us on Monday, when we'll be hosting the next edition!

Holly Kolman at mobiEnthusiast.mobi has this week's installment of the Carnival of the Mobilists, where you can find the best blogging on mobile. Topics this week include:

• mobile finance
• mobile VoIP implementation
• net neutrailty
• and, of course, the Apple iPad

So be sure to check it out!

James Cooper has this week's Carnival of the Mobilists up over at Mobyaffilliates, where you can find the best mobile blog posts from the last week. Included is our post on the recent Blackberry WES 2010 event, while others cover mobile advertising, the mobile Web, Android and more! Be sure to check it out.

The latest installment of the Carnival of the Mobilists is up at Volker on Mobile. Be sure to check it out for the week's best blogging on mobile. This week, Volker features some great posts, covering:

• - Whether the decline of fixed-line telecom networks is bad for mobile
• - App store marketing
• - Whether Apple needs an enterprise version of the iPhone
• - Mobile marketing
• - Mobile affiliate programs
• - and more!