GSMA – World Mobile Congress
I visited Barcelona for the biggest trade show in our industry. It was my first GSMA trade show and I learned lots of stuff about what to do and how to do business in a trade show.
Apart of all the interesting work being done in our booth, I also explored the trade show and played with the new toys. I really loved Samsung’s projectors integrated on the cell phones. I can’t wait to develop something using Nokia’s QT libraries and publish it using the new Nokia store.
I attended the Mobile Awards, where lots of start ups introduced interesting projects and crazy ideas on elevator pitches (3 minutes maximum). Seems like not enough time, right? In fact 3 minutes is enough time to decide if the project and the guy introducing the startup will success or not. Some of them even started their careers as showmans. I love to attend this kind of start up events because you can feel a lot of creative energy.
You can feel the vibe and see where the industry is headed for the next years.