GSMA MWC 2008 Alternative Stats. OnePointSurveys and mBlox have released their final “Alternative Congress Stats wrap-up” - for those of you not familiar, mBlox commissioned OnePointSurveys to conduct SMS surveys of essentially non-important, light-hearted topics each day. Below you’ll find the results of the demographics survey (comments welcome), but there are also some quite amusing ones in the full results here.
* 90% of Mobile World Congress shoes are black.
* 92% of people were shorter than 6ft Continue reading ‘GSMA MWC 2008 Alternative Stats’
HTC makes Sony Ericsson Xperia X1? According to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) - it’s HTC which will make Xperia X1 for Sony Ericsson. The Taiwan based smartphone maker certainly has the needed experience in Windows Mobile device manufacturing and has already manufactured devices for other companies (Palm). Sony Ericsson showcased the Xperia X1 at the 2008 GSMA Mobile World Congress being held in Barcelona, Spain, with the handset to be available in the second half of 2008, the EDN said.
It’s probably true, yet we can’t confirm it, and at this stage you can only believe it or not. At the end, it’s not that important who makes the device as long as it works perfectly.
2008 International Mobile Gaming Awards Winners. The International Mobile Gaming Awards, the largest competition for mobile games in the world, announced this year’s winners at a crowded awards ceremony at GSMA’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. A jury of specialists from Japan, US and Europe selected the winners out of the 25 nominees from the US, China, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Thailand, India, UK, Netherlands, France, Denmark, Spain, Poland, Sweden and Australia.
The list of the awarded titles:
+ Best Casual Game - Treasure Arm - Tequila Mobile, Poland
+ Best IP based licensed - Furby Island - LemonQuest, Spain Continue reading ‘2008 International Mobile Gaming Awards Winners’
Mobile Backstage Confirmed Speakers - GSMA Mobile World Congress 2008. Mobile Backstage is a one-day event which will include talks by insiders from the music, film, TV, video and gaming industry regarding challenges and opportunities faced by the mobile medium. Besides, the interactive Mobile Backstage conference will offer a different perspective on the mobile entertainment revolution from some of the top artists, filmmakers, producers, entertainment executives and film festival professionals of today.
GSMA 2008 Mobile World Congress will run from February 11 through 14, 2008 in Barcelona, Spain. The Mobile Backstage conference in particular will take place on February 13. The conference will feature keynote interviews, innovative case studies, custom mobile entertainment research and panel sessions covering topics ranging from the creation of content for mobile phones, value chain control and compensation, business models to social networking on mobiles. Continue reading ‘Mobile Backstage Confirmed Speakers - GSMA Mobile World Congress 2008′
GSMA Mobile World Congress 2008 - Confirmed Speakers. GSMA Mobile World Congress is built around an exceptional conference agenda that features the most prominent CEO and board-level speakers from mobile operators, content owners and vendors from across the globe. The conference will cover both new and existing industry issues and trends, providing informed and thought-provoking insights through balanced, informative presentations and discussions.
GSMA 2008 Mobile World Congress will run from February 11 through 14, 2008 in Barcelona, Spain. Continue reading ‘GSMA Mobile World Congress 2008 Conference - Confirmed Speakers’
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