Here are some of my pictures from the Mobile World Congress (MWC09).
DIGITAL. TRENDS. FUTURE.
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Video Interview filmed at the NTT Docomo booth at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2009 in Barcelona. In Japan there are already over 53 Million mobile phones with NFC functionality in the market. NFC enables mobile payment, local promotions (coupons) or easy mobile to mobile money transactions.
Near Field Communication or NFC, is a short-range high frequency wireless communication technology which enables the exchange of data between devices over about a 10 centimetre distance. The technology is a simple extension of the ISO 14443 proximity-card standard (contactless card, RFID) that combines the interface of a smartcard and a reader into a single device. An NFC device can communicate with both existing ISO 14443 smartcards and readers, as well as with other NFC devices, and is thereby compatible with existing contactless infrastructure already in use for public transportation and payment. NFC is primarily aimed at usage in mobile phones. (Via Wikipedia)
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Overview of Events at the Mobile World Congress 2009
List via: MobileSlate.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
EVENT: Mobile Sunday Barcelona RSVP
TIME: 19:00 –
LOCATION: Club Mix, Comerç 21
Monday, February 16, 2009
EVENT: LiMo Information Briefing and Reception RSVP
TIME: 15:30 – 19:00
LOCATION: Salon Saria, Hotel Barcelo Sants, Plaza Del Paisos Catalans
EVENT: Mobile Monday Peer Awards RSVP
TIME: 16:00 – 20:00
LOCATION: Petit Palau, Palau de la Música Catalana, calle Palau de la Música, 4-6
EVENT: MACH Networking Event
TIME: 17:00 – Close
LOCATION: Hall 1, Stand 1D67
EVENT: Symbian Foundation Party Invite Only
TIME: 20:00 – Late
LOCATION: For tickets please contact your Symbian Foundation representative at Hall 8, Stand 8A77
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
EVENT: Mobile Media TweetUP by MOCOM 2020, SIMYO and SmaatoInvite Only
TIME: 19:00 –
LOCATION: Broadbar Club Barcelona, Carrer d’Aribau 191
EVENT: Mobile Distillery – Worldwide Preview Event RSVP
TIME: 11:30 –
LOCATION: Hall 2, Stand 2F49
EVENT: ACCESS Cocktail Party RSVP
TIME: 16:00 – 19:00
LOCATION: Courtyard (CY10) at FIRA
EVENT: Sandisk Cocktail Party RSVP
TIME: 17:00 – 19:00
LOCATION: Hall 8, Booth 8C 129
EVENT: Yahoo! RSVP
TIME: 17:00 – 19:00
LOCATION: Hall 7, Booth #7B26
EVENT: MACH Networking Event
TIME: 17:00 – Close
LOCATION: Hall 1, Stand 1D67
EVENT: University of Oxford Forum for Next Generation Content Networking
Session No RSVP
TIME: 17:00 – Close
LOCATION: Hall 7 Stand D46
EVENT: Scottish Development International (Whisky Reception) No RSVP Required
TIME: 17:00 – 19:00
LOCATION: Hall 1, Stand E66
EVENT: Jefferies Cocktail Party Invite Only
TIME: 17:30 – 20:30
LOCATION: Plaza Dante s/n, Montjuic
EVENT: Telefónica/O2 Cocktail Party Invite Only
TIME: 18:00 – 21:00
LOCATION: AYRE HOTEL, Gran Via de Les Corts, Catalanes, 322 – 324
EVENT: Netsize Guide Launch Party 2009 RSVP
TIME: 19:00 – Late
LOCATION: Shôko Lounge Club, Passeig Marítim (La Barceloneta) 36
EVENT: Accel Partners Invite Only
TIME: 19:30 – 22:30
LOCATION: Casa Batllò, The Julol Rooms, 2nd floor, 43 Passeig de Gracia
EVENT: Enterprise Ireland No RSVP
TIME: 19:30 – 23:55
LOCATION: George Payne Irish Bar, Plaza Urquinona, 5
EVENT: The Ink Studio – Go Rouge Party RSVP
TIME: 20:00 – 23:00
LOCATION: Dostrece, calle carme 40
EVENT: Vantrix Invite Only
TIME: 21:00 – 02:00
LOCATION: Bel Luna Jazz Club, Rambla Catalunya 5
EVENT: Lechill Mobile and Private’s annual WMC Party Invite Only
TIME: 22:00 – 04:00
LOCATION: Lotus C/Bailen 22
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
EVENT: Handmark Cocktail Party INVITE ONLY
TIME: 16:00 – 20:00
LOCATION: Catalonia Barcelona Plaza Hotel
EVENT: Tweet Up at Mobile World Congress No RSVP
TIME: 17:00 –
LOCATION: 7 Sins, Muntaner 7
EVENT: Rapid Mobile Whisky Tasting No RSVP
TIME: 17:30 – 19:00
LOCATION: Hall 7, Stand D84
EVENT: Gomonews Blender RSVP
TIME: 18:00 – 22:00
LOCATION: Bel Chica, Carrer de Villarroel, 60
EVENT: Swedish Beers, with Admob, Palringo, Silverstreet and dotMob No RSVP
TIME: 18:30 –
LOCATION: Dostrece, La Rambla at C/ Carme 40
EVENT: PocketGamer / Mpowerplayer Party RSVP
TIME: 19:00 –
LOCATION: El Lliure, Pg. Santa Madrona, 40-46 Placa Margardia Xirgu
EVENT: WIP Mobile Jameoke No RSVP
TIME: 21:30 – Late
LOCATION: Bel Chica, Carrer de Villarroel, 60
Thursday, February 19, 2009
EVENT: WIP Jam Session RSVP
TIME: 10:30 – 17:00
LOCATION: Hall 2, FIRA
EVENT: TechCrunchTalk Mobile 2.0 RSVP
TIME: 15:00 – 21:00
LOCATION: TBD
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Interview with the creative physicist Brian Cox the latest achievements and problems at the Altas Project at CERN. He also talks about the famous “hover board” (from the movie back to the future).
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Just a moment out of the daily life of a student in China vs. Germany:
Left: Picture of a german school-class.
Right: Picture of a chinese class during entrance exams.
(Via: Buried Under Textbooks Preparing For Entrance Exam)
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The images by citizen reporters from beijing are damatic. The burning CCTV Skyscraper reminds me of New York’s 9/11.
What happened? No News on CNN, NBC etc.?
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Here is a great Interview by Loic with Tony Hsieh, CEO at Zappos.com.
He talks about their Consumer Centric Strategy, Customer Service and how they made 1 Billion US Dollar in revenues in 2008.
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As promised I had been at CondéNet today for an interesting interview with Marc Hoenke, Country Manager Germany. Vogue and Vanity Fair launched a new format for parts of their online website.
Interview: Marc Hoenke, Country Manager Germany, give insights, backgrounds and an outlook of their new project
See it in action: Marc Hoenke gives us a tour through the new online magazine.
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Media-Innovation? High gloss Online Magazine?
Today, Condé Nast starts an innovative new project in Germany. The websites of Vogue and VanityFair get a new glossy online magazine. Brands like HERMES and HUGO BOSS love this new format and placed ads in the first issue. Marketing executive can finally place their full-page ads like in a normal fashion or lifestyle magazine, but in combination with the interactivity of the web.
But how useful and intuitive is such a “Media – Miki” in reality?
I will ask this question today at an exclusive interview with the creators of the MIKI, IntelliMedia and Condé Nast.
The full interview and more reviews will follow later. But I will be giving live updates “on the go” at my Twitter Channel: http://twitter.com/montymetzger
Links:
– Vogue.com/MIKI
– VanityFair.de/MIKI
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The Mobile World Congress in Barcelona 2009 is gathering interesting people and active Twitter-Users from around the world. We want to invite twitter-fans, executives, experts, bloggers and journalists to the first
MOBILE MEDIA TWEETUP.
The event is realized by MOCOM 2020 – in teamwork of SIMYO and SMAATO.
The Mobile Media Tweetup is a place for fresh ideas, new inspiration and interesting people. But it is also an experimental gathering which idea was created just three weeks before the MWC’09 starts. Participants will enjoy short dinner speeches and networking in an international atmosphere. Ready for a sincere warm up for a long party night or as a cool down from MWC day’s hectic.
Chill with drinks and food and join us on Tuesday, March 17th, in Barcelona.
The event starts at 7 PM local time.
For the MOCOM 2020 Community we have reserved 20 tickets.
(First come, first serve.)
To find out more visit: www.mocom2020.com
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Philip Olla just wrote an interesting article for the MOCOM 2020 Project about the power of the Open Mobile Internet (OMI).
There are phenomenal implications of combining “open” software, “open” hardware on an “open” network? The current traditional closed mobile Internet could transform into a vibrant ecosystem in which the network operator, content provider and application developers, operate together with revenue sharing business models. There is no technical reason why a large media or entertainment organization cannot enter this market as the barrier to entry has been flattened with the open source platform called Android, which is similar to the I-Phone platform. The Android platform is a platform that will see an abundance of programs which will evolve into a profitable marketplace for developers. The other factor is the open network availability question, and there are strong positive moves from network operators and the US regulators with this regard. The future looks bright and it seems that an Open Mobile Internet is about to be unleashed.
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