Posts Tagged ‘Barcelona’

Motally team is back from MWC in Barcelona

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

The last time I was in Barcelona, I was competing in the aquatic World Championships in 2003.  This time around, I attended Mobile World Congress as one of the representatives of Motally.  Motally, had a booth located in the App Planet exhibit hall which was sponsored by Blackberry.  Day one was filled with awe and excitement.  The Fira de Barcelona is a huge venue with a beautiful fountain; aptly name the Magic Fountain, in the center. It was an inspiring location for the MWC.  Throughout the event, Motally received great traffic to our booth and we enjoyed having many of our clients stop by to say Hi.  At the conference, important announcements were made, new OS platforms revealed, fun after-parties thrown, great panels presented, and cool gadgets shown.  We even got to see our founder, Arte Merritt featured on the big screen at Alcatel-Lucent’s booth.  As one of Blackberry’s affiliate partners, we got to also enjoy one of their organized activities.  RIM hosted an amazing event at the FCB, Barcelona’s football stadium where we received a private tour of the museum, trophy rooms, and even got to set foot on the field.  One of the other highlights of the conference for me was attending the Women in Mobile Data luncheon. It was fantastic to see women come together and support each other in the mobile industry.  Overall, I enjoyed seeing the mobile industry come together to share insights, cultures, and move their businesses towards success.

Majic Fountain in Fira de Barcelona

Majic Fountain in Fira de Barcelona

Alison and Duc at MWC

Alison and Duc at MWC

Posted by Alison Bartosik

Motally goes to Barcelona for Mobile World Congress

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Motally is currently in Barcelona for Mobile World Congress.  Find the team at the RIM Blackberry booth at AppPlanet in Exhibit Hall 7, Booth 7B26 and be one of the many partners, potential customers, developers and mobile enthusiasts who are stopping by to chat and learn about our mobile analytics offering.  We’re excited to be a part of this annual event which draws people from all around the world to learn about the latest trends in the mobile industry and to hear about the most recent product launches.  Despite the cold and rainy weather, more than 50,000 people, representing over 1,300 companies, from over 180 countries, are attending  attending MWC this year.  Some notable product launches included Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Series and several new smartphones from HTC.  Other interesting things noted by the team at MWC include an eye-controlled headphone for MP3 players by NTT DoCoMo and a new technology that allows you to embed a 5 sec music clip inside a 1″ square image, which means you can use a Blackberry or iPhone to take a picture and translate that data into music.  Other highlights include a keynote given by Google’s CEO, Eric Schmidt who said that Mobile would be a priority for 2010 and revealed the company’s new mantra “Mobile First.”  He also shared with the audience that 60,000 phones with the Android OS were being bought everyday and emphasized the growing importance of cloud computing.  Meanwhile, Steve Jobs was named “Personality of the Year” by the Mobile World Congress awards committee even though he was not present at the show.