Dispatches From Mobile World Congress - Day 2

Google
Clash with operators looming

Android
60.000 units shipped daily

OpenPeak
OpenTablet

Verizon and Skype
Friends

Blackberry
WebKit browser

CNN
App Economy everywhere

Comverse
Face.com AR

Vodafone's Colao
Mobile must reform society

HTC
Four models - new

Acer
Liquid

Huawei
Goes Android and tablet

Next Trip: Djurdjevac - Barcelona

Itinerary

Event: Mobile World Congress

My role: insider who is outsider ;)

10:00 - Start - by car: Djurdjevac - Zagreb
Parking lot: friends house
13:00 - Zagreb airport Pleso - coffee
15:15 - flight Zagreb - Vienna
19:45 - flight Vienna - Barcelona
Arrival: Terminal 1- at 22:10
23:00 Checking-in at Catalonia Albinoni


***** Zagreb to Barcelona *****

Flight 1 Monday, February 15, 2010

Departure: 15:15 Zagreb, Croatia - Pleso
Arrival: 16:20 Vienna, Austria - Vienna International
Airline: Croatia Airlines OU5440 e
Aircraft: Canadair Regional Jet
Operated by Austrian

Change of plane required. Time between flights = 3:25.

Flight 2 Monday, February 15, 2010

Departure: 19:45 Vienna, Austria - Vienna International
Arrival: 22:10 Barcelona, Spain - Barcelona, terminal 1
Airline: Austrian OS395 e
Aircraft: Fokker 100
Operated by Tyrolean Airways

Hotel


THE CATALONIA ALBINONI IS LOCATED IN PORTAL DE L*ANGEL, A WIDE PEDESTRIAN AND COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD IN THE CENTRE OF BARCELONA, JUST A FEW STEPS FROM PLACA CATALUNYA AND THE CATHEDRAL. THE BUILDING HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE ARTISTIC HERITAGE LIST OF THE CITY. THE HOTEL STILL PRESERVES ITS ORIGINAL NEOCLASSICAL FACADE, WHICH FEATURES ROMANTIC AND BAROQUE MOTIFS. THE ENTRY HALL LEADS US TO THE INTERIOR COURTYARD WHERE WE CAN ADMIRE THE ORIGINAL MARBLE STAIRCASE. *** BREAKFAST IS AVAILABLE AT A COST OF 15 EUROS *** THIS PROPERTY WAS BUILT IN 1998 AMENITIES- AIR CONDITION - GST RMS SATELLITE TELEVISION ALARM CLOCK DIRECT DIAL TELEPHONE HAIRDRYER IN ROOM TELEVISION IN - ROOM SAFE TEMPERATURE CONTROL MINI BAR **FEES MAY APPLY TO ABOVE AMENITIES**