Next week brings the daddy of all mobile related events, Mobile World Congress. I’m aiming to write throughout the week at MWC, as I did in 2009, but who knows if those good intentions will be delivered upon! I definitely will be glued to Twitter, so be sure to follow me for updates from the show .
If you are going to MWC, you will find the O2 Litmus team at the following events, and if you want to hook up there, ping me:
- 15th: Mobile Premier Awards
- 15th: Presenting on “Supporting Developers” in the main MWC conference agenda
- 15th: Presenting at the LiMo Foundation seminar
- 18th: Participating in the WIP Jam in App Planet
- And throughout the show we are sponsoring and hanging out at the Symbian Foundation lounge
There is a great Developers guide to MWC 2010 by WIP – download it here.
Anyhow, before the world goes into MWC melt down I thought I would post a quick update on the manic start to 2010.
O2 Litmus & Palm Bar Camp, 08.02.10. Snapped on my Pre, of course!
Last night our friends from Palm were back in town, and we held another well received joint O2 Litmus / Palm barcamp – you can check out the real time feedback from the event here, and you can check out the photo’s here. We also ran a competition with O2 Customers to win some Palm Pre’s, asking them to what ends would they go to get their hands on one. Some amusing responses here.
One last quick plug for our Developer research with Vision Mobile. I’d encourage all mobile developers to participate and help set the standards for the future of mobile software development. All participants will be included in a draw for 21 great prizes, including 1 participant wins €500 in Amazon Vouchers, 20 participants win a glossy A1 wallchart of the Mobile Industry Atlas, the definitive who’s who of the mobile ecosystem.
Next up is Innovate!2010. Innovate!2010 is a global competition to identify and accelerate the Innovate!100: The World’s 100 Most Promising Technology, Media, and Telecommunications Startups.
Innovate!2010 is unique in that it features a series of distributed pitching and networking events 20+ startup centers across Europe and the US, and a completely transparent ranking based Guidewire Group’s G/Score Assessment Methodology. The program is being supported by a prestigious group of market-leading companies like Best Buy, HP, Motorola, O2 Litmus, RIM, SAP, Sun, SWIFT and Verizon, dozens of early-stage investors, and marquee media partners.
The program works like this:
- Startups apply online to compete for expert feedback & validation, promotion, and over $100,000 in prizes.
- Guidewire Group’s analysts will select 250-300 of the most promising startups – Innovate!100 Finalists – to pitch at one of 20+ networking events called Pitch Slams.
- At each Pitch Slam, a panel of judges trained to conduct G/Score Assessments, score companies as they pitch to an audience of more than 100 local investors, entrepreneurs, technology executives and members of the media.
- After all of the Pitch Slams, top-ranking are be named to the Innovate!100 and enjoy global promotion.
- A follow-on program, called the Innovate! Connection Program offers all of the Innovate!100 Finalists pre-qualified introductions to potential partners, investors and customers for a fee.
Startups with a completed alpha and at one full time employee are eligible to apply for $75 (approximately €54). All applicants will receive 2 free passes to their local Pitch Slams, online pitch training, and free online promotion through a network of over 5,000 news websites. Entrepreneurs, investors, technology executives and other member of the startup ecosystem are invited to register to attend Pitch Slams for $50 in the US or €40 in Europe.
Hear Mike Sigal, the organiser talking about Innovate!2010 here:
Ok, I think that’s enough for now – contiune to check out O2 Litmus, our sister communities in Spain and Mexico, and get invloved!
