Pajama Entrepreneur

I am in Barcelona for 3GSM, the massive annual get-together of the mobile phone industry. Actually it’s now called something completely forgettable — Mobile World Congress — so everybody still calls it 3GSM.

I hear peals of laughter in the background. What? Pajama Entrepreneur at the cellular industry’s annual gathering? After posting more than my fair share of articles ridiculing and attacking cellular operators, you would never have expected me to come here. Actually I have been to 3GSM before (2004?), when it was still called 3GSM and held in Cannes, France. I think Barcelona is a much better location for the conference.

I will be posting articles on the latest gadgets and applications. This is an interesting year for the mobile phone industry. Unless the device manufacturers give us something better than the iPhone, they’re toast. And unless the mobile operators offer flat-rate affordable data plans and roaming rates, they’re toast. We shall see what they’ve come up with . . .