Wednesday, February 27, 2002
Mobius Europe 2002
Posted by Jason Dunn in "EVENT" @ 08:29 PM
Last year Microsoft held a conference in Redmond, Washington dubbed Mobius 2001. It was a "who's who" of the PDA world, with representatives from Pocket PC sites, Palm sites, cell phone sites, and more. It was a phenomenal exchange of information and ideas among people with different backgrounds and platforms. We got to learn about what Microsoft had planned for the future, and had some excellent guest speakers (like Clay Shirkey - he rocks!).
This year, Microsoft is hosting another Mobius event - only this time, it's in Germany! I've been invited to attend, as has Ed Hansberry from this site, and I feel quite fortunate to have been invited. The event will be mostly European folks, with only a handful of people from the US and Canada coming. Having never travelled overseas, this will be quite the experience for me. :-) The European arm of Pocket PC Thoughts will also be there, MVPs in their own right, along with many other European PDA folk. Microsoft is paying for our flights and hotel rooms (whew!).
I'm really excited about the event! I'm not sure what kind of connectivity options we'll have, but if possible I'll try to keep you updated on what we learn. I'll also be staying an extra day (Wednesday) to attend CeBIT, which I'm REALLY looking forward to. I'm not sure how much of the show I'll be able to cover in one day, but I'll be snapping pics and taking notes like a madman to give you every drop of information I can.
I'm leaving Thursday morning, so unfortunately I won't be able to attend the FanFest on the Thursday night. I'm really disappointed about that, but the hotels in the area are painfully expensive because of CeBit, and we have to pay for our own rooms after Mobius is over. One extra day was quite enough for me. :-)
This year, Microsoft is hosting another Mobius event - only this time, it's in Germany! I've been invited to attend, as has Ed Hansberry from this site, and I feel quite fortunate to have been invited. The event will be mostly European folks, with only a handful of people from the US and Canada coming. Having never travelled overseas, this will be quite the experience for me. :-) The European arm of Pocket PC Thoughts will also be there, MVPs in their own right, along with many other European PDA folk. Microsoft is paying for our flights and hotel rooms (whew!).
I'm really excited about the event! I'm not sure what kind of connectivity options we'll have, but if possible I'll try to keep you updated on what we learn. I'll also be staying an extra day (Wednesday) to attend CeBIT, which I'm REALLY looking forward to. I'm not sure how much of the show I'll be able to cover in one day, but I'll be snapping pics and taking notes like a madman to give you every drop of information I can.
I'm leaving Thursday morning, so unfortunately I won't be able to attend the FanFest on the Thursday night. I'm really disappointed about that, but the hotels in the area are painfully expensive because of CeBit, and we have to pay for our own rooms after Mobius is over. One extra day was quite enough for me. :-)
