Things worth mentioned at CeBit
(mixed/technology)

* The new HTC S730 which features a
full qwerty keyboard eve if it’s a smart-phone and those traditionally
didn’t have a second keyboard like this one. They usually had a
normal keyboard and by 3rd party software an on screen
QWERTY was available. Runs the new WM 06 and runs it pretty fast. I
have really big doubts about it functionality. Usually, who buys this
kind of “phone” looks for at least 2-3 inches screen. But notable
advancement has been made and that’s the most important fact.

 
*All major companies producing video
games set up all kinds of tents, booths , lorry trucks or even
half-hall stands filled with 22-30 inch monitors and powerful
pcs/consoles to let everyone have a “test-drive”. Kids were
filling the halls today just in order to get to play at those things.
Kids? Not only them, but full-grown men too. Samsung has it’s own WCG
2008 (World Cyber Games) European Tournament where they were playing
EA games. Also a full Hall just for them.
 
 
 
 
 

*A self-driven car: VW Passat
Variant , nicknamed Caroline
 
      
    There’s also this video (54 MB, attention!)


    http://www.peteava.ro/video/material/20059

     
     * At Vodafone I got to try a Z8 much
    more than yesterday (branded, of course) and I had a positive
    experience except for the keyboard which is very hard to operate (
    you have to push firmly) and it’s not a qwerty… Other than that,
    like I said, very good materials and manufacture. UIQ (and probably
    a small processor) makes it a bit slugish at times. Or it’s the Voda
    crap?:) Then I had a play with their new Samsung communicator (didn’t
    bother to get the name and number) which boasts a big screen and
    full qwerty. I managed to crash it in minutes by just surfing the
    net a little bit, trying a bit of Voda Live and trying to make a
    phone call. Is that so much to ask from a ….
    “C.O.M.M.U.N.I.C.A.T.O.R”?
    * BTW, I had a big laugh at the motto below. They weren’t able to tell me how much would cost me every MB of data used thru Vodafone DE, me being in roaming (their customers roam all the same in foreign countries, aren’t they? PLUS the fact that the price for the use of internet in roaming is the same all over Vodafone network thru a program called Vodafone Passport. Hello, Vodafone employees, can you hear me? I had to find out myself. An whooping 6 Euros/ MB!!! And at home is 0.17 Euro cents.
     

  • Already looking forward to CeBit
    2009 -them, not me! I have to (financially) recover! Oh, I’m just
    kidding:)

  • A poster on the wall – why would
    you need that at 45?!!!

  • * The Space Up VW concept , some
    kind of revolutionary city car. No data available yet. Probably with
    Blue Motion technology.

         

  • The T-Mobile stand is huge,with at
    least 150 consultants – they sell both services and phones.
    Nothing new except for Blackberry and Iphone.

  • I haven’t seen Orange at all. I know
    they’re not operating in Germany (are they?) but still. This expo is
    not only for the german market, it’s for Europe markets.