Eskil Sivertsen

Mobile industry blaaaaah...

Wednesday, 15. February 2006, 17:13:14

Wow, this is busy. Everybody really likes the stand, Opera reps and visitors alike. This show is out of this world, and I never ~~seize~~ CEASE to be baffled by the insane number of companies in the mobile industry who "provide integrated mobile solutions for seamless integration."

I'll be honest and say that I don't understand what half (and probably more) of these companies do. Except providing integrated mobile solutions, that is. And I'll be even more honest and say that I don't know what those are either.

Here's how a company may present itself (I made this up, but still...):

"We envision to proactively leverage existing high-quality benefits of current and legacy telecommunications infrastructures by providing seamless mobile integration and state-of-the-art software solutions."

If any of you ever catch me saying things like this, please come to Opera and beat me with a stick.

Otherwise, this is a hugely successful event for us. A lot of meetings and new contacts, and an incredible interest for our mobile products from companies and analysts.

Good times!

The night before it begins...That's nice... but what does it MEAN?

Comments

Eddie # 15. February 2006, 18:02

"We envision to proactively leverage existing high-quality benefits of current and legacy telecommunications infrastructures by providing seamless mobile integration and state-of-the-art software solutions."

Well great. Now I have to come up with a new vision statement for my new company since I was planning on using that.

Kelson Vibber # 15. February 2006, 19:22

Heh. Reminds me of a newsletter I got for an alumni organization. There was a bit about some business partnership, and I literally could not tell what the company did. The mission statement was twice as long as your example and said even less.

Eventually I was able to determine that they manufactured building supplies. How this was related to the academic organization, I couldn't tell you.

Ramūnas # 15. February 2006, 19:56

"We envision to proactively leverage existing high-quality benefits of current and legacy telecommunications infrastructures by providing seamless mobile integration and state-of-the-art software solutions."

I couldnt even read this till the end, so boring.

and ill remember this: "If any of you ever catch me saying things like this, please come to Opera and beat me with a stick."

So watch out

Daniel # 15. February 2006, 22:37

Can we have some high quality photos of your stand?

Eskil Sivertsen # 16. February 2006, 09:34

Hey all, I left my camera cable in Norway, so I'll provide some high quality photos as soon as I get home! If I have time today I will try to walk around and take pictures of the show in general. I have two themes in mind:

1. Blaaaaaah company profiling
2. Blonde Booth Babes

The second category is another phenomenon I find funny at these trade shows. I thought perhaps we had moved on from the times when using attractive women in mini skirts was thought a great way to get attention to products that are completely unrelated. Turns out I was wrong...

Tor Odland # 16. February 2006, 12:05

Don't pretend that you dislike the scantily clad chicks, Eskil.

He-he.

But I agree, it comes across as an extremely tacky way of promoting a product (somehow car companies can still do it and get away with it).

Daniel # 16. February 2006, 15:03

Remember the booth babes next year

Eivind Figenschau Skjellum # 20. February 2006, 09:46

I'll beat you with a stick for writing "seize" instead of "cease". Actually, I'll beat you with a stick - period. Watch out.

Eskil Sivertsen # 20. February 2006, 11:08

There. I corrected it. That was embarrassing, and I will attribute that linguistic mishap to the cheap beer in Barcelona. I shall, in any case, welcome the beating with open arms.