Which is the screen?

Not this one. This is the touch-sensitive ’screen pad’. Replacing the key-pad with a touch screen allows the key board to be adjusted for different functions. For instance, it can be a number pad for phone calls, then a directional control for navigating through menus. It’s very neat indeed.

It’s so cute!

So said the burly spanish waiter to his equally burly and even more surly colleague as they ‘melted’ over my Japanese freebie – complete with built-in screen wipe functionality. If you want one too,  head for the NTT DoCoMo stand.

‘Show me the mobile’

In the near future (or right now if you live in Japan) your bank account will be linked to your mobile, and, assuming that you’re solvent, payment will be made in an instant. Are you sure you can afford that bottle of ‘Herbal Essences’ William?

But what if someone steals your mobile and uses it to buy countless expensive items? Of course they couldn’t: your phone is protected using ‘biometrics’. That’s face and fingerprint recognition.

Ad spend part 2

Ah well, at least they didn’t wrap the bull ring in anythi…Oh yeah.

Adspend

Ad size appears to be inversely proportional to phone size these days. The new Samsung ultra dwarfs the statue in the middle of the espanya roundabout. Branding on a gargantuan scale.

LG black label series

Events queen checks mascara in the shiny, full metal carapace of one of LG’s superb new devices. This range of phones launch in the uk next week. Now put away the lippy ev, you take this convergance thing too far.

The mighty pen they talk of

Pens, corporate events are nothing without them. This offering from adobe really snatches the cookie. It has a usb stick, a torch and a laser pointer. This is utterly silly and great and makes this officially ‘Pen of 3gsm.’

Blackberry

This astounding venue has a gothic insanity to it that curiously compliments the sleek sophistication of the pearl (all my own alliteration, i thank you) the 8800 appears to be an elegant amalgamation (steady william) of the last 9 years and would have been the image looming over this crowd, had i the slightest bit of coordination.

Symbian lifestyle lounge

The Symbian hospitality suite comes into its own at night. After the day’s broiling sunlight, a cool evening breeze brings relief to all as the ´greenhouse´ becomes a gazebo.

And finally

Jussi proudly displays his new Nokia N73 as our last amigo winner of the day, hurrah.