What MWC is All About?

MWC is the world’s largest exhibition for the mobile industry and is held every year in Barcelona, Spain. The exhibition incorporates various leaders which include various eminent executives representing global mobile operators, device manufacturers, technology providers and vendors from all over the world.

This is an annual event as mentioned above, is being held since 2006 in the city of Barcelona, Spain. It finds its background in the GSM Congress organized by the GSM Association which began to operate in 1990 in Rome with a few hundred attendees. The Congress eventually in 2006 shifted its HQ in Barcelona from Cannes due to better facilities and infrastructure.

The event takes place for over 4 days and gathers around 1,00,000 professionals including thousands of CEOs from more than 200 countries, famous journalists from leading media houses and millions of online users. It has the ability to generate 500 million Euros ($565 M).

Importance of MWC

It provides an opportunity for the largest companies in the world to present its innovative solutions in latest technologies like Artificial Intelligence, AR/VR, Robotics, and Drones, etc.

It is not just limited to work at new technologies but provides room for innovations in the software and Hardware field.

It lays the foundation for new businesses to update them with the latest trends that will rule the world in the next years or decades.

Moreover, it gives an idea on the revenue generation and jobs the new technology could raise in various fields.

Also Read: Highlights of MWC19 Shanghai 2019

Historical Events in Mobile World Congress

Let us shift our focus to the history of MWC, believe me, this has been a great few hours to cover this for you. Without further ado, let’s dive in straight!

MWC 2006: Nokia Started to Rule

In 2006, the 3GSM as it was called back then was held in Barcelona and had an attendance of more than 50,000 people.

There were a few sliders and candy bars but the clamshell design was highly popular that time.

Some of the biggest attendees in the conference were Samsung, Nokia, Motorola, and Sony Ericsson.

Nokia 8800 was awarded the best GSM handset award while Motorola RAZR V3X was awarded the best 3G handset award.

MWC 2007: Samsung and Nokia Battled

The year 2007 saw a great buzz on videos on mobile including video calls, movies, and TV.

Motorola came up with Razr brand while Blackberry showed off its 8800.

LG came up with Prada while HTC incorporated Windows in mobile handsets.

Samsung SGH-D900 won best GSM handset award while Sony Ericsson K800 Cyber-shot was named the best 3G handset award.

MWC 2008: Walkman Phone became Popular

The year was dominated by Sony Ericsson and W910 Walkman phone.

Xperia line came into the picture with its X1 model running on Windows Mobile 6.1 which was designed and manufactured by HTC.

Nokia also came with its N96 model but most people wanted a better answer to iPhone devices.

W910 model of Walkman phone won the award for the best handset.

MWC 2009: Remember Inq?

Inq mobiles were the main highlight of 2009 as the handset Inq1 won the best handset award. The company recently closed in 2014 though.

It came up with social networking features like Facebook, Skype, and Windows live messenger.

Sony came up with the first 12-MP handset.

Vodafone unveiled its HTC magic which was the first Android Phone to debut at MWC.

3GSM was renamed as MWC in 2008

MWC 2010: Brought Android to a Large Extent

The year saw a high inflow of Android devices which included Garmin, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Acer, and LG.

HTC phones were the most popular phone in the conference with its Legend and Desire phones.

HTC Hero won the award for the best Handset award.

Microsoft Windows Phone 7, Nokia and Intel’s MeeGo operating systems entered the market.

MWC 2011: Samsung Was Everywhere

HTC released Facebook phones, the Salsa and ChaCha which failed miserably.

Sony Ericsson came up with PlayStation phone, Xperia plays but failed as well.

Eric Schmidt talked about combining Tablet wit Smartphone OS i.e. Gingerbread in the next version of Android.

IPhone4 won best mobile device award though it was seriously challenged by Samsung Galaxy S2.

The powerful, slim, and affordable Samsung Galaxy S2 became the talk of the town.

MWC 2012: A reminder from Nokia

Samsung won the award for the best manufacturer and Smartphone of 2012.

Samsung replaced Apple as the top sought after a phone with its S3 model being highly anticipated one.

A Hall was named App planet which included speakers discussing on HTML5, NFC, and payments via mobile.

Nokia came up with 41 MP camera phone Nokia 808.

ZTE released low budget phones for Android and Windows platform.

MWC 2013: Samsung Galaxy S3 Ruled

Some new Android phones came into picture which included Sony Xperia Z, HTC One, and LG Optimus G Pro.

Sony Xperia Z Tablet made huge noise with its slim Android Tablet

Samsung continued its dominance with its Galaxy S3 winning Smartphone of the year

Google’s Asus launched Nexus 7 which was awarded best Tablet of the year.

MWC 2014: Wearable Came into Picture

The year saw a flurry of Wearable devices with various big brands launching wearable devices.

Nokia came up with its Android debut with Nokia X and X+ devices.

Samsung’s Gear Fit won the attention of the masses while HTC, Motorola, and Huawei also joined the force with their smartwatches.

HTC one got the award for the best Smartphone of the year while iPad Air got the best Tablet prize.

MWC 2015: IoT, VR and Wearable Devices Came to Public

Samsung’s Galaxy S6 Edge was the talk of the town with its edges looking stunning and better than other Smartphone.

New players like Gionee, Xiaomi, along with ZTE made affordable yet attractive phones.

Most of the devices supported 4G network making it a necessity.

MediaTek announced it’s Wearable Shoe tracks your kid’s location and gets charged wirelessly.

Virtual Reality could easily be made a part of one’s life with HTC Re Vive VR headset.

Enterprise mobility solutions improved with Mobile payments, IoT, Wearable, and SAP.

MWC 2016: Xiaomi Became Popular

LG G5 came up with the first removable battery capability phone while having a metal chassis.

Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge+ came up with Qualcomm Snapdragon or Exynos 8 Octa-core processor and a 4 GB RAM part from 12 MP Rear Camera and 3600 MAh Battery.

Samsung’s Gear 360 took users spotlight with it being a 360-degree video recording tripod camera which had microSD card capable of storing 128 GB space.

Xiaomi Mi5 was a low-cost phone had snapdragon 820, 4 GB RAM, 128 GB capability of storage, a 16MP Sony IMX camera sensor at just $360.

MWC 2017: New Technology Incorporated in Mobiles

Qualcomm announced a new Development kit and Head mounted display while Oculus reduced the prices making it purchasable at $600.

GSMA predicted that by 2025 nearly 1 Billion people will have access to 5G devices.

Augmented Reality to grow by 81 percent from 2016 to 2024.

Huawei is taking steps to improve cloud architecture by releasing its products.

MWC 2018: Google Helps Developers in App Integration

Pop-up cameras of Huawei became the talk of the town which was nothing but camera built into the keyboard.

Nokia phones will run of Android One platform which includes snapdragon 835 powered Nokia 8 Sorocco.

Google Announced a new app integration that will let Android Mobile App Developers build apps with ease.

SanDisk launched a 400 GB SD card.

IoT, 5G, AR, VR continued to improve with companies launching new devices.

MWC 2019: New Devices with Immersive Experience

The theme of this year was Internet Connectivity

IoT, 5G, Artificial Intelligence, and Big Data are the real things to be focused on.

Microsoft HoloLens 2, a next-generation mixed reality product was launched which will make holograms even better.

Galaxy Fold came up with 12 GB RAM and 512 GB internal storage.

Azure Kinect DK, a new software development kit launched

1 TB micro SD cards of Sandisk and Micron launched

5G Phones of Xiaomi, LG and ZTE are also launched at MWC

MWC Shanghai 2019

MWC Shanghai 2019 will be held from 26th June to 28th June with a focus on next-generation technologies like 5G, IoT, and Big Data. With just a few days away, many big companies are sure to announce something big in these technologies. It is touted that almost 60, 000 professionals are expected to attend this conference.

List of Keynote Speakers as Announced by GSMA for this Event:

Mathew Oommen, President, Reliance Jio

Ke Ruiwen, Chairman and CEO, China Telecom

Sophie Eom, Co-founder, and CEO, Adriel

Frank Meng, Chairman, Qualcomm China

Li Guohua, President, China Unicom

Irfan Wahab Khan, Head of Emerging Asia and CEO, Telenor Pakistan

Dan Zhuang, Executive Director and President, YOFC

We hope this blog enlightens you to get updated with how mobile technology evolved over the years. Fluper, as a leading Mobile App Development Company will continue to update you with the latest happenings and events from the technology world.

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An investigation was carried out in August, 2018 after a series of complaints that real estate agents, companies, and home sellers can put ads by filtering out from a wide range of categories. HUD Secretary Ben Carson said that it was found that Facebook was discriminating against people based upon who they are and where they live and they are still continuing to do the same thing. He also said, “Using a computer to limit a person’s housing choices can be just as discriminatory as slamming a door in someone’s face.”

Facebook’s address and the next course of action

Facebook’s went on to address the issue citing numerous changes they did last year to prevent this practice. The company released a statement saying that they had abolished more than a thousand options that could be used for inappropriate causes by several miscreants. Facebook also stopped the practice of publishing ads on the basis of age, gender, or zip code to a complete extent as part of a settlement with various civil rights groups. The company said, our recent agreements with the National Fair Housing Alliance, ACLU and many others for providing fair display of ads related to housing, credit and employment showcases our intention. The company also went on to say that they were eager to find a solution sitting with HUD, but they were adamant on having access to our sensitive information which includes user data and privacy information. A spokesperson from Facebook said, “We’re disappointed by today’s developments, but we’ll continue working with civil rights experts on these issues.”

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It seems like the company is in a mood to work out the issues of non reaching to a unanimity. The recent agreement with ACLU, Golden LLP and others can be seen as an effort to prevent itself from legal troubles which are following the company from the past few years. HUD General Counsel Paul Compton said, “ Even as we confront new technologies, the fair housing laws enacted over half a century ago remain clear as discrimination in housing related advertising is against the law”. He also said that they understand the fact that advertising nowadays is a complex process but it can not stop us from exempting big companies since they are big.

In a nutshell, Facebook needs to follow the rules which are being laid down for everyone. The recent developments are a positive sign that improvement in the privacy and  digital equality are slowly but justifiably on the right track.

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A walkthrough Fluper

Fluper is a team of 100+ professionals ready to implement their technical experience and knowledge into making of mobile apps for distinct business ideas. The persistence of going ahead with 200+ projects in our basket is collaboration of innovation and technique which Fluper has mastered and can only turn back to rejoice the hurdles with a smile.Lets take a look at the functionality of Fluper

 Healthy Environment

The environment around you is equally responsible for your performance as are the skills. Fluper makes sure the ambiance for its employees is full of miniature breaks between work to ponder the ideas during work instead of sticking to the seat for hours format.

Distributed Pressure

A wise man once said it is easy to break a single stick but a bunch of stick is hard to break, thats what Fluper preaches and follows. Fluid performers are the sticks bearing different responsibilities and putting a considerate pressure on each stick as Fluper Strong and healthy.

Satisfied Clients

Every project is embedded with a part of Fluper because the making of each mobile app takes every fluid performers time and energy so the successful projects are Flupers assets. We happen to construct a nutrious relationship with its clients to always be ready with their doubts about the development of their business app. Fluper lays down a strategic analysis and methodology in the different sectors that require app development to deliver the best of he technology to the mob.

Uplifting New Talent

Every year fresh brains step into the working field and they have the ability to explore their fresh knowledge to innovative strategies and development. Fluper welcomes new talent every year and believes in creating opportunities

Keeping up with Technology

We are a technology based company and very well aware of the technological trends in the market in iOS as well as Android app development. The dynamic nature of the market is a piece of cake of Fluper because the fundamentals makes its foundation strong and adaptability makes it enterprising.

HR activities

The HR team at fluper is not a liability to Fluper because the efforts of the team keeps the fluid performers go on without any worries back in their head. Stress is an intangible factor for employees discomfort and Fluper believes in keeping its team intact and happy. Fun activities and enjoyment are the cure of stressful brain and there is no room for all these in Fluper area.

Birthday Celebrations

Fluid performers need to be happy as they spend maximum hours of their day in the Fluper premises so it is Flupers responsibility to highlight the days of their life beautifully and the growth is a proof that we have succeded.

Festive Fluper

Fluper is always ready for the festivals which is a sign of positivity and we want all the positives vibe in the building to radiate good work. Every festival is full of joy and empolyee engagement in the office area and the work can wait because after every celebration the working efficiency doubles and Fluid performers are energised twice.

Conclusion

The understanding of business needs and employee satisfaction is all it takes into delivering the business solutions efficiently and timely with zero setbacks Fluper proudly announces itself as a technology provider in the field of mobile app development for businessmen for the global growth.

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Hey!! Hold on…You did not register yet for Google I/O 2018?? You missed your golden chance.

The scheduled event is yet again to stage at the expansive Shoreline Amphitheatre Mountain View, California, back-to-back for three consecutive years right from the year 2016. Registration for the gigantic event has just drawn its curtain on 27^th of February 2018.  BUT!! Admission to the conference depends yet again on the ticket lottery system.

Also Read: 2018 conferences for mobile app developers

Flying Speculations…..

Already buzzing around the occasion two months ahead of the stipulated date. The flying rumors promise untold surprises for the android application developers around the world. One thing is ascertained and that is:

• The new version of Android is likely to dominate the conference’s events.

Other expected announcements…..

• Google’s Virtual Assistant, which drew sufficient attention from CES 2018 and Google I/O 2017, is likely to occupy the second position in the agenda.
• Possible announcements on Google Photos can be a part of the conference agenda.
• A session may be dedicated solely to Chrome OS and Android applications.
• Android Wear surely makes way for this year’s conference as well.
• There might be a session assured for ‘Daydream’ platform.
• Yet no words were spoken on Android TV and Android Auto.

Now, to compare 2018’s expectations to that of the year-gone-by achievements, we need a Throwback to Google I/O 2017 Highlights.

• Google Assistant, incorporated with Google Lens’ technology, aid in analyzing the surrounding and displays the content on the screen.
• Smarter homes with Google Homes where Google has installed many more applications compared to its initial stage. The device is smart enough to cater visual responses apart from acquiring the role of an alternative to Bluetooth speaker as well.
• Revamping Google Photos with added features such as ‘Suggested Sharing’, ‘Brand New Sharing’, ‘Shared Library’, ‘Photo Books’. Multiple functions are performed such as suggestions forwarded to share snaps with others in the click, sharing common images from the library automatically with specific persons, Machine learning technology compiles images from the album to get a physical copy printed and shipped at your doorstep within days and a lot more.
• 360-degree YouTube support for YouTube Smart TV app enables the television remote pan around 360-degree videos on the television screen.

And finally,

• Android Go, a new variant of the Android operating system, designed specifically to support areas that suffer from poor internet connectivity. It has been developed to support low-end smartphones and multilingual dialects.

Final notes

Few might argue that year 2018’s Google I/O conference looks less promising when bought in comparison to the previous year. Yet the best mobile application development companies eagerly await the event to begin their preparation for hi-tech applications to offer the equally curious android users.

Nonetheless, these are just speculations so far. Stay tuned with Fluper, one of the top-notch android app development company, for real-time I/O conference updates.

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