Of the 190 product announcements made in 2008, the month of February stands out with no less than 33 new mobile phone introductions. Quite a device management challenge of course … While February is actually the shortest month of the year, for industry watchers this outcome won’t be a surprise. Each year in February the mobile industry gathers in Barcelona for the Mobile World Congress. In 2008 some 50,000 professionals attended the event. Product announcements are reserved to make a splash and attract traffic to one’s booth. Samsung introduced no less than 10 new phone models at the tradeshow in February 2008. To measure the temperature of the industry, to get an overview of what’s going on and network with customers, peers, competitors, the Mobile World Congress is certainly the place to be. Next week Monday the event is opening again and Qelp will be present as well of course. Drop us a message if you want to meet us there.