Author Archives: mike

A European living in Finland who occasionally makes technology “Do Stuff”(TM)

Some timing information for this year

so with around a week left before the event, and everyone now having seen all the keynotes from this years MWC, it is about time we let you know some more details of the times. On Thursday, we will announce the detailed rules of this years competition at 16:00. We will then be at Aalto [...]

Well, THAT was some announcement

In case you were disconnected from the Intardwebs since Friday, you may have noticed that Nokia moved the goalposts a touch. We are busy chasing everyone to see how or if they want to change their title or content, before we make the announcement of the program (to be as fair as possible). In the [...]

Want some free hands-on training for Windows Phone 7?

One of our sponsors Microsoft has arranged for a one of their top trainers Jani Järvinen to come and give an introduction hands-on workshop. Jani describes it as: Want to develop for something new? Try Windows Phone 7! Windows Phone 7 devices started appearing in Finland in November 2010, and during these brief months, there [...]

Latest Speaker – Tomi Ahonen

So we have our next confirmed speaker on the list – Tomi Ahonen. Tomi is internet famous for his blog posts of almost biblical length which are frequently an analysis of market number announcements and also his semi-frequent twitter storms Actually, we chatted with Tomi when we met at MindTrek and asked him what he [...]

bada – a Vast Ocean of Opportunities

So, bada (always with a small b, apparently) is Samsung’s new mass market platform. Samsung’s vision is that bada is the “Smartphone for Everyone” – from the techy early adopters to the user who just wants a great phone that can run a range of applications. bada exploits the experience and knowledge gained throughout the [...]

Have you signed up yet?

So with just over a month to go, have you signed up yet? One change this year is that as a number of people spent quite a lot of time on the day getting their environment up and running, or just trying to figure out the basics of working with the environment, we thought it [...]

Your first chance to see bada in Finland

Following what seems to be our tradition of getting briefings for the latest mobile platforms (last year it was Windows Phone 7), this year we have managed to get Samsung to come and tell us about bada. bada: The Next Wave This talk introduces bada and gives an overview over the technical platform as well [...]

The last prize is received

So with Apple FINALLY releasing the iPad in Finland, Marko was able to give the prize (of an iPad for those that do not remember) to Dennis from Klooni Games Marko is the Managing Director at MK&C, a 15 person consultancy that specialises in Cocoa Development. This back ground gave him the insight to be [...]

want to see the latest mobile tech in action?

If the answer to that question is yes, then follow the progress of Kristoffer “Travelling Salesman” Lawson, and see how he is getting on with the Windows Phone 7 Series handset he has on loan from Microsoft. Check the itinerary to find out when Kristoffer will be near-by with the handset (at the early events [...]

Need an incentive to practice for the next great MDC competition?

So, it has been 6 months since you last looked at cutting some code for a mobile device in a competitive environment (this assumes it was at MDC2010 )? Feeling a bit rusty? Check out this post where Nokia announces a new competition in association with the Travelling Salesman adventure. It’s pretty easy. In theory [...]

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