Here are a few more photos I've dug out of my camera from the walk around the sprawling Mobile World Congress show floor

Phil Harvey, Editor-in-Chief

March 1, 2013

At Intel's Mobile World Congress booth, we compared the new Lenovo smartphone with the iPhone 4S. That thing's a mobile monster.
Mobile World Barcelona, a technology-inspired arts festival coming up in September, made itself known by having several creative displays and handing out bottles of Estrella Damm, the local brew.
Another designer display at the Mobile World Barcelona booth. I'm not sure what the dinosaur hats were used for, but they certainly did break up the monotony of the tradeshow floor.
Dunno. Smartphones from space or something. Whatever.
Two ladies chat behind the massive red wall of lights at the Redknee booth.
Hitachi catered to its booth visitors by providing plates of sushi during the show. Delicious!
The Trendium booth hosts wore wigs so they'd be easy to spot when circulating around the huge halls of the Fira Barcelona. It's not a horrible idea, really. "Yeah, I'll be the one in the orange wig." See? Easy.
Could have also read: "Mobile for Good, Playa!"
At the Alcatel One Touch booth, it was cool to hear a live DJ mixing music. But when all they have do is poke buttons on an iPad, it's a little disappointing. Give me some turntables and a lava lamp or something.
I'm going to have a T-shirt made with this on it. This year's copy editor Christmas shopping is already done.

About the Author(s)

Phil Harvey

Editor-in-Chief, Light Reading

Phil Harvey has been a Light Reading writer and editor for more than 18 years combined. He began his second tour as the site's chief editor in April 2020.

His interest in speed and scale means he often covers optical networking and the foundational technologies powering the modern Internet.

Harvey covered networking, Internet infrastructure and dot-com mania in the late 90s for Silicon Valley magazines like UPSIDE and Red Herring before joining Light Reading (for the first time) in late 2000.

After moving to the Republic of Texas, Harvey spent eight years as a contributing tech writer for D CEO magazine, producing columns about tech advances in everything from supercomputing to cellphone recycling.

Harvey is an avid photographer and camera collector – if you accept that compulsive shopping and "collecting" are the same.

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