I am back from Bangalore from SilliconIndia Mobile Developer Conference 2009. It was a very nice to see how mobile application development is picking-up to the mainstream audience. I wasn’t surprised to see that all exhibitors aren’t the same big names in the INDIAN software development industry. There was also a shortage of attention to Software Services Firms in the exhibitor hall, while the startups and mobile application developers grabbed more visitors. One exhibitor was a very early start-up with just two developers working their way out to make it big.
There were many Key Note sessions occupying the first half of the day, while speakers tried to engage everyone during the panel discussions. I liked the the Cool Applications Sessions after the lunch break. Around fourteen (14) exhibitors presented their applications along with some demonstrations using real devices.
I appreciate the leaders from Forum Nokia for the information and insights from Nokia’s prespective. Thanks for Forum Nokia and Sun Startup Essentials for sponsporing this conference. It goes without saying that SiliconIndia has done a very good job of pulling all of us together and orchestrating nicely.
VAS related discussions were very usefull. The discussions around direction/competition/approach by vendors and telcos to get/extract a share of what the the mobile application developer can earn was very interesting.
Big thanks to Nokia for leading the effort of bringing the Telcos together to solve some of the App Store issues we are facing today in INDIA. Prakash Sayini and Forum Nokia team were very helpful and gave us some good tips on INDIA scenario.
The conference was very usefull and I will visit again next year (as an exhibitor).
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