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You might think :

"Who has time to read this newsletter when there's so much to do before Mobile World Congress? "

And you might even utter:

 "Who has time to write a newsletter... don't you have a WIPJam to prepare? "

And a rack of tee shirts to line up! "

Yes I do and  many more things, too!! 

• Get the logistics sorted out with the WIP tips and SIM cards tips  and find new chairs as WIPJam is going XL with 100 additional seats available.
• Download the WIP Survival Guide to Mobile World Congress or even better get the mobile app version with the WIPJam app for Android,  Nokia and iPhone (visit your favourite store in the coming days and look for WIPJam)
• Sign up for some of the "cliffhanger" developer events:
  • What will Nokia announce at it's Nokia developer day on Monday ?
  • What's going to happen on the Meego front at Intel Appup Application Labs on Wednesday?
• Get my name in all the cool parties in town, using one of the zillion...

In the lead-up to Verizon’s Developer Conference 2010, WIP sat down for a frank Q&A with Terry Hughes and Tom Mullen from Widality, to discuss a few highlights from their latest app developer white paper: Squaring up to the app challenge. Meet Terry at the Verizon Developer Conference where he is leading a WIPJam panel on how to stop sucking wind as an app developer!

Some quick background: Widality is the developer of one of the popular BlackBerry business app momentem. The company was recently acquired by Wmode, a leading managed-services provider of mobile Internet services to operators. Now, as a new business unit in Wmode, the team is “expanding the widality of apps”, helping app providers to get above the noise and monetize, by delivering scalable quality services.

Terry is the Head of Market Development for Widality. Tom is the CTO of Wmode.

WIP: Congrats on the merger. Why Wmode?

Terry: Since the launch of our momentem app + service on BlackBerry App World over a year...