If you cannot make it to CeBIT Flickr lets you catch the spirit of Hannover by these public snapshots, the tags CeBIT 2006 , CeBIT2006 or these pictures . Also notice the other messe clusters and don’t overlook these. They are helpful but beware that some may be taken on prior expositions, so keep an eye on the date. Or take a chance and let Flickr sort the ‘all times’ seach results of more than 3000 matches on relevance or from a special selection of 2006.
The exposition demonstrates a global market where 480.000 visitors meet the impressive number of 6.270 standholders from 60 countries. Fairs like this provide great opportunities to meet IT professionals from every continent. Some day the major advantage of ‘being there’ will be the one2one interaction with experts of the field.
The buzz in the media is Microsoft’s Origami project. Among the many new things the future parc displayed interesting applications of wearable computing and in conjunction with the sportscar-maker a Lamborghini notebook pc was on display with the name of this racetracker as a trademark. This trend is marked by the presence of many expensive automobiles. A 9 pages long display of some of the new products featured on CeBIT 2006 you find on ZDNET (text in Dutch)
The ‘digital living’ hall (paralel to cebit) emphasizes the populariry of computergames, car computers and robots.
Pictures may still say more than 1000 words, although listening to some of the many podcasts comes close.
Podcasts
Daily CeBIT Podcast (German)
CeBIT trends (PC-Professionell-Blog, German)
MAGIX CeBIT Podcast
Themencast (German)
More CeBIT News (pdf)
