MobileBeat 2010, VentureBeat’s conference focusing on “The Year of the Superphone” is in full swing. Kicking off early Monday morning, the conference has so far featured keynotes from HP’s Phil McKinney, AT&T’s CEO John Donovan and Samsung’s CSO Omar Khan, and we’ve seen two rounds of the MobileBeat 2010 Startup Competition, sponsored by Pam and hosted by Robert Scoble from Rackspace and VentureBeat’s executive editor Owen Thomas.
MobileBeat co-chair Matthäus Krzykowski (pictured left) welcomed the audience with VentureBeat’s CEO and editor-in-chief, Matt Marshall.
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Registration in the early morning hours on Monday, Robert Scoble making his entrance.
HP’s Phil McKinney started the keynotes, talking about the “Perfect storm of innovation.”
The audience taking it all in.
The startup competition emcees, Robert Scoble (pictured left) and Owen Thomas, running the show with good-hearted banter.
McKinney brought no PowerPoint presentation, instead opting for a whiteboard.
AT&T’s John Donovan having a laugh with Matt Marshall.
[Photos: JP Manninen]
VentureBeat would like to thank the companies that are supporting MobileBeat 2010, including GetJar, Placecast, Greystripe, Qualcomm, Microsoft, Paypal, and Jumptap as Gold Sponsors, AdMob, OpenMarket, Navteq, MasterImage 3D, Symbian, DeHood, Flurry, and Palm as Silver Sponsors, and Nexage, Offerpal, Marvell, Verizon, Mobclix, Mayfield Fund, InMobi, Appolicious, Offermobi, and Norwest Venture Partners as Event Sponsors.
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