By Prince Osuagwu
Literally, all roads lead to Barcelona Spain, February 14-17, 2011, where a looming four-day war would spark off. The most interesting thing about this war is that it is a mobile war and can not be carried out with bombs, rockets and other weapons of mass destruction.
It would be a war of wits, brains, innovations and very serious research and development efforts in the mobile industry.

The Mobile World Congress is an annual event of the world mobile industry. It attracts a wide range of participants from across the globe. The 2010 edition, attracted over 49,000 visitors in . Organisers of the event has announced that the 2011 edition, would feature a conference agenda that will feature speakers representing the leaders of the world’s most innovative companies, both from within the industry and from the growing number of adjacent market sectors joining the expanding mobile ecosystem.

The conference is expected to showcase dynamic speakers from a broad range of companies, and will feature in_depth sessions covering the industry’s key growth areas.

There is also expected to be a day_long App Planet Forum which will offer dedicated content for mobile application developers as well as Mobile World Live keynotes featuring visionary speakers and streamed live around the globe.

The event also features more than 22 focused breakout sessions, providing essential insights on current and future trends impacting the ever_changing mobile industry. These are in addition to hundreds of thousands new applications, innovations and services that would slug it out for the soul of the teeming visitors, users and potential customers.

Different modes and shades in mobile applications both in Android, Symbian and other operating platforms would also test wits.
Already, the test of what would become of the war in Barcelona, has been experienced in the just concluded Consumer Electronics Show, CES, in Las Vegas, where mobile innovations locked horns, waiting to finish it off at the Mobile World Congress in February.

At the event, Lenovo showcased IdeaPad U1 Hybrid, which combines a Windows_running laptop with an Android 2.2_running LePad tablet. In laptop mode, the LePad serves as the screen for the laptop, but for a user that wants to do some tablet computing, it only takes to just pull the LePad off and use it on its own.

Another mobile device manufacturer, ASUS, also competed with four new tablets which respectively offers something different for users. The 7_inch Eee Pad MeMO is designed for taking handwritten notes with its included stylus; the 10.1_inch Eee Pad Transformer offers the capabilities of a fully_fledged notebook courtesy of an optional docking station, while the Eee Slate EP121 is a 12.1_inch tablet powered by  Intel Core i5 dual_core processor.

Yet, there was the 10.1_inch Eee Pad Slider that has a unique full QWERTY sliding keyboard design.
Both Lenovo and ASUS are also billed to have another test of supremacy at the Mobile World Congress.

Meanwhile, the Nokia N8 powered by Symbian operating system and the Sony Ericsson rave of the moment Xperia range of Android phones are also billed to have a [popularity test at the show and indeed, all is just to get the next buyer on board..