Trade Fair Mobile World Congress Has Been Cancelled

In an emailed statement, John Hoffman, the CEO of GSMA, which organizes the trade fair, said the coronavirus outbreak has made it "impossible" to hold the event. Further reading, from earlier today: MWC Hangs by a Thread After Nokia, Vodafone, DT and Other Big Names Back Out

What a bad name.

[jellomizer]

How do you suppose to get all this buzz around the name "Trade Fair Mobile World" Is there a Piglet racing, and blue ribbons for best oled screen.

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[Bobrick]

Quite the contrary, Guitar Player Jimi Hendrix is a very fitting name for a guitarist.

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[93 Escort Wagon]

But not so much for a classical violinist.

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[Chris Mattern]

"trade fair" is still a shitty description for a technical event in the 21st Century.

Why? It's a perfectly descriptive phrase of what it is. "Trade": an occupation requiring manual or mechanical skill. "Fair": an exposition that promotes the availability of services or opportunities. It is a fair about a trade, so "trade fair" is a perfectly appropriate name for it.

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[Aighearach]

But the only fair he's been to had games for a nickel, how is he supposed to understand?

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[BoogieChile]

What's this "we" business, caveman? Out here in the civilised world, we measure our engine output in kilowatts.

Catastrophe

[nospam007]

Now thousands of people can't play with gizmos with 17 cameras, 800x zoom, 16K foldable screens and thinner than Twiggy in her best days.

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[Aighearach]

Wow, I didn't know they had all that in quarantine, Europe is such an amazing place!

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[bobbied]

In China, yes.

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[rogoshen1]

with how they're apparently running the crematoriums, it's more like 1942.

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[ElectronicSpider]

That's one big can of worms, mind sharing some for fishing?