Archive for June, 2010

There are so many conferences and events for the mobile industry. But what will happen next week near Berlin is really special and worth telling about…

The MLOVE Confestival will take place from June 23rd to June 25th in a castle (!) near Berlin. The actual location will only be revealed to registered participants.

The concept is very unique: “The event exposes the mobile industry to the best minds outside of mobile to maximize the opportunity of creating life-changing services and applications that can impact us all for the better”, the organisers say. Executives, entrepreneurs and developers will mix with architects, scientists, musicians and social entrepreneurs.

The programme focus is on interactivity, including two Open Space sessions and other interactive formats.

More information can be found here. Registration is still open at http://mlove.com/register/

Last night our users were invited for the first hands-on expierence with the new aka-aki game. First great surprise of the night: the venue was air-conditioned! Everybody loved that after a sweaty day in hot and humid Berlin…

Result of the test game night: our users loved the look and the idea of the game! Everybody imediately got into it and we had a shortage of test devices because nobody wanted to give up his and stop playing.

We also learned that we have some jobs to do concerning the interface. It doesn’t “talk enough”. People are sometimes lost and don’t know what to do and where to click. But what we’ve learned last night will help us a lot with creating a tutorial and do changes in the interface elements.

Thank you everybody for coming! See some more photos from last night in our Flickr stream.

aka-aki games will be aka-aki’s first social mobile location-based game on your iPhone. We think we’ve created something new and very beautiful. But before aka-aki games will be launched officially, we ask for your opinion. How do you like graphics and characters? Is the music annoying? Are the games too easy are too hard? We’re interested in everything!

That’s why we’ll play aka-aki games with and against you – in a cosy atmosphere in Berlin.

Good to know:

• We’ll have devices for you. Your own iPhone/iPod touch is not needed
• We will not install aka-aki games on your own devices
• You will need your own Facebook account
• Time: Thursday, 10th of June, 2010, 7pm – 10pm
• Place: 4010 Der Telekom-Store in Berlin-Mitte (U8 Weinmeisterstraße)

Please use the comments or the Facebook event to RSVP. Merci vielmals and see you on Thursday!