• 23-25 October 2009
  
• Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre
• 23 – 24 October (Fri & Sat): 11 am - 9 pm
  25 October (Sun) : 11 am - 8 pm

A glittering list of phones at great prices, check. Best offers from telcos,check. There will be a lot of fun activities to take part in. Play your cards right and you could even win fantastic prizes. Here’s a guide to some of the cool things you could do at GoMobile 2009.

Mobile Booth Hunt
Much like your typical treasure hunt, except with mobile phones thrown in! Travel from selected booth to booth to answer specific questions before collecting treasures in order to win from a pile of assorted mobile phones! All you need is Bluetooth. A graphic will appear on your phone when you get all your questions right, although we must warn you that in order for you to really shine in this treasure hunt, you’ll have to think up a catchy slogan
too. Did we mention great prizes too?

GoMobile Moments Photo Competition
Participate in this incredibly diverse photo competition by sending in what you feel are the best photographs depicting events within the GoMobile expo! Scout around our fashion shows, booths and anything which captures your eye and submit it via MMS to our judges. This contest will occur daily and the prizes will be announced at 5pm everyday.

Cyberjaya GoMobile Photo Competition
Running up in the weeks leading up to GoMobile is the explosive Cyberjaya GoMobile photo competition via MMS. Send in your most beautiful and most creative pictures of Malaysia’s intelligent IT city. Capture the spirit of the serene Cyberjaya Lake Gardens or the futuristic, world-class offices! The choice is yours! Photos will appear in the Harian Metro newspaper, and participants stand to win special prizes including the dynamic LG Viewty model! Details at http://www.gomobile.my.

Truly Asia Reality Mobile Video Contest
Capture with your mobile phone cameras a part of Malaysia that looks unique from the rest of the world, whether it is in the paddies of agricultural Malaysia, an idyllic kampong countryside, or even a popular tourist spot. Show Malaysia from a people’s point of view and display the beauty of the country through the eyes of its citizens and stand to win several exciting mystery prizes! (including, yes, more phones!)

Raffles-Truly Asia Reality Mobile Video Contest
Even as you read this, ten lucky Raffles International College Students would be having fun with LG Viewty phones. Their assignment: come up with mobile videos on Malaysia. Your assignment: come to GoMobile and vote for your favourite video! Check their videos on www.gomobile.my. They’ll be up as soon as we get them.

QR Code Contest
Pay close attention to what’s going on in and around the GoMobile Expo. QR codes will be placed in selected areas within the expo hall. Scan them with your mobile phones in this massive mobile tagging hunt. Decipher the clues from these QR codes before using them to answer questions, and stand to win many prizes from this event! Make sure you have the barcode reader app on your phone. Tip: you can download it to your phone from the web if it’s not there.

GoMobile Fashion Show
For three times a day, professional models will be displaying incredibly futuristic designs of attire created by students from Raffles International College which are inspired by mobile technology. Visitors to GoMobile will be asked to vote for their favourite designs via SMS.

GoMobile Clique
Are you part of the GoMobile Clique? If you’re not, why not join today and be part of a cohesive Malaysian community captivated by the wondrous powers of mobile phones? Register today and you will receive a gift when you visit the GoMobile Clique Booth at the exhibition! To register, log on to www.clique.gomobile.my.

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We’re quite sure that there are going to be lots more things happening at GoMobile 2009. Keep checking www.gomobile.my and www.clique.gomobile.my.

(this article appeared in the October'09 issue of Mobile World Magazine)