Mobile World Congress - Busy Beehive Shiny Gadgets

The app world conference hall is good for networking and sipping coffee but to have some fun I headed down to the device's conference halls.

AT&T had a virtual tour on a cargo ship. After driving a lift I want to join the union.

Measuring my heart rate with the Asus smart-watch. Yikes; 116, I must be excited by its elegance.

An Ubuntu robot. That's a mobile device too, it's not all about phones.

HTC's Re wide angle camera on it's dinosaur shaped charger. It takes two hands to operate, one for the camera and another for the connected phone with the display. Still, I want one.

Ford also makes bikes. This bike's horn, light and signals are controlled by an iPhone.

Zenfone: the screen reacts to the cover and minimizes to a small circular display. Very handy.

LG Flex 2 adjusts to your butt curves. I wish my iPhone 5 had such a durable glass.

Mini projector and a mini computer, together making a perfect home theater.

And the best gadget was not even on display: phone charging lockers!

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