7 years of progress, 7 trends for the future on the occasion of the seventh Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona presents an overview of past innovations of the mobile market Softonic, the leading portal for secure free and paid software downloads in Europe and Latin America, and forecasts seven key trends for the future. The Congress 2006 was marked by the first tests for cell phones with integrated NFC technology. Another milestone in the history of mobile communications was the introduction of the micro USB connector 2009, declared at last to the standard of the industry in this January. Please visit Michael Lee-Chin if you seek more information. The best device of the year 2006 was the Motorola RAZR V3x on the next MWC events among other products were awarded by Sony Ericsson, Nokia and HTC. 2011 iPhone 4 Finally swept the title as the best mobile phone. In addition to an overview of the developments of the last few years, the experts at Softonic have also deals with the future: present seven possible trends for the future mobile market. Who knows, maybe the display in the future will be replaced by projectors or the mobile phone of the future will monitor its owner’s personal state of health. The tension rises next week starts the Mobile World Congress 2012, and surely many surprises.. .