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Giant Nokia 5800 XpressMusic versus pedestrians
By Mike on 02 April 2009
ANTWERP, Belgium – A titanic working touchscreen version of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic has debuted in the the Nokia Store in Antwerp, triggering a touch-a-thon from random passersby. Roughly four feet tall, this over-sized 5800 XpressMusic enables pedestrians to interact with the device and explore its talents, including messing with Maps, browsing photos and listening to tunes, all whilst stood on the pavement.
Read on for more about this giant Nokia 5800, and find out who’s behind the ‘iWindow’ tech powering this king-size caller.
The tech was developed by a team of touchscreen specialists at Visual Planet and implemented and distributed by the folk at Create Multimedia, who explain on their blog how it was done:
“Bypassers can control the mobile phone by touching the glass. Create Multimedia developed a Flash application similar to the phone’s interface. You can listen to music, look at maps, browse video’s, photo’s… The hardware we used was an iWindow Interactive foil combined with their unique daylight technology. This gave an awesome result even in bright sunlight. We also use the iWindow through glass sound system to play music on the street.”
Create Multimedia have also posted a video of the giant Nokia 5800 XpressMusic in action – click here to watch it.
Photo from Create Multimedia.
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Tags | Antwerp, Create Multimedia, giant Nokia 5800, nokia 5800 xpressmusic, Visual Planet, XpressMusic
April 3rd, 2009 at 5:46 pm
Great idea for the EU, but here in the states, its next to impossible to actually see, never less touch a Nokia 5800.. Just today I heard:
“Why does touching an item increase the likelihood of purchase? The motivation traces back to what behavioral economists have labeled the “endowment effect.” This phenomenon posits that consumers value a product more once they own it. And simply touching that Charmin may increase a shopper’s sense of ownership”
Hmmm Has Nokia written off the 5800 in the USA, with the exception of Chicago and NYC, its just not possible to see a Nokia 5800
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April 10th, 2009 at 11:26 am
dear sir i want nokia to reduce hand sets prices by 50% if want to survive in indian markets and handsets above 12000.00 should be reduced to 60 to 75% if not taken steps immediately will loose highend sets market to other competetors.this is sure as i am a regular nokia buyer i am suggesting u to take serious steps imme and do the needful.
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April 16th, 2009 at 8:38 am
i am sikanadr frm pakistan,
just wana say to low your mobile prices in pakistan to save your market……………………as china has given your old coustmers copy of your sets in very low low prices…………….and one thing more launch n97 as early as possible..thanks alot
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