ESPOO, Finland – It’s almost June! We are pretty sure you all are as excited as we are for the Nokia N97′s imminent release into the wild. Indeed, for the really keen, there’s a Nokia N97 Members Club specifically for folks to get exclusive access to the latest news and a bunch of freebies.
With N97 fever growing here at the office, we asked around to see how the Club was doing and what else it might have. Read on for more details.
SAN DIEGO, USA – Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal interviewed Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo at this year’s All Things Digital conference which is taking place in San Diego this week. “That’s pretty cool” was Walt’s response after being treated to a demo of the Nokia N97. Of course, OPK agreed. But it wasn’t just about the N97, as you’ll see in the video, the discussion covers a wide range of topics relating to Nokia’s current and future plans.
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GLOBAL – Nokia’s new Ovi Store opened its doors for business a couple of days ago, and yesterday we rounded up a bunch of reactions from across the web related to the launch of this milestone download service.
Sure, it’s only little over 48 hours since the lights were switched on at the Ovi Store, but we know many of you are already beginning to dive in and download content. Let us know how you’re getting on, and how much content you’ve downloaded so far.
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LONDON – We’re here at Nokia’s design event in London, The Inside Story, and user interface designers Juliana Ferreira and Lee Cooper have just given us an interesting look at what goes into designing Nokia homescreens, and highlight just how significant the homescreen is for most of us. Click through to find out what happens behind the scenes at Nokia for the designers exploring new ways to improve the homescreen interface.
LONDON, UK – Today we’re excited to be at Nokia’s London base for a rare behind-closed-doors design event dubbed The Inside Story.
Alastair Curtis, Head of Design at Nokia, has just introduced the themes of today’s event and the things we can expect to find out during our time here. Alastair shared a design insight that your mobile is becoming more of a “sixth sense”, equipping you with “super-human” abilities. Read on to find out more about this concept that is being explored by the Nokia design team, and what else we’ll be reporting back on.