By the Team on 27 January 2009
KOMAROM, Hungary – As Charlie likes to say (sometimes too frequently), we’re not usually ones to toot our own horn. However, sometimes big things happen that just need to be mentioned. Far less frequently than mentioning horns, do we talk about factories. Well “no more”, we say. For the Nokia manufacturing plant in Komarom, Hungary has just produced its 500 millionth device. (An N79, in silver, in case you’re wondering).
By Mike on 26 January 2009
GLOBAL – One of the most rewarding aspects of being a writer on Conversations is that we get to bring you the smaller stories that often slip through the cracks of the main stage – worthy tales of the unsung heroes working both within Nokia and outside, with Nokia’s support. YouthActionNet is one such example, a program set up to support young social entrepreneurs with innovative ideas for social and sustainable projects across the globe. Backed by Nokia, already a number of interesting stories have emerged, including support for one young person looking to combat pharmaceutical fraud in Africa via a phone-based drug authentication system.
By James on 26 January 2009
GLOBAL – We don’t like to stand still here at Conversations. The team have been busy working behind the scenes to put together something of a world first – the Nokia Conversations Blogbite. Together with Dan and Rob at Blogbite, a brand new service which takes the essence of a blog, such as Conversations, and turns it into an entertaining audio show, we’re bringing Conversations to an even wider audience, including the visually impaired, as well as enabling regular readers to listen at your leisure.
By Charlie on 22 January 2009
ESPOO, Finland – I apologize for not getting back to my semi-regular list of interesting links out there. I know that you folks like getting connected to new stories and to find out what are the things that interest us here at Nokia Conversations. Nonetheless, we’re still bookmarking and selecting favorites in the various services we use.
But today I decided to empty out my latest queue of links, so read on to be enlightened.
By James on 21 January 2009
GLOBAL – The third best known musical trademark in the world is the Nokia Tune, just behind “Intel Inside” and the Harley Davidson engine sound. Sure, I knew it was popular, but I didn’t realise it was that popular. The Nokia Tune is taken from a composition called “Grand Vals” which itself was compose by Francisco Tarrega (1852-1909) from Spain. There’s a melody line which is repeated throughout the song, the end of which now forms the basis of the Nokia Tune.
By James on 20 January 2009
GLOBAL – Many’s an hour I whiled away waiting for trains/planes/wife by dabbling into my Nokia’s menu and enticing an ever growing pixelated reptile around a tiny screen. Ever since it was launched a little over 11 years ago on the Nokia 6110, Snake has been helping clock-watchers the world over.
Of course nowadays we have things like Creatures of the Deep to whilst away the hours, but that doesn’t mean Snake doesn’t still get a look in, for we have the all-new Snakes Subsonic available on N-Gage.
By James on 19 January 2009
GLOBAL – So mobile broadband dongles are the big thing right now. Did you know Nokia had one back in 1997? A whole 11 years ago. Yessiree. Okay, it wasn’t 3G capable (what was, then?), and it didn’t fit into a USB slot (the first USB-equipped computer wouldn’t launch for another year) but it did enable users to connect to the Internet from their not-very-portable, er, portable. That was a Nokia first, you see, and below you’ll find a whole bunch more, like the first GSM car phone, the first WAP phone and the first phone with predictive text.
This week we’ll be taking a walk through Nokia’s archives and highlighting some of the things from the past that have helped shape the present and continue to help paint a picture of the future. Where possible, we’ve added a link to the device in question, so you can marvel in wonderment.
By Charlie on 18 January 2009
ESPOO, Finland – We recently wrote a series of posts on the Nokia N79 Active, a bundle coming with a Nokia N79, Nokia Sportstracker, a Polar Bluetooth heart rate monitor, an arm band, and a nice headset. As you might have noticed, our photographs and one of our videos had someone we didn’t properly introduce, Mikko Rieger. Mikko was involved in the testing of the N79 Active bundle. He’s a competitive runner (well, returning to competitive running), and we thought he was interesting enough to profile in an interview.*
So, without further ado, we’d like to share with you a video interview we made of Mikko, where we ask him about his running career, his project to get back to his personal best, and how he uses tech to help him train.
By Charlie on 07 January 2009
ESPOO, Finland – Now that the year-end holidays are over, we here at Nokia Conversations are back in full force. We have a thing or two cooking in the kitchen, and we’re thinking of our plans for the year. More of that as it develops.
Right now, I’d like to empty out some open tabs in my browser. I can’t say I caught everything since the last time we shared links. And I’m a bit silent on other things as I mull how best I can usefully add to the conversations. But, this is a nice set to start the year with.
To the list!
By Charlie on 05 January 2009
ESPOO, Finland – I used to be one of those people who would say “you get what you pay for,” and tell folks to quit complaining when one of their “free” online services was having some service issues. Think about it: you are using a service for free and it breaks down. Why should you get mad? You don’t pay anything for it. That makes you a free-loader of some sort, right? Beggars can’t be choosy.
Wrong. And I’ve finally realized why.
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