By Mike on 22 September 2008
UK – The elusive beast that is mobile television has yet to tightly wrap its tentacles around the globe, however on-the-go telly is clearly still on the menu looking ahead.
By Charlie on 19 September 2008
NEW YORK CITY, USA – Next week, Nokia will be sponsoring the 2008 World Business Forum (WBF). The WBF is a big-time symposium for top-level executives with a speakers list packed with world business leaders, this year includes John Chambers and Jack Welch. The draw of the symposium is for attendees to hear what the latest business trends are, stay current, and be able to better define where they are headed. It is also designed to bring folks together to collaborate and connect.
By Charlie on 18 September 2008
ESPOO, Finland – Apologies for being absent these past many days. I’m still trying to figure out where last week or so went. There was a lot going on (the world did not end) and I had some great deep discussions with folks inside and outside the company that will have me writing some interesting things over the next weeks.
As for the news online while I was offline, the theme was synchronization. So, let’s get our bookmarks in sync and I’ll share a few items of note.
By Mike on 18 September 2008
GLOBAL – In early August we spoke to Boston-based Andrew Mahon, one of the key people responsible for Nokia Email beta, to get an inside perspective on it and where it’s headed. Since then we also caught up with Tommi Vilkamo, the driving force behind Beta Labs, to get an interesting lowdown on the future of Nokia’s open R&D feedback service. So it’s great to see the collaboration between the Nokia Email team and Beta Labs continues to flourish away from the pure feedback facility, with Davis Fields this week posting heaps of handy tips for the app on the Beta Labs blog for anyone to soak up.
By James on 18 September 2008
GLOBAL – Annoyingly, the app itself isn’t out yet but the newly renamed NokiaviNe has been turned over to a collection of blogging enthusiasts around the world, to try out for a couple of months. Ms Jen from Darla Mack is one and she’s going to be charting her course, as it were, on Darla Mack’s site (disclaimer – we’re big DM fans!). Before she does though, she’s given a little bit of background on the app that I think has most intrigued me, at least (for several reasons).
By James on 15 September 2008
NEW YORK, USA – Going to be in New York this week? Looking for something to do on Wednesday night? Not any more. The bods over at S60 are hosting another “evening with S60″ at the Nokia Flagship store on 5 E 57th Street, NY 10022. If you didn’t see our last post on the Milan event, then read on to find out what it’s all about.
By James on 12 September 2008
GLOBAL – Seems the news from earlier this week about Mail for Exchange being unleashed across 43 Nokia devices, effectively turning 80 million existing phones into corporate mail junkies caused quite a stir with all the big papers picking up the story. I haven’t seen a reaction like that for a while, and to be honest, I’m pretty chuffed that people have sat up and taken notice. This ain’t a small deal.
By the Team on 10 September 2008
ESPOO, Finland – Worried about your email taking over your life? Don’t be, says Petri Asunmaa, Nokia’s man with his hand on the Mail for Exchange tiller. He’s a big fan of the new E71’s split personality feature where you can have a different profile set up for daytime and evening. We caught up with him following the latest Mail for Exchange announcement and got his thoughts on Mail for Exchange, email and some other interesting titbits. Video, after the jump.
By James on 10 September 2008
SEATTLE, USA – For the last two years Andrea Rakowski has been working on Mail for Exchange and she reckons the best is yet to come. And that’s after today’s announcement that Mail for Exchange will be available on more Nokia devices than ever before, giving Nokia users as much choice as they really could want. This latest move, and the next steps, is in response to customer demand, Rakowski maintains, and, the demands of keeping to the Nokia masterplan.
By James on 10 September 2008
GLOBAL – It’s pretty well documented that I’m a big fan of syncing, or as Mike puts it a sync-a-holic (shouldn’t that be syncophantic?) such is my desire to be in sync. Same goes for Mail, as it happens, and it didn’t half put a smile on my chops when I saw the Mail for Exchange announcement this morning. 43 new devices now support the software and, the product people tell us, this is the widest range of Mail for Exchange devices out there. What’s interesting about this though is the scope for choice, and specifically, that business users really no longer strictly need pure business devices.
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