HELSINKI, Finland – Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo laid out the vision for Nokia going forward at the Nokia Annual General Meeting 2009. It’s clear that this is going to be a year unlike any other, and promises to be extremely exciting for mobile users as well as Nokia as a whole.

Read on for highlights of OPK’s vision for Nokia on the road ahead, including news of collaborations with competitors, taking smartphone talents into new product categories, Nokia’s aim to offer you irresistible solutions, news that the Nokia 5800 could become Nokia’s biggest device ever, and more.
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Nokia World 09 sets up camp in Stuttgart on September 2-3

STUTTGART, Germany – Nokia World 09 has just appeared on the events radar, and it’s closer than you might expect. This year Nokia World is pitching its tent in the Messe Stuttgart congress centre at the tail-end of Summer, running between September 2-3.

Click through to get the full lowdown on Nokia’s biggest event of 2009.
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Nokia at CTIA 2009 video round-up – N97, E71x, E75, Ovi Store and more

LAS VEGAS, USA – Last week Nokia was in attendance at CTIA Wireless 2009 in Las Vegas. Home to over 1,000 exhibitors and covering over 300,000 square feet its one of the biggest annual telecoms shows on the planet. Nokia took this opportunity to highlight a number of key handset, including the N97, E71x and E75. Services such as Comes With Music and the upcoming Ovi Store were also given center stage. Plus, Nokia took this opportunity to showcase it’s latest environmental services. We’ve pulled together the top Nokia videos, featuring all of these products and services. So click through for our full round-up of the best of Nokia from CTIA Wireless 2009.
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Nokia at SXSW 09 – Nokia Doctor on call

Austin, US – One of the things Nokia did at South by Southwest Interactive (SXSW 09) last week was bring Dustin Randall, from Nokia Care, to play doctor and help folk repair or troubleshoot anything that might be going on with their Nokia phone. Dustin has been helping Molly Schonthal (from the Nokia Social Media Communications team) manage and maintain all the devices she’s been sharing with key people, such as bloggers, videographers, and designers.

Dustin hammed it up with a full white coat and all. But we also managed to get a peek into his box of magical tricks. If you always wondered what were the implements of wizardry that the Nokia Care folks used in flashing phones and such, check out this video (after the break).

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Nokia at SXSW 09 – music video sprinked with cheese

Austin, USA – Last week, I had the good fortune to work at the South by Southwest Interactive conference (SXSW 09) with some very clever and energetic colleagues. Led by the inestimable Molly Schonthal, who works on the same team as I do in Social Media Communications, Nokia made its first big foray into one of the premier Web and design conferences in the US.

Our goal was to spread the word about Nokia, its products, what we do, and where we’re going. As with most companies at SXSW 09, we sponsored a VIP Lounge (at Fogo do Chão). Unlike most companies, on one of the nights, three of us sang a song about Nokia. Without making judgments as to whether it was cheesy or funny (it was both) I thought I would share it with you.

Video after the jump.

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Nokia at SXSW 09 – Twitter, BBQ, iPhones and conversation

Austin, USA – South by Southwest Interactive is one of three parts to the SXSW 09 conference (the other two being Music and Film). It attracts an interesting mix of designers, web developers, performers, artists, and just an all-round compelling crowd of people. While many Nokia designers have attended in the past, SXSW is not the usual sort of conference Nokia would attend. But Molly Schonthal (from the same team as Nokia Conversations) made the case that the people who attend SXSW are certainly the ones who would use Nokia phones, such as the Nseries devices. She said it would be a perfect crowd for us to introduce Nokia to.

What then did Nokia end up doing and learning at SXSW 09? Was it worth it? Will we do it again? Read on to learn the answer to these questions and more.

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