BOSTON, USA – One would think that very little is going on this week, what with Nokia making three device announcements in three business days. And all that a week before Nokia World 09. But we’ve managed to find a string of interesting things going on that are not directly related to the Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition, the Nokia 5230, or the Nokia Booklet 3G.

Below we have links to a few articles that are mostly a hard look at Nokia products and solutions. But if you read all the way to the end, we’ve also linked to a few good tips.

Sustaining long-term initiatives in Ethiopia

ADDIS ABEBA, Ethiopia – Nokia has as history of getting deeply involved with local initiatives in crises situations across the globe, including Africa where it worked with the Red Cross in Ghana to assist with the long-term repairing of communities hit by the floods of 2007 and the civil turmoil in Kenya earlier this year. Most recently Nokia, Nokia Siemens and Save the Children Finland have formed a partnership to build and deliver a sustained strategy for helping families in the area of Alaba Special Woreda in central Ethiopia, where drought has imposed terrible adversity on local children.

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Who are these Nokia people? BONUS: Flying aircraft via SMS.

ESPOO, Finland – In a vile twist of fate, as the bulk of Finland now returns to work, the sun starts shining again. To keep my spirits up, I’ve been looking for anything to lighten the mood here, so, forgive me for tooting our horn a bit more loudly in this post than I usually do. For what it’s worth, I’ll add a video for you as a token of appreciation.

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Summer schedule

ESPOO, Finland - One of the great things about living in Europe is the holiday schedule. And, as summer tries to take hold in Finland, the crew here at Nokia Conversations is trying to schedule it’s summer holidays in a way that causes minimal disruption to the discussions on this site.

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The people behind the products

USA – The latest issue of Fortune Magazine packs a brilliant story (we can modestly declare) of the team behind the N810 Internet tablet. Exploring the team behind a product is always kind of interesting, but the one thing that stands out about the N810 team is the location – it is truly global.

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New innovation hotspot beats in the heart of Helsinki

ESPOO, Finland – Continuing to grow its community of world class research teams, the Nokia Research Center is forging an even closer relationship with the Helsinki University of Technology. Opening a lab on the Otaniemi campus, this fresh partnership will see the team pointing their brains at new breeds of communication innovation.