SEATTLE, USA – In the first of our showcase pieces on the apps chosen as part of the 2008 Forum Nokia Innovation series program, I thought I’d highlight Whrrl a new app that personally resonates with my fascination with the evolution and expanding diversity of context aware mobile services.
ESPOO, Finland – What really gets us going here is when folks push the limits, do things that we never expected, challenge the prevailing wisdom and practice by going out there and doing it themselves. We like the feeling we get when we think ‘they did what with WHAT?’. I guess it is because we marvel at people’s creativity and ingenuity.
I found some interesting stories that I think illustrate how people think and do when you throw a mobile device in the mix.
Read on.
CALIFORNIA, USA – It’s always excited to hear about Nokia pushing more attention and investment towards innovation, quite simply because as users we’re ultimately set to benefit from the final products and services that emerge. So today’s announcement sees Nokia committing a further USD 150 million in Nokia Growth Partners (a global private equity and venture capital management firm), with a vision of investing the money in promising companies that are striving to tightrope the cutting-edge in order to improve the mobile space.
INDIA – This morning I came across an interesting (though eye-cripplingly long) interview with Nokia CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, by the Indian bureau of The Economic Times. As emerging markets go, India is a 24-carat golden child – a hotbed of diverse mobile developments and innovation, Nokia has been at the heart of this rapid evolution. Sifting through this interview, Kallasvuo is clearly excited by what’s happening in India and highlights how bright the future is looking in terms of innovation.
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.
SAN JOSE, USA – Mobile Rules, the annual competition tasked with highlighting the best next-generation mobile applications and technologies has announced the winners for 2008.
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