Making of the Nokia N97 video (with “blood, sweat and tears”)

GLOBAL – The story behind the making of the Nokia N97 is a fascinating one that gives a real insight of what goes into to forging a flagship device from scratch (the topic of what makes a flagship device has been sizzling on Conversations recently). So this morning we were excited to get our hands on a rare video exploring the making of the Nokia N97, and as one of the creators puts it, the “blood, sweat and tears” that have gone into bringing this new device to life.

Click to watch the full-length video on the making of the Nokia N97.

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Nokia N97 designer interview

BARCELONA, Spain – We’ve been wowed since this morning’s announcement and having now had a little play with the new Nokia N97, genuinely impressed is about the best way to sum it up. Imagine our delight then, when we got to sit down with the man responsible for the look and feel of the device, Shunjiro Eguchi. Creating a device like the N97 takes time and vision. Shunjiro puts the vision down to the users and the field research the design team do.

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“It’s a very nice design”

PALO ALTO, USA – That was Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo’s response when asked what he thought of the iPhone’s design. Low-key, and succinct, much like the man himself. Whilst OPK was visiting the Palo Alto office, Elise Acherman from Silicon Valley’s The Mercury News caught up with him to ask him a bunch of questions.

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Mary McDowell interview

GLOBAL – Nokia’s chief development officer is one Mary McDowell. She’s pretty involved in the whole Symbian Foundation thing and recently found time to talk to RCRWireless news about the recent announcement. Mary offers a pretty interesting perspective and the interview is well
worth a couple of minutes of your time.

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Symbian Foundation: Interview with Guido Arnone from Vodafone

LONDON, England - Yesterday’s announcement is rapidly changing the shape of the mobile industry. We caught up with Guido Arnone from Vodafone who outlined how the venture will be seen as a good thing by the operators.

In fact, Guido outlines how this isn’t just Vodafone, but the whole industry getting involved. Remarkable that we’re seeing the whole industry pull together like this. Very exciting times ahead!

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Symbian Foundation: Interview with Lee Williams from S60

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Symbian Foundation: Interview with Guido Arnone, Director, V

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Talking design with E71 and E66 creators

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We are not just writing stuff – we have videos, too

Due to May Day festivities, there has been a wee slowdown here at Nokia Conversations. Finland (where one half of our team is located) was basically closed last Thursday and Friday and the UK (where the other half of the team lives) is enjoying itself today. But, that hasn’t slowed down the visitors.