ROME, Italy – Undoubtedly thumbs will be worn down to the bone at the Nokia Games Summit which kicks off next week on Wednesday 29 October in Rome. It’s here that this year’s winners of the Mobile Games Innovation Challenge will be announced – Nokia’s open games development competition that’s in search of innovative concepts for new mobile games. The shortlist of finalists has been revealed, with some interesting concepts bubbling to the surface, featuring ideas such as games that use Nokia Maps, and even a title that sees your mobile phone’s camera connected to your TV for fun-loving purposes.
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LONDON, UK – I’ve escaped Espoo to visit some folks in London. But that doesn’t necessarily keep me from havering about what’s happening out there.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – We’ve all witnessed an overwhelming swell in the diversity and number of bite-size mobile apps over the past year, and today this is amplified with the launch of an entire suite of smart Ramadan apps focussed around the Holy Month.
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INDIA – In recent months we’ve reported on the rapid evolution of mobile technology in India, ranging from the interesting solutions being introduced tailored to local farmers to the wider positive global impact of Nokia India being a hub for innovation.
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ESPOO, Finland – Nokia and Orange have announced an agreement to roll out new handsets, maps, games and location based services to Orange users across nine European countries.
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HELSINKI, Finland – Having recently stated, “We expect to ship about 35 million GPS-enabled Nokia devices in 2008, which is equal to the entire GPS device market in 2007,” Nokia CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, paints a picture of GPS as standard. But the significance of this goes way beyond just personal navigation. Having GPS so interwoven into our mobile lives, paired with the rapid increase of faster data connections, encourages a brave new world of location-based interaction, enabling us to effortlessly mine our surroundings for information consciously and unconsciously.
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