LONDON, England – It’s been an agonizing wait for many, but this morning the new Nokia N97 flagship smartphone has finally touched down on UK soil, aptly going on sale at the flagship store in London. It’s in good company too, with the new Nokia N86 also debuting in the UK today.
The folk over at the Nokia flagship store are tweeting the launch direct from the store, so you can follow it here. Read on for more details surrounding the launch.
GLOBAL – This Friday sees the Nokia N97 officially touchdown on UK soil, so in the run-up to its launch we thought we’d highlight a smart new video showcasing its widget-savvy homescreen.
Tomorrow, we’ll be posting a video that focusses on the Facebook app in action on N97, following up with a separate video on Friday featuring an interesting chat we had with the designers behind the new Nokia N97 homescreen.
In the meantime, click through to watch this short close-up clip of the new N97 homescreen doing its thing.
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.
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.
GLOBAL – It’s only a little over a week since the doors to Mobile World Congress were officially shut for another year, the scene of a bunch of exciting new Nokia products and services for 2009.
We ran a poll to ask you to vote for your favourite announcement. Hundreds of you got involved, so a huge thanks for getting stuck in, and now the votes have been counted. Click through to find out what won, and what Nokia products and services you and your fellow Conversations readers are most excited about for 2009. Drumroll please…
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