STUTTGART, Germany – With countdown to Nokia World 09 in full swing, and our excitement barometers bubbling over, it’s time to shine a light on the keynote speakers that will be gripping the podium on 2-3 September.

Read on for highlights of who’s talking about what at Nokia World 09, and why we’re fired up to hear what they have to say.

Nokia Annual General Meeting 2009 highlights – competitors, new products, 5800 fever and more

HELSINKI, Finland – Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo laid out the vision for Nokia going forward at the Nokia Annual General Meeting 2009. It’s clear that this is going to be a year unlike any other, and promises to be extremely exciting for mobile users as well as Nokia as a whole.

Read on for highlights of OPK’s vision for Nokia on the road ahead, including news of collaborations with competitors, taking smartphone talents into new product categories, Nokia’s aim to offer you irresistible solutions, news that the Nokia 5800 could become Nokia’s biggest device ever, and more.
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Nokia World 09 sets up camp in Stuttgart on September 2-3

STUTTGART, Germany – Nokia World 09 has just appeared on the events radar, and it’s closer than you might expect. This year Nokia World is pitching its tent in the Messe Stuttgart congress centre at the tail-end of Summer, running between September 2-3.

Click through to get the full lowdown on Nokia’s biggest event of 2009.
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Nokia internet services gets another rocket strapped to its back

ESPOO, Finland – It’s no secret that Nokia is swiftly evolving its internet and location based services, built on the original vision set out by CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo back in May of last year. So today sees Nokia stoke that engine for an extra performance boost with news that it’s acquiring Bit-side GmbH, a cutting-edge mobile software and services outfit that promises to help propel Nokia’s context-aware services, including Nokia Maps, to the next level. And fast.

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Best of 2008 in Our Business – Internet services

GLOBAL – It’s been a milestone year in Nokia’s evolution with CEO and President, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, announcing a fresh direction for Nokia that has already seen it beginning to move from being a handset company to an Internet services company.

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The dawn of the fourth screen

BOSTON, USA – The other day when Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo was addressing the Chief Executives Club of Boston one of his topics was the technology being developed and implemented for developing markets. Although it could hardly be called a rant, one of his key points was how “the impact that the mobile phone is having on the quality of life in poorer parts of the world is often overlooked”. He even highlighted the development of other, sometimes more impressive technology, even mentioning other companies, and how Nokia’s work in developing countries goes pretty much unnoticed in technology blogs (heh, not this one!). Hence my question at the end of the story about mobile email, and how many people might actually see it’s significance (thankfully, a few of you did).

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Nokia ups the innovation stakes

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.

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New Nokia navigator pinpoints India

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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Nokia merges multiple personalities

INTERNATIONAL – No, this isn’t quack psychology, but rather news of Nokia’s new roll-out of a universal login across its multiple Internet services. Simply called Nokia Account, this is one of those subtle changes that will evolve and expand over time, stretching from the likes of Ovi to N-Gage and beyond, but more significant is what it means for us as users and looking forwards.