GLOBAL – Reading an interview with Nokia CEO OPK in India’s Economic Times, a few lines just struck me. Talking about the evolution of the mobile handset, OPK shines a light on the competition for mobile devices – in essence, saying there isn’t any. Specifically, OPK says “I don’t think that it’s the mobile device versus anything else. It’s a question about the convergence space where a lot of opportunities will arise.” Now, I’m not going to read into what OPK is saying here particularly as he’s talking in a much wider business context, but instead I’d like to use it as a base point to think about what it means from a consumer point of view.
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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.
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SAN DIEGO, USA – Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal interviewed Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo at this year’s All Things Digital conference which is taking place in San Diego this week. “That’s pretty cool” was Walt’s response after being treated to a demo of the Nokia N97. Of course, OPK agreed. But it wasn’t just about the N97, as you’ll see in the video, the discussion covers a wide range of topics relating to Nokia’s current and future plans.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil -The Nokia 5800, with Comes With Music close in tow, has grown into something bigger than perhaps anyone could imagine it would have become, with already over 3 million sold (and could possibly become the most popular device in Nokia’s history as OPK explained last week). Today marks another milestone, as the 5800 Comes With Music has now officially set foot of the sandy shores of Brazil.
We took stock of the achievements of Comes With Music last month (read more), a service that has become inextricably linked to the poster-child 5800 (though by no means exclusively, with CWM available on the N95 8GB and other XpressMusic devices). And it’s no secret that here on Conversations we’re fans of the service, so we’re really pleased to see it hit the home of samba – both Charlie and I are half Brazilian, which sort of makes the Conversations team a quarter Brazilian! But I digress. Read on to find out more about the 5800 Comes With Music in Brazil, along with details of how you can get hold of it and full details on the local Brazilian record labels that are now available via Comes With Music.
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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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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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LONDON, England – That was OPK’s description of the N97 when he was interviewed by the TimesOnline’s Lilly Peel, which was published today. The interview appeared in the Business section’s Movers & Shakers column, with the punchy title “Far from Silicon Valley comes challenge to Google and Microsoft”. It’s a nice piece, focussing a lot on Nokia’s move to being more like an Internet business. But it does reveal a few titbits about OPK which were news to me, and perhaps, news to you.
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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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