Since Nokia World, there has been a lot of positive buzz and discussion around Nokia’s operating systems. However, in the past couple of days, there have been some speculative stories about Nokia’s operator customization strategy for Maemo. Many reports have erroneously suggested that Nokia will not support operator customization for Maemo devices – a fact that is simply incorrect.
Perhaps a bit of background is needed here.
BOSTON, USA – Nokia World 2009 is just around the corner. As the biggest Nokia event of the year, Nokia World has reflected the evolution of products and thinking at Nokia. So, we did some digging into the origins of Nokia World to see what was said (or not) over the years.
We found out that Nokia World has been around for a while (next week is the 14th), and the event always packs a wallop in terms of what gets put on display there. It has been the main venue to announce some big things for the company (we list a few). Even from its modest first event, the goal was to bring interested folks together to talk about new Nokia products that would (it was expected) shake the industry. But, as we discuss below, not all the big announcements happen at Nokia World.
BOSTON, USA – A scan of the web keeps not only revealing new apps coming to Ovi Store (Shazam is one of the more recent biggies), but that whole new markets are showing up. Inside I have three sets of apps recently added to the Ovi Store that suggest that a nice range of choices is starting to evolve and emerge out of the pool.
I’ll then wrap up this post with a new Nokia tips and tricks site and a bonus – gripes.
BOSTON, USA – One thing every company in the world believes that what they do is the greatest and the whole world wants them. There’s nothing wrong with that. Indeed, companies pop up to meet a gap in the market, or to try to make something better than the incumbent. Just look at the number of mobile phones and manufacturers out there.
But I think there are times when you can have a great product, offer it the way the market demands you to offer it, and then nothing happens. It’s like building the best mouse trap and no one beats a path to your door. Or, more often, you take the time and effort to create something and folks use it in ways you never expected. Sometimes that’s a delight, like SMS, and sometimes it’s an embarrassment, like, well, read on below.
NEW YORK, USA – Co-creation is one of those topics that never fails to ignite sparks of enthusiasm here in the Conversations camp. So today’s news that Nokia has partnered with Microsoft to closely collaborate in the creation of innovative software services for Symbian devices marks an exciting evolutionary step for pocket productivity apps.
MONACO, Monte Carlo – Continuing yesterday’s collection of videos from the inaugural Nokia Developer Summit, held last week in Monaco, where James Etheridge got to speak to some interesting industry folks involved in creating the software we all use. Forum Nokia has been increasing its role in software development over the past couple of years and Pekka Pohjakallio talks about what it means to developers, and why publishing software to Ovi Store is a good thing for all involved. He highlights having access to 50 million devices from launch, as being a pretty powerful incentive for developers to get involved.
James also caught up with Benoit Schillings and Thiago Macieira from Qt (pronounced ‘cute’) software about the platform that enables developers to create applications for multiple operating systems, without having to redevelop the software each time. We have the first video with these two today, but we’ll be back Monday with the second as these guys have some interesting stuff to reveal.
Finally, we have David Rivas VP Nokia who looks after software at Nokia. He reveals some interesting stuff, including Nokia’s background in software, why it’s important, what’s happening with Symbian and most interestingly his prediction that Symbian will soon support multiple processors. Enjoy the show(s) after the jump!
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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