At Nokia World, along with the announcement of the N97, Nokia is promoting a new product called Nokia Messaging. We’ve had Nokia Chat and Nokia Email for some time, but Nokia Messaging is the culmination of these technologies that bring together mobile email, personal information management (PIM), and instant messaging. A very huge announcement: You…
Nokia today announced it’s newest NSeries handset – the Nokia N97. This new offering from Nokia will feature a beautiful 3.5″ touch display combined with a tilt-out full QWERTY keyboard and will run the newest version of Symbian S60. The new handset from the Finnish mobile phone giant is being called the first “true mobile…
I’m in the Portland Airport, en route to Barcelona, Spain for Nokia World 2008. I’m not quite sure what to expect from this event as I’ve been told it’s not necessarily a trade show but more an update for business partners and journalists to see what the company has been up to. I’m very excited…
Today I got a call from a random lady who was on my blog reading about mobile handsets, mobile VoIP, and other topics I constantly cover. The caller was calling from Austin and is very frustrated with the state of the mobile phone industry. She told me that because she works in the energy industry,…
Nokia, the current leader in global smartphone sales, is looking to step up advertising for their Nseries brand of multi-media computers. As a result, the Finnish mobile handset giant will invest $150 Million to get the word out about these connected Nseries life devices. On a local note, Wieden & Kennedy, a local Portland-based adversing…
Ever use BrightKite, Shizzow, Fire Eagle, trying to find out where your friends are and how you can meet up with them, only to feel a little let down with the quality of these applications? Personally, I’ve always longed for a Twitter-like map view that gave me presence information on where my friends are and…
Introduction I have tried a few Nokia NSeries phones and I have been impressed thus far. With that, Nokia’s Blogger Relations Program recently included me in a trial of the Nokia E71, the Finnish mobile handset maker’s follow up to their extremely popular E61 and E61i handsets. For my thoughts on the E61i, see my…
Editor’s Note: This post is the first in a two-part series based on: 1) The African mobile marketplace and how Africans utilize their mobile phones and 2) how organizations are using social marketing to reach this highly mobile population for social change. The series is based on a conversation I had with Gustav Praekelt, a…
Editor’s Note: This post is the first in a two-part series about 1) the African mobile marketplace and how Africans utilize their mobile phones; and 2) how organizations are using social marketing to reach this highly mobile population for social change. The series is based on a conversation I had with Gustav Praekelt, a mobile…
Today is the day Nokia is announcing a hotly anticipated touch phone to their lineup. The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic takes advantage of the benefits of touch to help consumers connect with their music. Featuring a “Media Bar”, the XpressMusic gives users fast access to on-board music and the Nokia Music Store. Nokia is stressing that…