my Helsinki, finland slideshow from Nokia OpenLab08

Nokia’s WidSets free downloadable, standalone widgets

A tip from my friends at Nokia... Nokia now offers free downloadable, standalone widgets enabled by Web Runtime Technology (WRT) for the latest S60-based devices. The new widgets are available on widgets.nokia.mobi.

Some of the features:

WRT makes it easy for anyone with Web development and design skills to create mobile applications. Developers can port desktop widgets to WRT with very little effort — using existing authoring tools.

WRT supports standard Web technologies (html, Ajax, JavaScript, etc.), which opens up a whole new range of possibilities for social networking and location based services.

The new Nokia WRT widgets use the same service back-end as Nokia’s WidSets mobile widget community to optimize content for mobile environments, so the operations end of the equation is taken care of.

See widgets.nokia.mobi and test for yourself

Nokia World 2007 Video from Amsterdam

Just realized that I never shared my Nokia World video montage from Amsterdam last December... enjoy

Nokia releases Nokia Maps 2.0 - Drive, Walk, Discover

Finally out of Beta, Nokia Maps 2 is here. Updates include enhanced pedestrian navigation, new satellite images and support for integrated compass orientation. Nokia Maps 2.0 has improved its optional Car Navigation, enhanced its pedestrian navigation, added multimedia city guides, now offers satellite images, and is sporting a redesigned user interface. Nokia's mapping and navigation solutions give people navigation features, local content and world maps directly on their mobile device, in a way that only connected devices can. The tagline from Nokia... Drive, Walk, Discover... see http://www.maps.nokia.com

The Nokia PC Suite Survey

Here's your chance to tell Nokia what you like or don't like about PC Suite... see survey on Nokia.com

Nokia's MOSH gets a new look

Been to MOSH lately? If not you'll notice a new look next time you go there. The site is reoganized slightly and the experience when you browse and upload is slightly different. Most notable is the seek visibility... you can seek for items based on name, title, tags etc... so for example, seek "maps" and whenever new content gets posted that meets your criteria you'll be notified. Or, if you upload something you'll then be notified of people that are seeking what you just uploaded.. quite intelligent really. See http://mosh.nokia.com/user/gisuser

The Nokia World Video - 7 minutes in Amsterdam!

A video montage showing many of the images captured at Nokia World 2007 in Amsterdam... enjoy the 7 minutes and twelve seconds.

Nokia World 2007 By The The Numbers

Interesting Numbers from Nokia World 2007

one quarter (1/4) - Recent research findings by Nokia have shown that within 5 years time more than one quarter of all consumed media will be created within the mobile user community where it is then distributed, shared, edited within the user community – think collaborative, social media.

1 - #1... One place to connect, manage, and share... OVI!

2.0 - Access your services and relationships.. Leading web2.0 serice providers are taking part in ovi.. youtube, flickr, facebook…

4 - Enter the 4th screen

5 - Nokia currently has 5 devices shipping with integrated GPS

10 - Nokia has plans in 2008 to add 10 new GPS-enabled devices

25 - Nokia predicts 25% of entertainment by 2012 will be created and consumed within peer communities

31 - WLAN users - 31%

39 - Nokia enjoys a 39% market share

54 - Nokia's new green packaging uses 54% less materials

57 - some 57% of those reserached by CitiBank are interested in mobile payment - 50% of users would consider switching carriers in order to have access to this service.

60 - s60 is THE power-user and platform

66 - there are now 66 S60 devices that have shipped

81 - 81% of users polled use their phone for web browsing

85 - some 85% of the materials in new "green" phones like the 3110 evolve can be reclaimed.

1000 - new mobile users per minute!

1000 - Internet radio is to be integrated into a seamless experience – with more than 1000 radio stations available to users

3000 - More than 3000 registered attendees in Amsterdam taking in Nokia World 2007... this up from 40 attendees of the first event.

3310.. part of the essentials segment.. has all the functionality people need but also made responsible with recycled material… more green devices will come as well.

9,000 - research took place between July and September 2007. 9,000 consumers, who are active users of technology and own a mobile device [not restricted to Nokia] aged 16-35 were questioned. Of the 9,000 consumers we surveyed:
- 23% buy movies in digital format
- 35% buy music on MP3 files
- 25% buy music on mobile devices
- 39% watch TV on the internet
- 23% watch TV on mobile devices
- 46% regularly use IM, 37% on a mobile device
- 29% regularly blog
- 28% regularly access social networking sites
- 22% connect using technologies such as Skype
- 17% take part in Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games
- 17% upload to the internet from a mobile device

10,000 - Viewright streaming mobile video application, runner up in Open C challenge involved 10,000 lines of code written in 3 months time by Steve Delaney, Carlsbad, CA

37,000 - if 100 million mobile device users switched to energy efficient models, the energy savings could power some 37,000 homes!

Millions - Nokia Comes With Music. This is not a streaming service but all the songs are there for users. Too good to be true!! Millions of songs available to all users any time any place!

5,000,000 - more than 5 million apps are downloaded per month via Nokia content download

100,000,000 - Anticipating what’s next from the users… recall 2001 in Barcelona... since then more than 100 million devices shipped.

200,000,000 - a key milestone was recently reached as the number of feature-rich “power” device users (aka. The S60 segment) surpassed the 200 million mark.

More out of Nokia World here

The Green Nokia - Nokia Evolving for a more sustainable future

Nokia is a Global leader in their market, no questioning that. So, perhaps their move to make "greener" more environmentally sound decisions in their business processes will spread to others... indeed they are a good role model for action. I have to say that one aspect of the Nokia World event that took me a bit by surprise was the company’s vision for a greener future and their commitment to deliver eco-friendly products and sustainable solutions… very impressive in my mind! Charting a new course – expect a Nokia that will take more risks to help shape the future of mobile communications.

Enter the Green device – Nokia 3110 Evolve

True testament to Nokia’s commitment to a sustainable World comes with the launch of a new, eco-friendly device – the Nokia 3110 Evolve. The device is made from 50% renewable material, and delivered in a smaller package made from recycled materials – indeed the dawn of a new era for the company. We were told that if 100 million mobile device users switched to energy efficient models, the energy savings could power some 37,000 homes! Some features of the 3110:
- sustainable and stylish
- natural tones and contrasting material finishes
- covers made from unpainted bio-sourced materials
- smaller packaging
- energy efficient charger, using 94% less energy than the standard charger.

Power efficient chargers will ship with new devices.


Made from recylcable materials and shipping in eco-friendly packages!

Nokia World from your armchair!

Obviously it was way more fun actually going to Amsterdam and seeing this in person, however, if you couldn't make it here are the Nokia videocasts from Nokia World 2007 in Amsterdam.. enjoy! For images from Nokia World see here

Cool networking from Nokia World - Amsterdam

Kudos to the crew promoting Nokia World - taking place in Amsterdam the first week of November. They've created several groups that will enable attendees to connect... they have the Nokia World Facebook group, LinkedIn group, flickr group and others... nice job!

Of interest:
Nokia World Facebook
Nokia World Group on LinkedIn
Nokia World Flickr