UPDATE: Here are some behind the scenes footage from Nokia Conversations
OMG! It’s finally time for Nokia World 2009! A couple of months ago, Nokia Connect ‘09 was held around the world showcasing the latest from the Ovi store, the E72, XpressMusic 5530 and many more — which were mainly updates from the Asia Pacific area (where I was sent). I’m looking forward to see Nokia’s plans for the global roadmap, as well as their philosophy to world domination through their new netbook line.
If you want to follow blog updates from Nokia Conversations, you can just update this page.
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One week to go before Nokia Connect Singapore. Nokia can sure capture. They usually separate themselves from the rest of the GSM conference to shift focus from other “smaller” booth brands to just them. The media is usually housed all together in hotels with the press conferences / workshops and parties happening in the vicinity.

Last year’s Nokia Connect with the unveiling of the E71 and E66
This will be my third year in a row attending Nokia Connect and its no secret that this year, the launch of the N97 is perhaps the main kicker for the event. I’m also expecting …read more

Hey fellow tech bloggers! Like last year, this blogger is being sent to Nokia Connection 2009 happening this June in Singapore. If there are other tech bloggers / journalists from Malaysia, Australia, Indonesia and Vietnam, it would be nice to get together during the socials. Two years ago, Nokia unveiled their shift towards software and services through the Ovi platform. This year, we’re excited to see what they have to feature.
[Image invite c/o Nikka Abes, Nokia PH]

Hey this guy, Keith Liu funny. He’s the head of Games and Communities Services for Nokia. This is an update on what Nokia has been doing with Ovi, about a year after it was announced. Should be interesting as well.
Timeline follows. Latest entry is at the top.
## Lunch time!
## For pornography and other “questionable items” images can be flagged. Nokia does not monitor or moderate content. The community works to flag images and reports them to Nokia, who, in turn removes them in half an hour to 12 hours.
## Uploading of photos demo. You can comment via website or via …read more

Today is day 2 of Nokia Connection 2008. and the media workshops begin now. I’m going to be doing a running account of the show. The latest updates are posted at the top.
Timeline:

## Discussion of Ovi. Ovi Share included for all Ovi services including N-Gage, music, photos. Q&A follows. Differences between the E66 and E71 is really just about the keypad options but the features are essentially the same.
## Security: Encryption of the Eseries devices in internal memory and with the memory card. “Lock and wipe” feature for SMS. An SMS can be sent via you or your IT …read more

Singapore has been the preferred venue for regional communications conferences such as CommunicAsia. This year is no different with CommunicAsia 2008 currently ongoing. But that’s just one side of the coin. I was lucky enough to have been invited to Nokia’s very own Nokia Connection 2008 and tonight capped Day 1 of the ceremonies. Here’s the rundown:

Two new enterprise phones were announced, Nokia E66 and the Nokia E71 both sporting Intellisync, email functions, HSDPA and WiFi.The main difference is that the E71 comes with a full QWERTY keypad and is ultra-thin while the E66 is a lower end version of …read more

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## Nokia Connect 2008 and CommunicAsia 2008 are happening next week!

Just a quick word out — I’ll be attending Nokia Connect this June 16-18 2008 in Singapore. Sadly though I don’t think I would be able to make it to Communicasia ‘08 as this is just days apart. Nonetheless, if there are any tech journos or bloggers interested in meeting up during the conference, that would be totally cool.
You can leave a comment if you’re going and maybe we can grab a few drinks during the conference.