At Nokia Connection ‘09, the Philippine delegation took part in the Ovi Race, which was basically the easiest way to allow the media to experience the GPS and Maps functionality of Ovi. This photo was taken at the Singapore Merlion where the team had to do a creative pose. The more creative the direction, the more points you’d get. So this is us taking a water break.
We had to upload the photo to the Share on Ovi site using the built in widgets on the two Nokia phones issued to us, the N97 and N86.
Photo taken by our …read more

Nip it in the bud is the best thing a corporation can do. Nip it in the bud and blog about it. Nokia’s Ambassador Program is making a lot of waves with good feedback. But amidst this are half baked ambassador experiences that were made just to earn reward points.

The Bad news: We’ve found an instance of plagiarism in the reports. One of our Ambassadors pointed it out to us in an e-mail message. We looked into it with the legal team, and we’re sorry to say that we’ve confirmed that one Ambassador has copied another’s text …read more

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In this issue of FlashBack Friday, we look back one year ago to the launch of the Nokia N95.
A year ago I wrote the following about the Nokia N95:

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As a cellphone geek who’s been traveling around the neighboring Asian countryside I’ve developed an eccentricity to never put my phone on roaming. Instead I’d always buy a “souvenir” SIM card from each country (Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia) and put it on my open-line phone. I dunno, it seems more rustic that way.
In my travels (heh, always wanted to say that), the common denominator with phone brands would always seem to be the Nokias and Samsungs topping the charts. Developing countries also have a fascination for the cheaper “Bird” branded …read more

Months ago, LG launched the cheapest 3G phone. Last week, Motorola launched the cheapest music phone. We’ve also seen a relatively cheap mobile TV phone as well. For smartphones we have the Palm Centro.
So, any thoughts on the next cheapest technology? I’d personally want the cheapest BlackBerry device with WiFi.

We’ve had a lot fo sexy names for phones in the past two years – Motorola’s four letter branding of the RAZR, ROKR, RIZR, PEBL, the iconic iPhone. the Treo, the “Chocolate” …. well the list goes on. We’ve also had some really crappy names like the Viewty. But oh well.
I’m giving away three copies of any mobile platform game from eSoft Interactive for the top three names you can give for the new “next gen” cellphone or smartphone.
Here are the mechanics:
All you need to do is leave a comment with your entry – a catchy name which you …read more

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First off, Happy Valentines’ Day to my readers. Yeah yeah, I’m not really one to celebrate because of how commercialized it gets. You can obviously tell that part of the commercialization is manifested in the rise of pink-ed mobile phones:
The Pink LG Venus
Pink BlackBerry Pearl
Pink and Purple K770i
Well and good. I’d like to shy away from gadgets first and talk about sharing your most creative way of affirming your love with your special someone. From something as simple as a SMS message …read more

A step up from the Nokia N95, the N96 comes packed with more memory that makes the N95 8GB look half as good. The N96 comes packed with 16GB of internal memory. One of the complaints from the N95 8GB was that the 3.5mm socket was located in an odd place. The new N96 fixes this problem by putting the socket on the top of the unit. Another huge plus is a stand which you can kick out to make the N96 hold itself upright when you’re watching those long movies. Cool.
So what was the 8GB N95 all about? I …read more

… and Motorola’s was rather funky in script. Neatorama has an interesting find identifying the evolution of tech brand logos. It’s interesting to note that Motorola has always been in the technology industry – radios to be specific. And Nokia had its roots in the manufacturing industry. Nokia still makes its tires I assume from where they originate.
Interesting to note as well that the rumor of Motorola’s leaving the phone industry is a backlash into their corporate competence while Nokia is still at the forefront of phones. Irony, really.