Posted on Wednesday, 2nd September 2009 by Kash
Nokia President Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo declared today that a new Nokia was being built and more importantly, that they were on attack mode and not defence mode.
The tough talk was backed by actions as Nokia unveiled a series of devices that underline the direction they have chosen. The new flagship device is no longer built on Symbian. The N900 is based on Maemo. Anssi Vanjoki, Executive Vice President, whonalso delivered a keynote address said that the N900 was a 4th generation mobile device starting from the Internet tablets that they built earlier. The 5th generation which will come later would be – according to Nokia – the future of computers. As it is, the N900 is pretty much that.
Nokia also unveiled formally the N97 Mini, the Booklet 3G and two music devices, the X6 and X3. Both music devices will come with the Nokia Comes With Music service.
Key points from the 2 keynotes delivered by Nokia today • All these devices are natural next steps for Nokia • No more vapour announcements any service announced at Nokia World will be available within 48 hours
• The new Nokia is all about openness
• It recognized that change was coming and moved to address the changing environment some time ago. Mistakes were made but Nokia is confident that it is on the right path.
• Nokia will address all segments with devices and services. It was not interested in just having one device for the elite. • For social networking, the future is location aware services. Users can now share not only updates but also their location using Nokia Maps on Facebook.
Olli-Pekka pointed out that critics may say that Nokia is not competitive but the numbers say otherwise. Going forward he said that Nokia would be even more successful once its strategy was fully in place
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September 25th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
So, the important question is – when will the N900 be available in Malaysia?!