After the morning keynotes and interviews at Nokia World 2009, I decided to take a quick look round the 'experience lounge' at Nokia World. In the video below you can join me on my first tour round the show floor, where I share my first impressions and analysis. You'll get a feel of the atmosphere on the show floor and there's a quick overview of some of Nokia's new service solutions, the Nokia Booklet 3G, Nokia Internet Stick (CS-18) and some third party software.
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Bloody hell, an epic hit & run trough the show floor!
Loved it.
Enjoyed that a lot, looking forward to Part 2. Good job Rafe.
Wrestle a prototype off some other journalist and your Martin Brundle moment will be complete 😉
Rafe. I'm sure you were purpose built for this kind of video. Honestly, I loved it.
Hmmm skipping over the most important device there was.. N900
The rest is really not that interesting, but i guess i am in that aspect not really the target for nokia (dont use facebook, dont use twitter, dont want to tell everybody where i am and what i do all the time)
I just want a mobile phone that can replace my E90. For calling/messaging and webbrowsing most of the time..
Really nice walk through video Rafe, yeah i wonder how fast you walk past the N900. 😃
Looks like Nokia doesn't want it to be on front page.
He didn't brush past the N900 -- it wasn't any good playing with it on the conference floor. Instead Rafe sat down with one and did a full video hands-on with it. It'll be up soon, I expect.
Notebook 3G thing looks decent, liking the built in GPS and 3G connectivity but the rest looks very sub-par imo.
There's more to come on the N900. I actually wanted to get round the show floor as a whole (not to mention getting at the N900 among the crowds was not easy). In retrospect I would have liked to spend more time with it. However as mentioned above there's a video coming too.
I know it is virtually heresy to say this as a geek, but the overall relevance of the N900 is open to debate. It is a niche product that will have a limited shelf life and limited distribution.
But hey I want an N900 too, so we'll be doing our best to provide you with much more Maemo and N900 coverage soon...
Cheers Rafe looking forward to some new videos then. 😃
You do realise this video makes you look like a Nokia spokesman? Eight minutes and not a single skeptical word; everything was great, or interesting, or exciting.
Still, good effort in spite of that!
Nokia seems to down play the N900.
I know i am not the best person to talk to because if i look around me for a long time many of my friends/family and co workers had 2 phones: E90 or the E71 (like 5 to 6 E90's and 4 to 5 E71's)
Many of them will all upgrade go to the N900 now.
I guess i am around people that all have a specific taste.. Because how many E90 are sold compared to other Nokia phones? I know nokia was surprised that E71 did so well (also under none business public). I didnt find that surprising at all. So i think N900 will again surprise Nokia again big time.
This is after 2 years finally a phone that can match the E90. 2 years!! thats a long time in phone land! And then i do compare also the none Nokia's (until now there was only one: HTC Touch Pro 2, but that has the wrong OS)
If you want to buy nokia.. tell me why would i buy another high end phone (one that really cost money) like N97 (mini) if you have the N900??
Ok if you want a cheap phone this is nothing for you, but a bit more expensive? only 1 choice in my eyes
Thats right they are downplaying with N900.
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It wasn't the intention to come across as a Nokia's spokesperson, but given the brevity there was a lot of description. I'd also point out that just because something is interesting its not necessairly good.
With nearly everything in this, the idea is interesting, and/or has promise. But the implementation is something else entirely and not something you can judge immediately. For example a new unified Ovi (PC) Suite is the way to go, but the implementation needs to be very good.
brilliant i love it the guys a legend he does remind me of Tory boy off of the Harry Enfield tv program from years ago.
Rafe, you are one of, if not THE best, commentators on this subject. EXCELLENT presentation and summation of the showroom floor. Bravo!
Looking forward to Part 2.
very nice vid raffe , you done very well and it was intresting to watch as another user has said i think youre made for these clips 😊
credits to the camera man as well 😊 nice piece
ive posted over at nokia users hope you dont mind
I saw a few of the telecommunication shops in my country has started for pre-booking on Booklet 3G for RM2899(our local currency) and the exchange rate is 1 Euro = RM5.5
Bloody expensive for a booklet IMHO.
Nice one, Rafe. Just the right pace and level of detail.
I agree with others...Rafe is great at this style of reporting. I hope to see more of this kind of thing in the future.
Now for part 2...
Rafe, you are such a delightful dichotomy.. In the videos you are this young eager puppy like Harry Potter in a suit and a microphone instead of a wand... Yet in the podcasts you come across as... Well, somewhat older. What age group are you in or are you, as I suspect, beyond time and age? 😊