Nokia World 2010 Update

15 September 2010

Nokia World brings to life Nokia’s vision of a world where connecting everyone to what matters helps them make the most of every moment. The way in which Nokia assists in connecting people is at the heart of Nokia World. The Nokia community comes together to explore new opportunities as the convergence of telecoms, computing and the internet accelerates.

People from all over the world gathered in London at the Docklands for Nokia World 2010. This year we saw operators, developers, media, retailers, service providers, music and content houses, games publishers, technology companies, analysts and bloggers talk about how innovation and openness can make great things happen in conjunction with the Nokia Developer Summit.

 

Announcements from Nokia World Day 1:

Nokia announces powerful family of smartphones and Ovi services at Nokia World showcase; vision of location-based future brought to life

At Nokia World, the destination for people passionate about mobility, Nokia announced a family of smartphones powered by the all new Symbian platform which brings significant enhancements in speed and ease of use. The new devices, which are tightly integrated with enhanced Ovi services and apps, reinforce Nokia's vision of a mobile industry that is increasingly being defined by socially connected, location-based devices and experiences.  

"Today our fight back to smartphone leadership shifts into high gear," said Niklas Savander, Executive Vice President, Markets, Nokia. "Despite new competition, Symbian remains the most widely used smartphone platform in the world.  Our new family of smartphones introduced today feature the all-new Symbian OS, rewritten to be faster, easier to use, more efficient and more developer friendly."

Three new smartphones, Nokia E7, Nokia C7 and Nokia C6, which join the previously announced Nokia N8 to form a family of Symbian^3 products. The latest version of the Symbian platform brings more than 250 new features and improvements and retains the familiarity enjoyed by millions of smartphone users worldwide. The new family of Symbian smartphones will include a completely updated Ovi Store experience. The new store experience is driven by a friendlier user interface and a new collections feature to quickly access popular apps and games available now, or soon, such as foursquare, Angry Birds and Need for Speed Shift

For the full article please go to: http://www.nokia.com/press/press-releases/showpressrelease?newsid=1444285

 

As you already know this year’s Nokia World conference was in conjunction with Nokia Developer Summit. The second announcement from Nokia emphasised Nokia’s commitment to developers and developer ecosystems.

Nokia makes it easier, more lucrative for developers to reach the world's largest smartphone family

Nokia unveiled a number of major improvements in developer tools making it simpler, easier and more lucrative for people to build fantastic apps that can reach the world's largest audience of mobile users.

"Our announcements will certainly bring more great apps to Nokia products, especially our new family of Symbian smartphones announced today," said Purnima Kochikar, Vice President for Forum Nokia. "We have made it much simpler, removed obstacles and made it more lucrative for people to build apps for our phones. We believe that this will convince more developers to build apps for the millions of people, in more than 190 countries, that are using the Ovi Store on their Nokia devices."

There are significant enhancements to the Nokia Qt Software Development Kit (SDK) resulting in a 70 percent reduction in the number of lines of code required when developing for the company's family of Symbian smartphones. There are a number of improvements in the Ovi Store user experience including a new look and feel, making it faster and making apps easier to find. The lower barrier of entry and increased monetization opportunities for developers, including free Java and Symbian signing, in-app purchase, improved revenue share, and advanced developer analytics.

For the full article please go to: http://www.nokia.com/press/press-releases/showpressrelease?newsid=1444289

Please watch the web cast of Nokia World 2010 Day 1 for further information: http://bit.ly/bzqu7J 

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Day 2 of Nokia World started with a buzz of announcements. The first linking in with Nokia’s vision is to bring the Internet to every pocket in the world. Continuing with this vision Nokia announced the plan to bridge the digital divide.

Nokia sharpens focus to connect next billion to the Internet

Nokia unveiled a strategy to connect the "next billion" people to the Internet by leveraging its unique capability to provide emerging markets with powerful yet affordable mobile phones and locally relevant Ovi services. Nokia's vision of "Connecting People" beyond telephony was a highlight at the final day of the annual Nokia World event, and complemented yesterday's rollout of a powerful new family of smartphones and updated Ovi services. To demonstrate its commitment to emerging markets, Nokia also updated a portfolio of feature-rich mobile phones and underscored Internet services that cater to a world in which four out of five people are within reach of a cellular signal.

"More people will join the information age using a mobile phone than a PC," said Mary McDowell the Executive Vice President Mobile Phones Unit at Nokia. "With approximately 80 percent of the world's population in reach of a cell tower, it is the mobile phone that will offer the first PC-like experience for many of the next billion people who will come online." McDowell also emphasised that in addition to well-made, well-priced devices, consumers everywhere crave apps that deliver globally and locally relevant content. And they want it quickly, easily and affordably.   

Nokia is responding to higher demand on a number of fronts delivering to the needs of people in growth markets, including the integration of Ovi services.  In addition, Nokia provides wide-scale business opportunities for third-party Series 40 developers. With this announcement Nokia unveiled its second touch and type phone: the Nokia C3 Touch and Type, which combines of a touch screen and traditional phone keypad. The Nokia C3 Touch and Type is an affordable design classic with fast access to messaging and email plus applications and games from the Ovi Store.

For the full article please go to: http://www.nokia.com/press/press-releases/showpressrelease?newsid=1444524

 

Mobile Marketing has become an increasing useful tool for business in the last couple years. With this in mind Nokia announced its plans to bring a mobile marketing service for small businesses in the near future.

Nokia and Intuit form global alliance to create mobile marketing services for small businesses

Intuit and Nokia announced an alliance to develop and deliver an innovative new mobile and web based marketing service for small businesses around the world.

"Small businesses need every advantage to stay ahead of the pack in today's competitive environment," said Alex Lintner, President, Intuit Global Business Division. "We plan to offer them a way to strengthen customer relationships, through targeted communications that increase sales by delivering more customer visits. We're applying the same proven formula we've used with QuickBooks to help small businesses succeed by better serving their customers. We are thrilled to partner with Nokia to bring our respective areas of expertise to bear in developing this revolutionary service."

Addressing one of the leading concerns for the world's estimated 500 million small businesses, the new service will be designed to help them get more business through personalised, relevant offers and marketing messages, in a way unmatched by traditional methods. The first market launch of the service is expected in the fourth quarter of 2010, further details will be made available at that time.

For the full article please go to: http://www.nokia.com/press/press-releases/showpressrelease?newsid=1444530

 

Last year Africa hosted its first Calling All Innovators developer challenge. Aligning with Nokia’s Developer Summit, Nokia announced the winners of the global Calling All Innovators and finalists for the Growth Economy Venture Challenge competitions.

Nokia reveals winners of the global Calling All Innovators and finalists for the Growth Economy Venture Challenge competitions

The winners and finalists chosen from thousands of entries responding to both challenges attended the final conference at Nokia World, At the Nokia Developer Summit. Nokia announced the winners of the global Calling All Innovators contest and the finalists in the Growth Economy Venture Challenge - both with the common goal to create mobile applications, services or solutions intended to save the environment, lift spirits, improve productivity, raise the standard of living within growth economies, and educate and contribute to a healthy lifestyle.  

For its third consecutive year, Nokia challenged developers to demonstrate their creative and innovative side and design mobile applications, widgets, products, or services that make a difference in people's everyday lives and contribute to the economies of developing countries.  In all, 1,500 developers worldwide responded to Nokia's challenges.

The winners of the global Calling All Innovators contest were announced on 15 September 2010 at the 2010 Nokia Developer Summit in London. The winners are as follows:

Eco/Being Green category

• Winner: TripSketch Green Traveler by TripSketch Corp. (United States)
• First Runner-up: RecycleME by John Paul Lozano (Singapore)
• Second Runner-up: Green Plaza by Webdunia.com Pvt. Ltd. (India)

Entertainment category

• Winner:Comics Creator by Nextwave Multimedia Pvt. Ltd. (India)
• First Runner-up: Morpho QuickPanorama by Morpho, Inc. (Japan/United States)
• Second Runner-up: Tudou Mobile by Tudou.com (China)
• Third Runner-up: Angry Birds by Rovio, Ltd. (Finland)

Productivity category

• Winner: BlogRadio by BlogRadio (United States)
  First Runner-up: Ansel-A by Kristopher Kantor (United States)
• Second Runner-up: PlanEasy2D by InfiMatra Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (India)
• Third Runner-up: WakeUp by Roland Michelberger (Hungary)

Life Improvement category

• Winner: eLiteracy by AppCRAFT (South Africa)
• First Runner-up: Car Black Box by Neusoft Mobile Solutions S.R.L. (Romania)
• Second Runner-up: Mobile Babycare by Shenzhen LEG (China)
• Third Runner-up: Medica by IRWAA, LLC (Egypt)

For the full article please go to: http://www.nokia.com/press/press-releases/showpressrelease?newsid=1444659

 

The closing of ceremony of Nokia World resulted in one of the biggest announcements of the conference - the appointment of Stephen Elop as the new CEO for the Nokia Corporation.

Newly appointed Nokia CEO Stephen Elop closes Nokia World 2010

Stephen Elop, Nokia's incoming CEO, closes Nokia World 2010, where the world's leading mobile phone company introduced a new family of Symbian smartphones and improved developer tools. Over the two days, more than 5,000 people including operators, developers, business partners and media from around the world visited Nokia World 2010.

For more information on Nokia World 2010, please visit: http://events.nokia.com/nokiaworld

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