Nokia? How do you spell it?
Day 1:
So here I was, live at CES in Las Vegas! Was so glad to get the bloggers badge in the morning. This is the greatest tech show on the planet, so many companies unveiling their products! However, first thing I was looking for Nokia booths, and it took me 1,5 hours just to realise they don’t have a big one, just a small Qt booth with AT&T.
I was asking the CES staff where to find Nokia, and they were like,’
“Nokia? How do you spell it?”
I was like “Really? No one knows the largest mobile manufacturer in the world?”
I ended up showing them my Nokia so that they could see how it is spelled!!
Anyway, later on people told me this year Nokia didn’t do any big booths, like Motorola or Microsoft or Intel. I did go to their meeting room, and saw a woman having a green Nokia N8. I think this is definitely big mistake of Nokia. Being here in the US and not promoting itself on such a big tech event? Maybe we’ll see it next year when MeeGo is going to be finally out?
Day 2:
Today I finally found a booth of Nokia, but they didn’t let me in, saying it’s for developers familiar with Qt only. They weren’t nice. I saw couple other people using N8s, but overall Nokia doesn’t have really good image here at CES. Not everyone even knows that such a company exists.
I stopped by Intel booth and there was a MeeGo section, they were showing off MeTab tablet, and talking about MeeGo OS in general, emphasizing that its much better than Android, and its openness. They had Atom-based netbook with MeeGo 1.1. They said all Intel’s AppUp apps will work on MeeGo. Overall they were all very optimistic about MeeGo, so let’s see what’s Nokia is cooking up right now, maybe that’s why they didn’t have a proper booth this year.
I checked out other cool phones from Motorola, HTC, Samsung, LG, etc, but almost all of them are tied to the Big Four carriers here in the USA, which is not useful for people who like unlocked phones, switching SIM cards often.
At the Gorilla Glass both they had Nokia N8 as one of the examples where Gorilla Glass is used, along with other phones, notebook displays and TV panels.
What interested you about this year’s CES? Fingers crossed for MWC and something interesting from Nokia.
MeeGo netbook - very high res
Motorola Atrix was the phone that impressed me the most among the upcoming dual core handsets. Although I am not so thrilled about an android phone, it was so different from all others in its offerings. If MeeGo isn’t ‘awesome’ when it is launched, i will definitely consider the Atrix. Watching it hooked up to a laptop and a monitor and doing all that stuff you would experience from a desktop with such an ease was a delight. I recommend you check out the demonstration of this at engadget.
Motorola Atrix 4G is a scam. It is not 4G, Atrix is a 3G phone. And a real Notebook has much better performance than a Atrix in a dock. The dock is a completely unnecessary product. Even a cheap Netbook has more performance than a Atrix
Not trying to be a fanboy (I don’t like motorola anyway) but I personally do like the concept of a netbook with phone dock. Because not all user have an unlimited plan and sync their phone with the computer all the time so if you can dock your phone into a netbook, it will eliminate the need of sync.
From what you type, I think you hate motorola a lot?
No I do not hate motorola. But I do not like the name they have sat on the Atrix, it makes people think that there is a 4G phone though it is a 3G phone.
its not a netbook with a phone dock though since the netbook doesnt work unless you dock your phone to it
i was just looking at the Atrix aside from its cpu/ram features
i dont get the appeal we can already hook our phones up to monitors and keyboards and do the same thing
the only nice thing about the Atrix is the processors/ram allow it to run smoother
side note… im getting tired of .mkv files not working on my n8 -_-
Atrix 4g was the show stealer IMO. Motorola did the unbelievable unexpectedly. And thats what makes me feel insecure about Nokia coz they’ve beentalking big about MeeGo and such but haven’t delivered anything yet. Motorola didn’t even talk about anything and they came up with the most powerful phone at CES. NOW is the time to step up the game. If Nokia fails to deliver at the right time, and with a HUGE HUUUUGE bang, then I don’t see how they will be able to compete well in this extremely fast-evolving industry
That’s exactly what makes this such a great surprise…It was like a bam…Moto didn’t indulge in any sort of controlled leaks or any other thing of the sort and simply announced a phone that can turn into a fairly functional netbook, media centre(through their entertainment feature) and run windows through an online server..and it is just not the features but also the way they have implemented it all to provide a continuous experience…It completely blows my mind…I considered Moto to be a dying brand but now I think it will lead the android bandwagon this year taking away the reins from htc(which keeps making phones more and more ugly) and samsung (who appear to have missed the boat on dual core powered handsets).
That said. I seriously hope meego offers such a continuous experience. May be taking the USB otg feature to a new level. Not sure what is might be but would love it to be as powerful as the Atrix. My next purchase will be in december 2011 and i badly want to fast forward and see what nokia is gonna do. CES has really made me restless. thanks to the hilarious engadget showcasts atleast i am not missing a break in the weekly manga and anime(you’d understand if you watched one piece, naruto, bleach etc.)
Definitely not convincing from Nokia side. But think it as tit for tat.. You dont give us a dammn.. we dont give you dammm… you will run in queue to buy us
just like i said.
nothing what we want to see or hear that nokia bring into ces.
just like nothing that we dont want to see on other phone maker on ces.
we want to see s3 update ui, meego, qt based ui, and other thing we hope to see.
so, come on nokia!
bring it on!
how do u spell it?
so bad to nokia.
damn it
Gee. I wonder why bloggers dismiss Nokia(unfairly). They once again show that they are their own worst enemy when it comes to the US.
We already know that Nokia will be giving us a dual core phone later on in the year so let’s just hope for the best and see what the Mobile World Congress bring us.
Honestly with all of Nokia’s talk to make a bigger impact in North America they need to invest in CES from now on to show what they have to offer and show the North Americans what great hardware is all about.
But i cant help feeling one of Nokia problems is that they feel like no matter what they do in North America they get burnt.
You only have to look at the rating some so called tech blogs gave the N8 (hell gizcrapo refused to review it ?)
or how the hole Nokia world thing went down ( HTC come sounding great , while nokia get made out to be the bad guy).
to understand American people using smart phones
Please check Links
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=product+testing+institute&aq=0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9qN2gPoJS4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2AP3VMAkpA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hsov0jRvrU
By seeing this videos I can say Nokia Can’t be successful in US