Nokia Asha Launch Nokia House (internal for Nokia Staff) with snaking conga, dancing Blanca Juti and Asha Touch Cakes!
I was told that normally, during a launch of new devices, emails would be sent out to the staff. To do something different, during lunch, there was a Nokia Asha Party, including conga line and some excited latin dancing.
Do you remember Blanca Juti at Nokia World 2011? She introduced the Asha series with an excited, energetic little dance on the stage. It seems that wasn’t just a one off. At the start of the day Blanca and her team were on the front doors of Nokia with flyers and stickers and hugs and excited greetings to let them know that something’s going to happen around lunch time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0oi9WysYSo&feature=youtu.be
This was not a blogger/media event, but something nice for the Nokia staff.
This conga line Nokia snaked around the cafeteria (as can be seen in the video) finally ending in a collective dance in the middle.
PureView!
Intense war face on Blanca as she stirs up the crowd for Asha Touch
Explosive Nokia Confetti
Unveilling of the Nokia Asha Touch tuk-tuk, with a video screen and the new Asha handsets inside
There was even some Asha Touch Cakes (sooo delicious!).
Yummy!
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Really nice
superb!!
Hi Jay,
Would like to see you in one pic, at least.
Thanks.!
Nice
As I suggested Nokia four years ago, better late then never…
It is the N9 in different skin.
Sorry but it isn’t. this is no where near an N9 except for the home screen swipe flow..
that looks like loads of fun, good stuff
quiet in line with the old saying ‘playing the violin when the kingdom is burning’
Btw where is elop in this video
Elop only spends one week per month at Nokia HQ in Espoo. So he must have been in Seattle when Nokia celebrated the launch of Asha touch phones.
He used to travel a lot to Canada when he was at Macromedia(later Adobe) and Juniper Networks. Here is a link: http://www.siliconbeat.com/2008/01/11/microsoft-beware-stephen-elop-is-a-flight-risk/
Not sure if he still does that..
Correction. Elop spends only one-third of each month in Helsinki.
Yep he still does that.
If you follow him on twitter, his pretty much 24/7 travelling around the world.
Like any other CEO of global company like Nokia.
Looking at this Twitter he hasn’t acknowledged or doesn’t care that Nokia has released Nokia Asha touch phones.
+1
So because Nokia is doing bad, the normal workers should be in dark rooms slitting their wrists? C’mon.
I bet the grass at Nokia cut themselves since they are doing so bad.
Seems really fun to work there. Nice to know how internal operations are in Nokia.
Damn, I still think she is kinda hot.. yeah I know.
Good fun, although I can as a Finn guess that quite a few people felt ackward dancing sober in front of their peers.
Who says they’re sober?
LOL
Nobody in a large group like that is falling over so I must assume they are sober.
You of all people should know that Finns can handle their alcohol… Years and years of training
Great stuff. Blanca Juti was really fun at Nokia World.
wow they are wearing 3/4 trousers to office cool.
There is a nice phone featured on the second image below the video
The Unicorn N9?? Can’t really make out if it indeed is N9..
Looks like a white Lumia 800 (or 900) phone if you ask me.
Judging by the screen (full-screen video with overlay buttons), tho a higher res image would be appreciated, it most certainly ain’t a WP. And judging by the sharp edges, unless it’s an optical illusion, it ain’t the 808PV either.
Wahaa!! So much goes on inside Nokia. Really Awesome!!
Hey there Nokia dont forget some more folds/flips please sick of these damn smart phones.
If they dance that much for low(er) end phones, I’d like to see the 808 launch dance
Looks like they’re having fun
The fact that it was all internal and not a PR stunt shows it’s not all doom and gloom with the people in the company.
I think the Asha series has real potential in developing markets like India, Latin America, Africa, Southeast Asia and China. They’re pretty cheap for what they bring to the smartphone table.
Mummy! mummy! Jay ate the camera!!!!
Wow. Are most Finns really tall? Judging from the video.