You know what happens when we see a video pop on
Nokia Conversations (Nokia's official blog) featuring a senior VP from Nokia's smartphone division? Everything stops -- who knows what might be revealed during an informal, semi-scripted chat. When asked about Nokia's future smartphone technologies and experiences, Jo Harlow, SVP of Smartphones dives right into a discussion of
augmented reality as a means to enhance existing Nokia services like the Ovi Maps experience. She then shifts to an entertainment perspective since "everyone's talking about 3D." As she sees it, there's an opportunity for mobile to be earlier to 3D than typical television development to mobile. That means content, specifically 3D games, which Jo says "could be very, very interesting in terms of enhancing that experience." One can only imagine that what interests Nokia's Senior VP of smartphones will ultimately interest manufacturers on the way to retail. And it's not like Nokia's been shy with its
3D prototypes in the past. Watch the discussion unfold in the video after the break.
posted February 22nd 2010 4:32AM
Go nokia! Go get thone apples and androids! I remember the good (old?) days when eveyone here in Finland had an nokia phone. I hope we get there again ;)
Funny thing is - Nokia is riding on hype, but is unable to create any actual killer products. See the pattern here? When it's about Nokia, it's always "Nokia hints", "Nokia rumors", "Nokia plans".. Hardly ever "Nokia releases".
Wonder who is behind Nokia's hype machine.
@jussipussi
Try to see Nokia as a giant R&D and IP company besides being a software company which sells software on custom built hardware; as in reality.
Does the stuff you hear about make sense to you now?
@jussipussi
Just think about IBM and their history with computers, ain't Nokia the same for mobile devices? You may not see their brand every where but you already use their technology somehow.
@jussipussi
if you actually use their premium devices, they have more to offer than anyone else. Others look cute and have simple interfaces, but none have the total feature set they bring.
What you see from Apple and Android is what Nokia started. They're catching up, but not there yet. Nokia is the leader of this industry. Period. What is big now will always be Nokia was expeimenting with years before
Oh, one more thing - Augmented Reality apps have been available for Apple iPhone and Android devices since late 2008.
@jussipussi
... and on Symbian since 2005.
@xbit Oh really? Would you care to list all the Symbian devices that have had GPS functionality in 2005? How about the names of the Symbian based augmented reality applications that were available then? I've been studying augmented reality since 2002, but have not heard of such Symbian apps. Please enlighten us.
@jussipussi You don't remember external Bluetooth GPS thingies?
@xbit
Mosquitoes was a really fun augmented reality game released in 2005.
@jussipussi If you've been "studying" altered reality since 2005, can you tell me how many apple/android phones were around then?
can you tell me how many symbian phones there were?
can we look at how many gps equipped symbian devices have gone out nokia's door since 2005, vs apple + andoid + winmo?
lol, guess you already have altered reality.
@jussipussi "Would you care to list all the Symbian devices that have had GPS functionality in 2005"
I lol at you thinking that the ONLY way to get GPS is internally.
As if it wasn't embarrassing enough to wear 3d glasses at home, now we have to wear them outside...
Seriously, this is a great oportunity for glasses-free 3d displays. On a cellphone we may only need to have one viewing angle, which could also serve as a privacy feature, since people next to you wouldn't be able to see what you're seeing on your phone.
and nokia too? well, then nokia will use the AR logo combined with symbian? http://www.augmentedrealitylogo.com/
IMHO Nokia should concentrate on hardware and adobt WinMo/Android. They've sucked for operating systems since symbian was introduced, and it's still crap and slow. Moblin/Maemo/Meego is an unnecessary addition to a crowded market.
It's ironic as it was Nokia's quality phone OS that got them to where they are now.
@cashclientel, Symbian was and still is the only mobile OS that supports everything that all the other OSes support and then some more, for a fraction of power consumption. Best bang for the buck so to say.
And only a lunatic would choose Android over Maemo/MeeGo...
@cashclientel yea everyone buying the phones have been agreeing with you too. symbian has only been dominating the market and still, as incognito says, is one of the most efficient os's out there.
3D in a Nokia phone. Can you imagine how buggy that would be?
@Qbancelli, yeah, Bounce Evolution on N900 is so buggy that with 10 heavy applications in the background it still does not get any stutter or dropped frames. Must be a bug, clearly, there is no other explanation why plenty of competitor devices cannot pull such a smooth presentation even without multitasking...
@Qbancelli
yeah, so buggy that Bounce on the N900 works so seamlessly.
so......
If I have to watch someone take out the trash as their twitter post "I'm taking out the trash" appears on my glasses I'm going to /wrist.
i want a phone with holographic display and... why those thinks don't make coffee yet ?
I think this 3D craze is getting out of hand. Just give me a nice high res screen that functions decently in direct light and I will be happy.