Nokia: MWC 2015 Live blog
by Brandon Chester on March 1, 2015 12:29 PM EST- Posted in
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01:48PM EST - It looks like that's a wrap.
01:42PM EST - The experience of N1 users will be a big part of determining its future as well as the future of other Nokia branded mobile devices.
01:41PM EST - According to Rajeev, the N1 is Nokia dipping its toes in the waters of licensing their brand.
01:40PM EST - Nokia is being asked about plans to expand the launch of the N1 tablet.
01:36PM EST - Rajeev believes that the internet should be open, but that some services do require more data usage to function effectively.
01:35PM EST - The US net neutrality debate has been brought up
01:34PM EST - Nokia is now taking questions and answers from the press.
01:33PM EST - One final note from Rajeev is that 2015 will be Nokia's 150th birthday.
01:31PM EST - Nokia predictive marketing is a new platform that analyzes data to help companies build marketing platforms.
01:30PM EST - Nokia is definitely undergoing change as both the market changes and they as a company change after their restructuring.
01:28PM EST - Interesting to see Nokia discussing CO2 emissions for base stations.
01:26PM EST - Nokia is working on LTE-M demos to reduce power usage and make LTE viable for embedded connected devices.
01:25PM EST - Nokia believes that the transition to the cloud is less of a threat to their business, and more of an opportunity to disrupt others.
01:23PM EST - Rajeev is now discussing the questions facing companies with software being more of a focus than hardware moving into the future.
01:20PM EST - Nokia hopes to significantly increase the scale of Nokia Networks as more of the world becomes connected.
01:18PM EST - Nokia believes that in general, there are many areas where connected technology will become a big part of improving efficiency and safety to improve the world.
01:17PM EST - Autonomous cars could reduce fatalities caused by crashes, and reduce CO2 emissions.
01:16PM EST - Nokia believes that technology will be a big part of improving driving safety.
01:15PM EST - The programmable world would involve technology improving areas like water management, healthcare efficiency, etc.
01:15PM EST - Nokia hope to move into what they are calling the "programmable world".
01:11PM EST - Nokia is working in the development of various new technologies. H.265 video encoding, Graphene circuits.
01:08PM EST - Rajeev is discussing Nokia's growth in enterprise.
01:05PM EST - The event has begun. Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri takes the stage.
12:53PM EST - The event should be starting in a little over five minutes from now.
12:53PM EST - While Ian and Andrei are covering the Samsung Unpacked event, I'll be covering the news from Nokia's press conference.
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SirKneeland - Monday, March 2, 2015 - link
@shadowjk, couple of corrections on the N1.Lenovo isn't the manufacturing partner. Foxconn is.
As for the design (N1 hardware and Z Launcher software) that was done by us here at Nokia. I should know, I worked on it.
melgross - Thursday, March 5, 2015 - link
The timing isn't correct. I don't have the official no ber, but it's closer to two years from the time the sales closed.backbydemand - Monday, March 2, 2015 - link
Sttm, the N1 is a tablet, not a phoneLemmingOverlord - Monday, March 2, 2015 - link
I see a lot of "ignorance" right now about Nokia. So here are a few factoids:- Nokia sold its mobile handset business to Microsoft in 2013
- Nokia was already in dire straits when Elop came on board, although he certainly came on board just to sell it to MS
- Nokia sold its *brands* - Asha, Lumia & Nokia to Microsoft (but only for the handsets)
- Nokia launched the N1 Tablet, only its availability, for some reason, is limited to China
- The N1 is basically a nice looking version of many, many iPad clones out there
- The "new" Nokia is just part of Nokia Networks
- Nokia has a non-compete with Microsoft, it won't be able to manufacture phones of any sort under the Nokia brand until the end of 2015.
- The "new" Nokia is actually called "Nokia Technologies", it is mostly an R&D company
- Old Lumias = Nokia
- Newer Lumias = Microsoft
- Latest phones from Microsoft no longer carry the Nokia Lumia
SirKneeland - Monday, March 2, 2015 - link
@LemmingOverlord, are you saying that every Android tablet with a 7" screen is an iPad clone?nikon133 - Monday, March 2, 2015 - link
In all the honesty, N1 does look more similar to iPad Air than your average Samsung, Sony, Asus...Just to make it clear, I don't think Apple (or any other company) should have rights to basic shapes and materials... so I am happy that N1 does look as it does, because I prefer this design to Samsung's, and if I were on market for Android tablet, N1 would top my list.