The 23rd October will see the release of Good Things, Nokia’s user-generated content application for Ovi Maps. The idea behind Good Things is that users the world over will be able to publish their POIs, thoughts, and event information directly onto Ovi Maps. With this in mind, we thought we’d do a round up of five “good things” Nokia is doing around the world. Read on to find out about some of the weird, wonderful, and charitable things Nokia has going on around the globe right now....
London, OneDotZero: The onedotzero Nokia N900 installation was the brain child of software architect Gary Birkett and computational designer Karsten Schmidt. The premise of the installation was to illustrate the power the power of the Nokia N900, which was used to control a 50 meter projection. Users were able to manipulate and play with the huge 50 meter projection from the 3 inch screen of the Nokia N900. Check out the video from OneDotZero
Bangalore, Nokia HealthRadar: Nokia’s HealthRadar is designed to speed up the tracking of disease by using mobile technology. HealthRadar is similar to Data Gathering in that it helps people on the ground monitor the speed of infection using their mobile devices. However, Healthradar is slightly different - it enables near real time access to this information. This fast paced dissemination of information cuts out time consuming paper-based activity and helps save lives.
India, Nokia Money: There are 4 billion mobile phones in India, but only 1.6 billion bank accounts... Nokia Money is an attempt to remedy this issue. The premise is simple: mobile phone users that don’t have bank accounts will be able to send money, pay merchants for goods and services, and take care of their other bills all from their mobile phones. Nokia is currently developing a wide network of agents, where customers can either deposit or withdraw money from their accounts.
Over the Air, London: Nokia has announced that it will be introducing QT, which will take over the application layer on Symbian devices, after developers complained of the restrictions facing them when attempting to create applications for the Nokia platform. QT will enable cross-platform development and integration of web widgets. Additionally, the new solution will avoid Symbian’s troublesome implementation of C++.
Paris, E97 Concept phone: While the Nokia E97 concept device doesn’t actually exist, it’s still quite an interesting concept and showcases some seriously innovative thinking. Not only does the Nokia E97 look absolutely stunning, but it also incorporates some rather revolutionary technological quirks, such as the ability to detach its secondary screen, which has its own power source, and use it as a viewing screen for films, images, and reading documents. We really hope this phone sees the light of day, or is at least an indication of things to come - we can only hope!
So, these are our Top Five Nokia Good Things that all deserve to be added to the wall when it goes live on the 23rd October but we're sure there are tons more out there waiting to be added? What's you'r favourite Nokia Good Thing? Let us know in the Comments below - or even better, get set to upload it to Good Things.
