WOM World / Nokia » Services

Final Good Things wrap up

TomH — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:10:41 +0000

Michael Hell has brought the Good Things experience to a close with his report of the events over on the Symbian Freak forum (and also on his Thoughts From Hell pages).

He has included lots of images of his fellow Good Things hunters, as well as of the giant arrow they found by London’s Tower Bridge. He also details the photo shoot at City Hall with Alexandra Burke, the Q+A with Arshia from Nokia about the Maps service, and his overall impressions of the experience.

What do you think of the Good Things? Join the thread and let others know.

More Good Things buzz

TomH — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:45:37 +0000

A couple more people have brought the Nokia Maps Good Things to the attention of their readers.

Varun over at Fone Arena has a great picture of the giant arrow down by London’s City Hall (pop by if you’re in the area, especially once the sun has gone down). He also posts details about the competition launched where your (UK) town can have an exclusive Alexandra Burke concert.

World of Nokia’s Christian has also put together some thoughts, including a video of a special message he received.

Have you added you Good Thing yet? See what’s going on by following the updates @SignpostLondon on Twitter.

Ovi Maps Q&A - video + transcript

TomH — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:26:56 +0000

Jay has been a busy bee, and has posted more on the Ovi Good Things experience, this time about the Maps Q&A the guys had with Arshia Varlet of Nokia.

He’s also diligently transcribed the session, with his thoughts. Head over if you want to ask him anything else about how things went.

Good Things - a round up

TomH — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:11:18 +0000

More comment from the last few days where 10 of our good friends gathered in London to find the Good Things.

Glenn Letham has posted on GIS User about the experience, and shares a link to his excellent Ovi gallery which documents the journey pretty much from start to finish. He also details the mechanics of getting your Good Things up on the Nokia arrow.

Varun Krish details the ‘adventurous journey’ that led them to the final destination, and the arrow they had come to see.

Finally come Ibrahim Jogee’s thoughts on the ‘incredible’ experience over at The Nokia Review - he’s keen to get his hands on the N97 Mini and see if it can handle all he can ‘throw at it’.

Good Things arrow goes live

TomH — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:34:58 +0000

Over at My Nokia Blog, Jay has posted about the last few days he spent Finding the Good Things. He includes a video from the control centre, showing how messages make it to the crane.

Also reporting on the Good Things is Phat^Trance, who has published a gallery of events, including some images of the arrow in all its illuminated glory (taken from the River Thames on a rather excellent private cruise).

Get To The Good Things & Ovi Maps update

TomH — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:45:23 +0000

If you’re waiting for an update on what the guys at the ‘Get To The Good Things‘ event were up to yesterday, here’s a timely (and fantastic!) video from Jay over on My Nokia Blog which gives a very thorough rundown…

Head over to Jay’s post here to leave any comments…

Nokia’s Good Things

TomH — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:15:23 +0000

Jay has posted on My Nokia Blog about Good Things and the upcoming ’secret Nokia event’ at the end of this week.

He’s received an interesting package in the post:

Looks like he’s headed for some Good Things…

Ovi Maps - your questions answered

TomH — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:48:15 +0000

Vaibhav Sharma has been invited to an online Q&A session later today about the rocket launch last week that saw the latest Nokia imaging satellite head for orbit. The session will cover both the satellite launch and the Ovi Maps service in general - what it will achieve with the satellite, and next steps for the service.

He will ask any questions you have, so jump over and let him know what you’d like to ask the people behind the launch and the service.

Nokia rocket set for launch

TomH — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:27:44 +0000

Vaibhav Sharma has brought news that Nokia is launching a rocket later today that will take their latest imaging satellite into space.

There’s a live feed that kicks off at 1115 PDT (1915 BST), and the satellite will be have the task of creating high level imagery ‘to increase the functionality of Ovi Maps by revealing more details than standard street level mapping views’.

Be sure to tune in and watch as the rocket heads for the skies, and if you have any questions for Vaibhav in the meantime, be sure to let him know.

Use Ovi Maps to find the Good Things

TomH — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:38:57 +0000

Following up from his article on All About Symbian outlining how Good Things on Ovi Maps works, Rafe discusses it with Steve and Ewan in the latest AAS podcast.

The user-generated points of interest can be shared with everybody - a ‘mash up between location and social’ - and Rafe expects to see it coming to mobile in the next major update. The guys also touch on the integration of Dopplr into the Maps offering, which should allow people to track relationships as they travel.

Anything to add? Jump over and let the guys know.