I saw this advertisement for Nokia mobile phones on TV and I thought to myself, “did I just see Flickr on TV”? Guess what. It came around for a second commercial break, and I captured it to prove it.
No doubt Nokia is leading the way by integrating Web 2.0 services in its phones, but I think this advertisement shows off just how much Nokia is committed to Web 2.0. This ad is all about creating content, sharing content, content mash-ups and vertical markets. How cool is that? He’s even sharing music. SHARING MUSIC! Take that Zune and RIAA!
I did some digging around and found the actual Flickr profile used in the advertisement. It belongs to a person called Pille Hikinen. However the woman painting picture doesn’t exist in his gallery, probably removed immediately after the commercial was shot. But having a real Flickr user just shows how ‘real’ this is.
Oh, and did I mention, the Nokia N91 has 8 gigabytes of storage? That’s just as much as an iPod nano!
8 Comments
ikyouCrow
okay. it’s official… the inspiration for the iPhone.
wonder if it’ll have a camera in version 1?
Anthony Tam
saw that ad too and was quite impressed. the ad really does aim at the technical savvy user though. impressive shots, do you have a digital tv tuner?
Long Zheng
@Anthony: Yeah. I have a HDTV tuner on my desktop.
Rowan Lewis
All it shows off to me is how impossible it is to view sites like Flickr on small screens X_x…
Long Zheng
The concept is worth more than the screen real-estate.
Paul
So Long, when are you offering these in a competition….with decals along side of course?
Its not surprise to see the Nokia browser handling “Web 2.0″, their browser is Opera based.
While minimo would be cool, it simply isn’t as mature as Opera’s product. I guess that’s why companies like Nintendo are using it in their Wii and DS?
GRiNSER
I don’t know what’s so special about that, since Sony Ericsson is integrating blog services and other Web 2.0 stuff [RSS feeds, ...] into its phones for a while, also sharing music files with others through bluetooth or other connections is no problem.
Long Zheng
@GRiNSER: Integrating web services is one part of it, but showcasing a web service like Flickr on a mass-medium is another thing.
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