Wednesday, June 16, 2004

Hold onto your old cell phone...

New Nokia phones should be due out in the next six months or so and they look half decent. Nokia software in an LG/Samsung style case has got to be a surefire winner. Read more at Gizmodo (mainly because they have lots of pretty pictures).

Nokia has doubleddown since hitting turbulence in its plans for world wireless domination. Part of this was attributed to the fact that it had no foldable phones on the market. To remedy the situation they have come up with three handsets for poor, well-off and rich people. The stinking rich still have to put up with a Vertu 'chocolate bar' handset instead.

They have also announced a Bluetooth keyboard that at first glance looks like a Think Outside design.

Wonks Guide To Corrupting Media Innocents

OK, I lied, my ex-colleague Stephen Waddington has written a down-to-earth paper on blogging and its implications for the PR industry. His advice on PRing to bloggers seems to be similar to trying to influence a Usenet group CAREFULLY!

Give the article a quick read, its worth it. The main thing they missed out is the use of employees or interest group members personal blogs to raise a search engine position. This has been used in recent Googlebombs attacking George Bush.