Nokia Gearing Up To Intensify Its Battle With Competitors?
 

Thought this might intrigue some, especially those in the US that don't get much in the way of advertising. Is Nokia about to take it to its competitors with marketing?
http://www.symbian-freak.com/forum/v...=39919&start=0

(If you aren't registered, you won't be able to see the images, so I suggest you register if you want to partake in the ensuing discussion. Today I've made an exception and will publish this here, since this is big Maemo news, and no one seems to have caught it yet. Maybe the blogosphere is asleep...)

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Can't you just crosspost the whole topic here as you are the author?

Image wont load if you arent signed in on your site as well. :(

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I'll see what I can do. Wasn't sure about rules and all. Its been updated too.

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I'd prefer everyone register and read it there, but I'll make this exception because this is major important IMO.

I've been a pretty loyal Nokia smartphone user the past 4 years, but not all has been rosy. Competition has risen, Nokia's marketshare has been on a roller coaster ride, and the public perception is Nokia is unwilling to take off the gloves when it comes to marketing and responses to its competition. This is especially the case in the US.

Well, this morning, while browsing my morning RSS feeds and checking the emails from last night, I got a message from WOMWorld. Hoping it was a message telling me a trial N900 with the sexy BH-905 headphones was on its way, I rushed to open it. But it wasn't a typical WOMWorld message. No, this was almost cryptic, and I was confused about it in the beginning. The subject line said "Something to get your juices going." Here's the message, which was actually just a zip archive containing this image:

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Once I saw the news clipping style of the message, my juices did indeed start flowing! What in the heck did this mean? My mind begin churning, but none of it meant I was getting my N900 any sooner, so I dug deeper. "It has begun... Major Compete" Hmmm...

That's when I thought about something. Have my prayers been finally answered? Will Nokia finally start marketing its smartphones using comparison advertising? "It has begun..." So whatever it is, its already been set in motion. Does this mean a commercial on US television? "Major compete." Will there be a Motorola/Verizon Droid-like ad campaign against all these Android, Apple, and Blackberry pretenders like I've wished for years?

Nokia doesn't realize how the comparison commercials from the competition hurt its loyal consumers as much as fool the market, and if my assumptions are more than conjecture, they look like they'll finally be hitting back! If there's one thing I like, its seeing a good fight, especially one where my favored opponent should easily win. I have been ashamed at Nokia for, in essence, ducking fights with the brave competition. Its time to show who the real champ is, and I'm more than ready for the world, and especially the US, to see exactly who's the king of the mobile computing and communications space.

I'll be keeping an eye on this entire situation. Nothing is confirmed yet until I get a confirmation on what's going on with Nokia. Until then, I'm awaiting round one, and don't expect this to last very long. I say Nokia in 4 rounds by split decision. So RIM, Apple, Microsoft, Andriod, let's all touch gloves. There are no rules and no such thing as a fair battle. Any questions? Too bad, because it's on. FIGHT!!!!

UPDATE:

I've come to find out that if you browse to http://www.MajorCompete.com, you get this image:

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The "M__m_" part should pertain to Maemo, so something is definitely cooking. Not sure what the other seven letter word below it could be. One of those things to make you go hmm... I'll keep you posted as more develops. I suggest keeping an eye on that URL for future clues.

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I love this viral marketing approach for the blogs.

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The seven letter word could be Tmobile.

On the other hand, the five-letter word could be magma, maims, mamma, miami, mommy, etc...

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MAGMA! That must be it! LOL

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think post-it is hinting to www.maemoproject.com?

check that out, certainly looks like police interview cell to go along with the "kidnap" style cut out letter above?

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I put that TMO idea in my article, and credited you with the idea. If its wrong, you're an idiot :), but I think you're onto something. Pray that you're right.

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Thanks Njoughin! You've solved it!

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But it looks like the contest has ended. Check the discussion here:
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=33155

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Not sure if I understand the conclusions in OP.

How is this "intensifying the battle", as opposed to being just another marketing campaing? What is it about these two enigmatic web pages that makes them somehow directed at North America instead of being generic viral web stuff?

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Yep, that's me alright!

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Has anyone been able to capture what flashes on screen (if anything) on the video loop on http://www.maemoproject.com/? every 30 seconds or so?

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:eek:


http://www.teachtutorials.com/our-su...amara-back.jpg

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How did you capture it?

Mike C

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Super fast print screen reflexes.

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lawlz

So that looks like room 5 to me, wonder who/what's in the other rooms...

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CamStudio says this:

1
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/2964/15075208.png

2
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/875/74021248.png

3
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/1876/14871086.png

4
http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/2583/34779495.png

so, actually, nothing. :p
(Project: MAEMO becomes visible, but that's nothing special.. ^^)

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Hehe I was thinking of getting my camcorder out

Mike C

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eiffel, you know I was joking, but I SO wanted you to be right. Finding out you weren't was heartbreaking.

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I'm told I'm an expert at crossposting AND thread crapping...

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projectmaemo.com now points to mynokiablog.com. It seems the contest has ended.

Re: Nokia Gearing Up To Intensify Its Battle With Competitors?
 

it wasn't www.projectmaemo.com, but www.maemoproject.com, and evidently, its still active.