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2010-01-28 , 15:23
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Originally Posted by smarsh View Post
Just a quick query on what kind of events - I don't 'do' trade shows, but there are plenty of academic conferences that would provide interesting breeding ground (e.g. CHI) - this is interesting for a few reasons - customers who are keen on shiny things, yes, but also those who are prepared to put time and energy and their own money (grants) into making fun things happen on the device.
I do know that a couple of years ago there was Maemo involvement with university students in Beijing, so it's not unprecedented. In fact if I remember right there may have been one in India too. But, yeah, we shouldn't limit consideration solely to trade shows and at-large developer events.

EDIT: in fact it makes sense to look at universities near Nokia locations... Stanford, Boston College, University of Helsinki, etc. Maybe even UT Dallas for me. Although I would be surprised if Maemo itself did not already have plans for that in the works...

EDIT 2: it would be nice to see first a list of 3rd-party events Nokia already has official plans for. If nothing else we need to avoid duplication of effort.
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