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Nokia Research Center and Reuters are working together on a mobile journalism project to transform the way journalists work on the field. The idea is to equip journalists with Nokia’s latest camera-equipped smartphones and I guess other accessories (i.e. Bluetooth keyboard) to allow them to report directly from the place where the news is happening.
The trial involved a select group of Reuters journalists who filed stories from events like New York’s Fashion Week and Edinburgh Film Festival, and the two companies also used Comvu’s GPS integrated video-streaming technology…
The thing I find interesting is that Nokia also announced that a group of university students will use the application in coming months. Meaning, we could see these tools released to the general public in the not-that-distant future. After all, we ARE in the era of citizen journalism now… Full press release is available from here, and the footage and download stills from the trial here.
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
