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Videos: Nokia: How will we be using our mobile devices in 2 to 4 years?

Categories: Nokia
By: , IntoMobile
Thursday, October 1st, 2009 at 6:33 AM

Nokia threw a lot of money at Kevin Cannon and Tobias Toft, both are taking a course at the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design. Nokia asked him how the mobile phone will change in 2 to 4 years, and how today’s young tech savy people needs will change as they “grow older and their lives change focus”. They did some research, interviewed 4 people, and found 3 areas to focus on: “Playfulness”, “Staying Connected”, and “People Centric”. Here are the concept videos they’ve released:

Pretty off the wall stuff, but how much of it is actually useful? We get it, people want to play with their phone, people want to stay connected, and people don’t want to interact with their friends in abstract application terms, but what have these two guys actually done that will end up in a Nokia device at some point in 2013? Nothing. What will Apple, Palm or Google be up to by 2013? I can’t tell you, and neither can these kids. The people working on the 2013 UI are already slaving over a hot computer keyboard, prototyping ideas, and getting yelled at by Steve Jobs, Andy Rubin or Jon Rubinstein.

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Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.

  • $e@lblaighter

    When Nokia will make such things, Sharp, ant other Japanese companies like Fujitsu, or Nec, or even Samsung will make them before Nokia. The third video was cool, the first and second not really, I think those things have the new Japanese phones. :)

  • dd

    I actually liked all of these.. It’s obvious these aren’t some new killer features on the next E-series, but sometimes little things like these that appeal more to your emotions than your sense might make an unexpected difference.

  • Stefan Constantinescu

    Thanks for the link! From experience, I’ve seen how Nokia throws a lot of money at designers to come up with concept work. I worked there for 13 months and that was the source of my claim. Nice to know this stuff was for free.