After reading this article, I can only imagine the powerhouse Sweden could be if it really applied itself outright! Of course, the standard of living here — at least for the moment — is arguably among the best in the world.
Still, for those of you who don’t know much about Sweden (please just don’t make the mistake of calling it Switzerland, like so many — including some of my friends and relatives — are prone to do), it will be an interesting read for you.
Why do I have a hard time listening to many environmentalists, and especially environmental news? Have a look.
I haven’t seen a device get this much free publicity since the iPhone! This could be more interesting than I thought. Granted, this YouTube clip was impressive, but I want to see what it can do while online. I also would like to see it handle some video content that’s not Nokia’s own. Yes, I know it’s not due to be released until within the first 6 months of 2009 (could they be any more vague than that!), but if you’re going to start hyping a product by showing what it can do, then you have to be ready for people like myself to ask about what it’s not doing that its predecessors could.
In any case, I get the feeling the talk is only beginning about this. My Apple-loving — but iPhoneless — self is wondering what the good folks in Cupertino are thinking. They can say they’re not concerned, but who really believe that.
Here’s a poll for you:
As the title of this post says, I’m pretty excited about the upcoming Nokia N97. But I’m not one of those folks who is anxious to enviously claim it’s the next iPhone killer. No. However, I will say that I believe it will actually give the iPhone a little competition, and definitely in Europe.
Here’s a video (in Swedish only, unfortunately) showing how it looks as well as some of what it can do, and, despite it being presented by a somewhat biased member of the Nokia team, it’s a rather impressive device (at least in this video). Based on what I’ve read about it and seen online, I’d buy one right away and happily put my SIM card in it. How can I say this so knowingly? Because the iPhone is only available through the one provider in all of Sweden I would not want have a subscription with, at a price I am not willing to pay. Oddly familiar isn’t it? Well, Nokia appears to be offering a very impressive device, at a reasonable price (approximately €500), that I can use with any provider, and with a battery I can change myself. Maybe one day Apple will learn.
This could actually be a game changer. We shall see come next year.
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This, even during the financial times we’ve been experiencing. That says something.
“Resistance is futile.” 
