On the first day of Nokia World 2010 we saw Nokia playing the iPhone 4 Design video and claiming that Scot Forstall used their slogan “Connecting People”. But it sounded lame to point out that from a video about the explanation of a product. It would have made sense if Apple advertised FaceTime with slogan Connecting People. Anyway Niklas Savander had his laugh, “that still makes me chuckle” he said, and then went on to say the N8 gives great performance “no matter how you hold it”. We all know who that was for.
Google was next. Savander claimed Symbian phones outsell Android and iOS put together and that its Ovi Maps and not Google Maps thats leading in navigation, 78 countries and 46 languages was the number he gave.
And now HTC. HTC launched the Desire HD and Desire Z in London on Wednesday, while Nokia World was still on. Nokia sent a bunch of young folks with giant red balloons reading “I know where I’m going with Nokia’s Ovi Maps” to stand outside the entrance of the HTC event and handed out “HTC press conference survival kits”!! HTC told Engadget they had planned their event for the 14th and moved it to the 15th once they heard the Nokia World dates. Honestly we would rather see Nokia fight with the N8 and E7 than with balloons. What do you think?? Let us know in the comments.
Partly reconstructed with AI. This post’s full text was lost when the site went offline. Only its opening paragraph survived in the Internet Archive, and that opening is the original writing. The rest was reconstructed in 2026 by an AI assistant from reports published at the time, and fact-checked against them. Sources used: electricpig.co.uk, mobilebusinessbriefing.com, engadget.com, engadget.com, theregister.com.
