Comments on: Nokia & Dopplr, sitting in a tree…

By: Jack Jones Jeans

Jack Jones Jeans — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:19:02 +0000

nice post

By: Jack Jones Jeans

Jack Jones Jeans — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:19:00 +0000

nice post

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dual sim mobile phones — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:19:00 +0000

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By: James Whatley

James Whatley — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:47:12 +0000

It's interesting to note that Nokia have recently announced 'Ovi Journeys' which is being pitched as the next evolution of Sports Tracker/Nokia viNe.

Whether the Dopplr engine will play a role in this new app in the future remains to be seen but still, worth an update at least.

By: James Whatley

James Whatley — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:47:00 +0000

It's interesting to note that Nokia have recently announced 'Ovi Journeys' which is being pitched as the next evolution of Sports Tracker/Nokia viNe.Whether the Dopplr engine will play a role in this new app in the future remains to be seen but still, worth an update at least.

By: James Whatley

James Whatley — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:47:00 +0000

It’s interesting to note that Nokia have recently announced ‘Ovi Journeys’ which is being pitched as the next evolution of Sports Tracker/Nokia viNe.

Whether the Dopplr engine will play a role in this new app in the future remains to be seen but still, worth an update at least.

By: jamesgpearce

jamesgpearce — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:38:48 +0000

Sure. But thoughtful, wealthy Nokia, in it for the long term, needs to think bigger then piecing together trendy little 'feature' experiments made by smart people.

Small-grade M&A is a good proxy for in-house R&D (and with an ex-Nokian at the helm, that was surely how they were thinking).

But Dopplr furnishes a highly rarified tech/telecoms social clique. Just seemed ill-aligned to me for one of the biggest mass-market brands on the planet.

By: jamesgpearce

jamesgpearce — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:38:00 +0000

Sure. But thoughtful, wealthy Nokia, in it for the long term, needs to think bigger then piecing together trendy little 'feature' experiments made by smart people.Small-grade M&A is a good proxy for in-house R&D (and with an ex-Nokian at the helm, that was surely how they were thinking).But Dopplr furnishes a highly rarified tech/telecoms social clique. Just seemed ill-aligned to me for one of the biggest mass-market brands on the planet.

By: Mike Bradshaw

Mike Bradshaw — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:31:51 +0000

Yes, TripAdvisor seems to make more sense initally, but I don't see Nokia buying a company for a recommendation DB (which is basically all I can see TripAdvisor having).

With Dopplr they got;
– a team who *grok* web2.0
– an existing user base of “high end”(?) international travellers (ok, some might leave)
– a better starting point to continue on the work of things like ViNE, SportsTracker, FriendView, WE:OFFSET
– ‘Good Things’ matches relativley closely with the Social Atlas that Dopplr was starting to build
– a start into offering something on the Apple App Store (Nokia becomes more of a Services Company?)

By: Mike Bradshaw

Mike Bradshaw — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:31:00 +0000

Yes, TripAdvisor seems to make more sense initally, but I don't see Nokia buying a company for a recommendation DB (which is basically all I can see TripAdvisor having).With Dopplr they got; – a team who *grok* web2.0 – an existing user base of “high end”(?) international travellers (ok, some might leave) – a better starting point to continue on the work of things like ViNE, SportsTracker, FriendView, WE:OFFSET – ‘Good Things’ matches relativley closely with the Social Atlas that Dopplr was starting to build – a start into offering something on the Apple App Store (Nokia becomes more of a Services Company?)