Nokia’s on a bit of a roll at CTIA, unveiling a series of announcements, including an agreement with Rogers here in Canada to launch their NGAGE and Maps applications to Canadian customers. Rogers has but one Nokia smartphone available — the N95 8Gb — but nonetheless it’s a welcome development to see these applications come to Canada. I used and wrote about Nokia Maps during my travels in Europe this summer. In my opinion it’s the current cream of the crop personal navigation application amongst all smartphones. Nothing that RIM, Apple or Microsoft have can really compare.
Now, if only Rogers would bring a few more of Nokia’s phones to Canada. The N96 anyone? Or perhaps the N78?
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Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
