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Marketing maven and startup veteran and co-founder of Strutta, Maura Rodgers, on her Rogers N95 8GB NAM and S60

S60 Positives

1. 1st reaction - "wow" "multimedia machine"
2. Love being able to upload photos directly to flickr (presumably from Camera App) - allows her to upload photos directlyt
3. Loves to connect to internet via laptop via her Rogers N95 8GB NAM
4. Overall 1st impression - great
5. Great for taking videos at Launch Party Vancouver and other events and Strutta videos
6. High quality video
7. It really is a multimedia computer

S60 Not so Positive

1. Usability not great!
2. iPhone user interface in comparison is awesome
3. Too many clicks to get what you want
4. Doesn't like the apps popping up without intervention e.g. Fring pops up when IM comes in
5. Nested menus hard to comprehend
6. Found it difficult to change ringtones coming from a BlackBerry
7. Battery dies quickly
8. Maura again hasn't heard of OVI (to repeat yet again, not suprising since Nokia OVI marketing is zero in Canada)

S60 Positives from using an S60 N81 8GB for about 72 hours by Tylor Sherman, our ace Drupal guru and co--op student; check out Tylor's post about his initial S60 and N81 8GB reactions

1. likes bluetooth
2. likes connectivity to computer
3. great hardware

S60 not so positives

1. too many paths to do the same thing
2. couldn't figure out whether or not it would connect to Data network or WiFi, not clear
3. Never heard of OVI (again not a surprise again for Canadians since there is no OVI marketing here)
4. T9 text input not on by default (4 menus deep to turn it on)
5. Web Browser shouldn't allow you to enter invalid characters in URLs

As part of my contribution to the S60 Ambassadors program, I'm doing some videos of people's reactions to S60 and awareness of Ovi. Herewith my first 1:30 S60 Ambassadors video with Cecily Walker, library and social media maven (recorded with her N82 at Vidfest). - Watch Cecily's S60 video or check out my transcript below!

Positives:

1. absolutely loves it
2. changes the way Cecily views media, "all in one package" she can post audio and video immediately via Bluetooth or WiFi
3. really pretty
4. paid with N82 with her own money! (off Craigslist since not officially available in Canada, aaargh!)

S60 Not so Positive

1. S60 "really really buggy" things quitting without error message
2. Never heard of OVI (unfortunately most people in Canada haven't but that's not surprising given Canada's lack of awareness on these issues and Nokia's lack of marketing)

UPDATE: thanks for the link Nseries WOM World. For the record, I think the Nokia Music store could be successful if they sold non DRM'ed music. 

DRM s*cks! Apple's Fairplay s*cks! WMA DRM s*cks! The market has spoken and Apple's DRM has won. WMA DRM is dead and in the long run so is Fairplay (un DRM'ed music is the future!) so launching a music store based on DRM is folly. I want Nokia to be successful but basing a music store in 2007 on Microsoft's DRM is wrong. Hopefully Nokia will drop the Windows DRM and start selling un DRM'ed music real soon now.

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N-Gage and WMA music downloads – i.e., this has all the signs of being a dud. As I see it, the only thing going for it is PayPal support.

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