The content of Nokia Nseries blog will be temporarily frozen from Wednesday the 18th of November at 2 pm. We will be carrying out maintenance on the blog for the next day or two and there will be no updates during this time.

The Nokia Nseries blog will be back in action soon. In the meantime, thanks for your patience, and check back in a day or so to see what’s new!

For the past couple of weeks the Nokia N97 mini has been hitting shelves all around the world. See this latest demo film introducing the Nokia N97 mini and Ovi services.

The Online as it happens competition continues and we are pleased to be able to announce 2 more winning widgets.
Congratulations to Gabriela Ramirez Rodriguez from Mexico, who created this widget:

Motivation:
The importance and popularity of Wikipedia needs no motivation. This widget is a useful tool to keep track of what’s new on the recent changes subpage. Whether it’s a new user account, a new article, a new picture, or something else that is new. In other words, it’s Wikipedia, online as it happens.
We also congratulate Adya from India who is a winner with the following widget:

Motivation:
The Nokia Blog is a great resource for news, guides, reviews, previews, videos, and lots more for all Nokia fanatics. Searching for the word Nokia not only maximises the frequency of the animation, but allows for an easy to grasp overview of the scope of content being published that relates to everything Nokia.
Both Gabriela Ramirez Rodriguez and Adya will receive a Nokia N97 with their own widget developed and pre-installed. These widgets will also be made available for everyone as a free download from Ovi Store.
If you haven’t already created your own widgets, or if you would like to enter the competition yourself, head on over to Online as it happens now!

N900 explored in 30 seconds. We show off the N900’s multi-tasking skills. 24 windows and counting…

N900 explored in 30 seconds! We show you how to shoehorn the latest and greatest apps into the N900.

The release of the N900 sees the culmination of months of testing, tweaking and hard work, all to ensure that you get the device you have been hoping for.

The project however, has only just begun…

Best wishes!

The Worlds Largest Signpost is now down for Good. During the last two weeks hundreds of Good Things all around the world where pointed out. From really close ones like the Tower Bridge (less than a couple of hundred yards away) to some really far away, like that secret hidden beach in Indonesia witch obviously isn’t that secret any more. Check back soon for some more behind the scenes footage.

This year Nokia could be bringing a fun Finnish Christmas to you in the UK. Imagine Father Christmas, reindeer, elves, snow, presents and lashings of food and drink inspired by Marco Pierre White.

If you live in the UK vote here now. The town with the most votes wins. The competition closes on the 16th November.

Last month we posted the first in a series of short films called the Nseries Portraits. Each film focuses on someone interesting who uses technology to stay connected to what’s important to them in their lives.

This film focuses on Scott McMorris, who is one of the top snowboarders in Europe.

We’ll be posting the next in the series soon so watch this space.

This is what went on:

John and Sally were to get married, but things didn’t turn out quite as planned (See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG0k6hmQ-nc ) Sally, the bride wasn’t too happy about it and as a vengeance, she decided to sell the groomsmen gifts on eBay for $1 each during a 24 hour period. (See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEKwEqCbtRY&feature=response_watch)
Sally then tweeted every time new items were put on sale and soon an N900, N97, N97 mini, N86 (all with Bluetooth headsets) and another N900 with an around the world trip thrown in were selling like hotcakes!

We want to thank everyone who were online as it happens; there has been a great reaction and we’ve really enjoyed being part of it. So much so we have decided that we would like to continue the story…No cancel that…we would like YOU to continue the story.

So we are challenging you guys to come up with the next episode in John’s ill-fated existence. All you have to do is submit a video highlighting your idea – it can be an acted version of a script, a storyboard of sketches, or just you talking us through your idea. Anything goes. It just needs to get the idea across and should focus on John and the problems he encounters by being Offline as it Happens”. The entry mechanics and the usual T&C’s can be found over at the Nokia YouTube channel
Now to the most interesting part…the prize! The winner, chosen by a Nokia judging panel, will win, as a bare minimum, an N900 and BH-905. However, as if that wasn’t enough, there is also the possibility of a second prize. Depending on feasibility, the plan is to get the winning entry professionally shot, produced and released on YouTube as the final video in the series, giving you the opportunity to help create your very own Nokia commercial!

So get those creative juices flowing, get your best Spielberg hat on, and get directing….

Good luck all!