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Stavros Q&A

What does the great Stavros do when he’s not creating the greatest work of art EVER? He holds a press conference of course! Head on over to Stavros’ bloggy using the internet and get enlightened as Stavros answers not only questions regarding this masterpiece, but also Stavros’ genius in general. Strangely he’s not using the black N82, is it still resting in the safe? We even get a peek at the upcoming N96 which Stavros already seems to have gotten his hands on! It still a mystery whether Stavros will switch to the new device and strangely enough the question regarding Doctor Shopova seems to have been forgotten, I wonder…

CNN, National Geographic, Wallpaper and Lonely Planet armed with N82 put a twist on journalism

It seems that the theme these days is geotagging and GPS. By now most of you are familiar with the Nseries Urbanista Diaries, well this time Nokia has teamed up with CNN, National Geographic , Wallpaper and Lonely planet and hooked them up with the superb N82 + Sports Tracker combo. In similar fashion to the Urbanista Diaries you can follow the journalists, anchors and even an Anthropologist and a Biochemist as they document the experience.

In the case of National Geographic, interestingly enough you follow Anthropologist Dr. Renee Friedman in Egypt and Biochemist Valerie Clark as they provide a photographic document of their studies. You can also follow Primatologist Catherine Workman in Vietnam (Coming soon). With CNN you follow news anchor Richard Quest as he reports on various stories from around the globe. You can also follow CNN’s Dale Fountain, driver of CNN’s High-tech mobile studio “The Election Express” as he follows the race for the White House throughout the US.(Coming Soon). If your more into fashion you might interested in Wallpaper’s coverage at various Fashion Week events as they travel to London, Paris and Milan to show you what’s hot on the catwalk and various after show parties.  And lastly, in the case of Lonely Planet you follow their journalists as they travel the globe as they discover the best places to visit.

Alternatively you embed the Widgets on your own blog here.

Stavros, Urbanista Diaries, GPS and position art: we haven’t seen the last of them!

Once you think about, you could say Stavros is like one crazy Nseries Urbanista Diarist with a few plans of his own.  This is probably one of the funniest and creative events that the guys at WOM World have come up with. Basically, Stavros will be using the N82 just like the Urbanista Diarists, but this time not to document the experience but to create art! The idea is to create an image using the interconnected GPS location points, creating what is called Position Art. I have previously criticized Nokia’s earlier events, mini sites, launch and viral video’s because they fail to show the consumer what is possible with the Nseries devices. The N96 launch video surprisingly showed almost every single feature of the N96 with a twist of comedy. The Stavros event is another success as it showcases the possibilities of the N82 as an excellent GPS tool with many creative uses and I do have to admit that they put it all in a very funny package. Behind the hilarious character I can see some legitimate uses for the N82 and its built-in GPS to create art and once I think about it, it would be fun to try to create an image using the N95 8GB and sports tracker.

In another GPS related news fellow Urbanista Diarist Ryan Gallagher has returned home meaning that the Nseries Urbanista Diaries has sadly come to an end. But Ryan returns home with some interesting news that he has had a talk with a few guys from the Nokia team and is reporting that they indicated that many of their international offices now want to start organizing Urbanista projects.  So this means that we haven’t seen the last of GPS related events like the Urbanista Diaries and Stavros and his art. I wonder what they’ll come up with next…

Here’s your chance to win the Nokia N82!!!

As part of the Nseries Urbanista event starting this week, there is also going to be a weekly competition. Followers of the journey can guess the location of images, shown on the www.Nseries.com page, taken by each of the Urbanista's during their trips. The weekly winner will be selected at random from the correct answers and will receive a Nokia N82 as their prize. To aid you in this competition there will be a specially created Urbanista Widget to follow the exact progress of the Urbanista’s. This Widget can be embedded into the various blogs and will go live here at The Nokia Guide on the 12th, but the Urbanista site itself will not go live until the 14^th. So stay tuned here at The Nokia Guide for your chance to win the N82!!!