Month: October 2008
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360east Exclusive: First ever demo of Amman’s GPS map on a Nokia device
Yes you read it right. Amman is finally getting a navigable GPS map. And that’s thanks to Nokia, who will be providing it for free for its Nseries and Eseries devices. I got a private demonstration of the map by Nokia today (see video below). This is the first time it has ever been shown…
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Nokia 5800 XpressMusic ships in the UAE, Jordan and Saudi Arabia in December ’08
I had my first chance to touch the Nokia XpressMusic at the Nokia Dead Sea MENA event. I will try to share my experience with it later on. But it has just been announced that device will make its way to the stores in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and, yes, Jordan, in December. The original…
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Nokia to demonstrate the 5800 XpressMusic at the Dead Sea today
Nokia’s Anssi Vanjoki is on the stage at the Dead Sea press event event, presenting Nokia’s global strategy. He just mentioned that the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic will be demoed to the press later today. More updates later today.
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Ovi goes live in the Middle East, sort of..
Chris Braam Vice President for Sales at Nokia MENA has just announced that Ovi, Nokia’s online services portal has been launched in the Middle East. I have just registered an account and it worked. But it seems that sharing services are not live yet. I will try to dig more to understand how Ovi will…
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Nokia’s Anssi Vanjoki @ The Dead Sea: Will a date be set for releasing the 5800 XpressMusic and other burining questions
Tomorrow Thursday, I will be blogging from Nokia’s heavyweight press event on the shores of the Dead Sea. Nokia’s Executive Vice President for Markets, Anssi Vanjoki is the key name of this event, alongside Chris Braam Vice President for Sales at Nokia MENA. They will be presenting Nokia’s global and regional strategy and showing off…
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Amman culture snapshot: (barely) catching Aziz Maraka
Aziz Maraka is a young Jordanian singer-songwriter and one of the most promising new voices in Jordan’s alternative Arabic music scene. I mentioned Aziz on 360east earlier, but sadly could never catch him live in concert. Until last night that is. It all started with a Watwet message from ArabianMonkey who was trying to leave…
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ALERT: Creative Commons CEO lecture in Amman next Wednesday
This is very exciting. Creative Commons is coming to Arabia and they’re holding a lecture in Amman. Creative Commons CEO Joichi Ito will be the speaker. Check out the invite below and read more at the ArabianMonkey. This should be interesting anyone who authors stuff like texts, music, photos, videos, software and so on. It…
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Genpets fiasco: thank you Emad Hajjaj!
After the half-hearted retraction of the Genpets story from last week in Al-Ghad, which stopped short of a clear apology, we now have renowned Jordanian cartoonist Emad Hajjaj step in. In Al-Ghad this morning I was delighted to see a cartoon (or rather an article actually) by Hajjaj, which fully explains the story and exposes…
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New Mac vs PC ads: just don’t say the “V” word
Microsoft is spending US$ 300 Million on a campaign to fix Vista’s image and counter attacks Apple’s long standing and very successful Mac vs PC TVC series. They started with ads featuring Bill Gates with Jerry Seinfeld. Then the stopped that and came up with a pretty cool “I am a PC” campaign. Now Apple…
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Al-Ghad retracts Genpet story, but still misses the point
The first thing I did this morning was to check my copy of AL-Ghad which was awaiting me on the breakfast table. I was happy to see that Al-Ghad published a retraction (or “sort of” a retraction) of their Genpets story from last week. The journalist who wrote the original story published a column on…
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Jordan’s government, religious authorities and media fall for the Genpets HOAX!!
If you want to believe the “Life” front page Al Ghad article today, then you would believe that: 1. A company in Canada has created a “real living toy/doll”, called Genepet, from human and animal genes, that is and ACTUAL LIVING BEING that eats, feels, breathes and bleeds when hurt and eventually dies in 1…
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New MacBook documentary: design and manufacturing fanaticism at its best
Talk about design inspiration and a dedication to craft. Jony Ive, Apple’s design guru, deliver the message with passion. I highly recommend you follow this link to the mini documentary that Apple have released today. It focuses on the amazing new manufacturing method Apple is using for the new MacBooks and MacBook Pro’s. Jonathan Ive…