From left: the Nokia Morph concept nanotechnology device; Pangea Day; the Nokia N97
Nokia and TED first teamed up on Pangea Day, a groundbreaking event that linked the world together through the power of short film. The project sparked a growing feeling that there was a rich common ground between the two organizations: TED's mission of Ideas Worth Spreading and Nokia's goal of Connecting People seemed tailor-made for each other.
Nokia has always been a company willing to keep changing and evolving -- a strategy which has helped it reach a position as the world's largest manufacturer of cellphones. With more than a billion people using a Nokia handset globally -- and more than a million shipped every day -- it has a global footprint like few other companies. And with the convergence of the internet and communications industries, Nokia is changing yet again to bring the power of the mobile internet to billions of people around the world, connecting them in innovative and imaginative ways that are truly groundbreaking.
Today, there is no doubt that the world needs change like never before. It needs new ideas and new people to help spread those ideas -- and that is why Nokia and TED have teamed up in 2009. Nokia is proud to be TED's Global Communications Partner and work together on two specific programs.
The TED translation program
The TED Talks have a global audience of tens of millions -- and Nokia is teaming up with TED to take the visionary ideas to many more with the launch of the TED translation program. This ambitious project aims to tap into the skills of the global TED community in a crowd-sourcing effort to translate the most inspiring talks into the world's myriad of languages -- and reach new audiences for the first time.
For more information on the TED translation program and how to get involved, email subtitles@ted.com
TED Fellows
In 2009, TED will launch its TED One Year Fellows program, which will be rolling out throughout at the year at each conference. At Long Beach, TED will have 40 Fellows, in Oxford 25-30 Fellows and in India another 100 Fellows. Nokia is proud to be helping in the search for these inspiring individuals who represent the next generation of leaders, thinkers, entrepreneurs and activists -- all of whom have Ideas Worth Spreading. Nokia will also support the Fellows with the latest devices to aid them in their work -- as well as airtime to help spread their ideas as widely as possible.
Get more information on the Fellows Program and how to get nominated >>
About Nokia
Nokia has a unique role to play in transforming the Internet and putting it in the palm of your hand. Nokia's solutions are designed to take full advantage of mobility, and its goal is to transform the Internet into your Internet. To make the Internet truly personal, Nokia is building the ability to always know where we are and what is around us. And to know where our friends are, and what they're doing and how they're feeling -- what's called "social location." Nokia's expertise goes toward creating easy-to-use solutions by designing the device, UI and services to work together as one complete, instinctive experience.
Just some of the ways that Nokia is helping people connect in new ways are:
Nokia Maps
Nokia takes the mapping and navigation experience to a completely new dimension by extending the service from your mobile device to the web on your PC desktop. With a personalized online mapping experience on Maps on Ovi, you can pre-plan your journey online and then synchronize it on your mobile device.
Nokia Life Tools
Nokia Life Tools is a range of innovative agriculture information and education services designed especially for rural and small town communities in emerging markets. Accurate and regular information on weather, prices and availability of seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, and prevailing market prices for the produce are sent to directly to farmers; while the Education service of Nokia Life Tools aims to give students a decisive advantage by boosting their English language and local, national and international general knowledge -- delivered to the palm of their hand.
For more stories and videos on what Nokia is doing, visit Nokia Conversations.
