CES 2006: Nokia VP predicts future mobile phone trends
Nokia’s North American VP Tim Eckersley has a few interesting things to say about the future of mobile trends over at Reuters. In a 5 minute video clip, he shows off the Nokia N770 Internet tablet, which is selling in droves, and talks about the latest trends that Nokia see appearing in the next year or so. Specifically, he cites convergence and multimedia as the overarching themes, and says that convergence is being driven by music. Hang on, is this last year’s trend he’s predicting or this?!
He also goes on to say that imaging is starting to take over as the driver of sales, with camera phones ramping up to the 5 megapixel level (which was last year’s entry level model for South Korean models!), and that there will be greater integration with external accessories such as printers for more seamless transport of your images.
So, he doesn’t reveal much, and he certainly doesn’t explain why Nokia’s been so quiet, but you at least get a feel for what it’s like at CES 2006 right now.
[Source: Reuters]
