Nokia Chronicles

Our inaugural and special Christmas 2021 episode. We ramble on about some Nokia-related matters, and give thanks to our guests and listeners.

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nokiachronicles/

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Title: Can't Sleep - ÆSTRAL

Music Link: https://soundcloud.com/aestral/cant-sleep

Artist Link: https://soundcloud.com/aestral

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aestraldepth

Support ÆSTRAL here: https://aestral.bandcamp.com/

Season 1 of the Nokia Chronicles finishes this week with the delightful Rita El-Khoury of Symbian-Guru and Android Police fame. Rita shares her favourite memories of attending Nokia events, making lifelong connections with other Nokia bloggers and employees, and writing from the deep-down passion of her own heart about Nokia. Lots of deep and thought-provoking conversation, interspersed with fond memories (and that slipper) along with many laughs. 

It's been an absolute pleasure having Rita on, and stay tuned as even though that's a wrap for the Nokia Chronicles for now, we have a lot more coming soon.

Photo of that Nokia slipper mentioned in the podcast: https://twitpic.com/2hh21s

Reach out to Rita El Khoury:

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/khouryrt

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/khouryrt

Music Credit:

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Title: Can't Sleep - ÆSTRAL

Music Link: https://soundcloud.com/aestral/cant-sleep

Artist Link: https://soundcloud.com/aestral

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aestraldepth

Support ÆSTRAL here: https://aestral.bandcamp.com/

Ever wondered the origins of the Nokia Pure font that debuted in 2011? Well tonight we have on Bruno Maag (of Dalton Maag), who with his team have worked relentlessly on the Nokia Pure font that has graced web, print media and of course Nokia devices. Bruno shares his story of coming up through the typography industry, and the specifics that went into designing the Nokia font that is iconic even to this day. A fascinating insight into fonts, scripts and how it all ties together to have an emotional and lasting effect on the end-user. Bruno is a true genius and driven to fulfil his craft to the highest level of detail. We have learned a lot on this week's episode, and enjoyed every second of it - we hope you will too.

Reach out to Bruno Maag:

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/bruno_maag

LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/bruno-maag-4512306

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dalton.maag

Music Credit:

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Title: Can't Sleep - ÆSTRAL

Music Link: https://soundcloud.com/aestral/cant-sleep

Artist Link: https://soundcloud.com/aestral

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aestraldepth

Support ÆSTRAL here: https://aestral.bandcamp.com/

We have Nokia and HERE Maps legend Pino Bonetti, on for this week's episode of the Nokia Chronicles. A fascinating journey into growing up with personal navigation devices, and sharing this exciting journey with fellow employees and customers. GPS/A-GPS and the advent of downloadable offline maps is also covered this week. Pino also delves into where he believes social media is headed next, and lists his favourite Nokia devices of all time - along with his love for T9 predictive texting. For the third week running, we have our guests professing their love for T9. An awesome chat, so listen in.

Reach out to Pino Bonetti:

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/haikus

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/haikus/

Music Credit:

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Title: Can't Sleep - ÆSTRAL

Music Link: https://soundcloud.com/aestral/cant-sleep

Artist Link: https://soundcloud.com/aestral

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aestraldepth

Support ÆSTRAL here: https://aestral.bandcamp.com/

Carol Chen is on this week's episode of the Nokia Chronicles. Her work has had an impact on some facet of our lives, as I'm sure most if not all of our listeners have used an old Nokia with RealPlayer installed. Carol takes us on a journey of her early days with Nokia, what made her fall in love with Finland, and the heady days of working in MeeGo and Jolla. A fascinating trip down memory lane with a well-regarded member of the Nokia community, with some awesome insights into some iconic Nokia devices. We can't wait to have her back on.

Reach out to Carol Chen:

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/cybette

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cybette/

Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/cybette/

GitHub: https://github.com/cybette

Music Credit:

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Title: Can't Sleep - ÆSTRAL

Music Link: https://soundcloud.com/aestral/cant-sleep

Artist Link: https://soundcloud.com/aestral

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aestraldepth

Support ÆSTRAL here: https://aestral.bandcamp.com/

A true original stalwart and pioneer of the original Nokia blogging days, we are excited to have Darla Mack on this week. Darla shares her experiences getting into Nokia tech, and meeting her own Nokia staff and blogging heroes. The story of the treasured pink N95 is also revealed, and how she met Spike Lee.

This is a chat we enjoyed very much, with some very thoughtful insights on the state of Nokia/mobile devices, and also setting examples for your own children.

Darla's Nokia blog is still alive to this day, and is a wealth of knowledge - - - so check it out here for a fantastic trip down memory lane: https://darlamack.blogs.com/

Where to find Darla Mack:

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/darlamack

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darlamack/

Music Credit:

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Title: Can't Sleep - ÆSTRAL

Music Link: https://soundcloud.com/aestral/cant-sleep

Artist Link: https://soundcloud.com/aestral

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aestraldepth

Support ÆSTRAL here: https://aestral.bandcamp.com/

Ricky Cadden, a name that needs no introduction, is on this week's instalment of the Nokia Chronicles. You may know him from sites back in the day such as Symbian-Guru and MobileBurn. Waxing lyrical about the heady old days of Nokia phones, his origins with blogger relations in the Symbian world, and what finally tipped him over the edge to make the jump over to Android.

We also score the exclusive that he live-streamed his wedding with four Nokia N82's. Is Ricky the pioneer of live-streaming? We think so too. Just one of many exciting tidbits shared in tonight's episode.

Where to find Ricky Cadden:

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/rcadden/

Music Credit:

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Title: Can't Sleep - ÆSTRAL

Music Link: https://soundcloud.com/aestral/cant-sleep

Artist Link: https://soundcloud.com/aestral

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aestraldepth

Support ÆSTRAL here: https://aestral.bandcamp.com/

This week we catch up with one of the nicest YouTubers around, Grant from Grant Likes Tech. We delve into the older histories of Nokia devices in the USA, and what got Grant excited enough to acquire a Lumia 1520 straight out of college.

Where to find Grant:

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/grant_likes

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grant_likes/

Music Credit:

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Title: Can't Sleep - ÆSTRAL

Music Link: https://soundcloud.com/aestral/cant-sleep

Artist Link: https://soundcloud.com/aestral

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aestraldepth

Support ÆSTRAL here: https://aestral.bandcamp.com/

This week we catch up with Dan Carter, an OG of the Nokia blogging world harkening back to the days of the Nokia N95. We cover his beginnings in the mobile review scene, his experiences at events such as MWC, CES and Nokia World's, and wax lyrical about his love of older Nokia devices. And for some reason, we discover that Lumia's aren't exactly the most favourite era of Nokia for Dan.

An engaging chat with a knowledgeable fellow, you don't want to miss listening to this.

Where to find Dan Carter:

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/mobilemandan

MobileManDan website: https://mobilemandan.co.uk/

Music Credit:

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Title: Can't Sleep - ÆSTRAL

Music Link: https://soundcloud.com/aestral/cant-sleep

Artist Link: https://soundcloud.com/aestral

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aestraldepth

Support ÆSTRAL here: https://aestral.bandcamp.com/

A little detour this week on the Nokia Chronicles, as we take a look at the sometimes little-known offshoot of Nokia called Vertu. This was the luxury brand of Nokia, and catered to the rich and wealthy where the sky was the limit in terms of opulence. The phones reflected this, decidedly so.

Where to find Justin Cohen and Adrian Hughes:

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/ivabiggun71

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nokiachronicles/

Music Credit:

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Title: Can't Sleep - ÆSTRAL

Music Link: https://soundcloud.com/aestral/cant-sleep

Artist Link: https://soundcloud.com/aestral

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aestraldepth

Support ÆSTRAL here: https://aestral.bandcamp.com/