I have always enjoy attending a Nokia party. Familiar faces from the traditional media, the new media. New faces too. And as I looked across the Singapore River, I was greeted by the enormous Integrated Resort yet to be completed stood silently against the dark evening watching over the inhabitants of the-other-side, us. What are those floating white ball-like objects in great number gathered along the middle section of the river? No idea. While the purpose of their existence may be unclear, those objects made great conversational topic.
What is a Christmas party without games, lucky draws, and Santa Claus? My blogger friend was so happy when she won the N97 Comes With Music. Unlimited music download for one year! She said she would download Lady Gaga’s “The Fame Monster” the very evening. Ah, Lady Gaga, I like! If you wonder which recently released Christmas albums I am listening to now, that would be David Archuleta, Sting, Tori Amos, and Gregorian. And my all time favorite Christmas albums? Mariah Carey, Jewel, Celine Dion, Christina Aguilera, Destiny’s Child, and LeAnn Rimes – in that order. Download them for this festive season if you can.
I was excited by the wireless Nokia headset that has a noise cancellation function. It feels light. Great sound (and sound cancellation). But I was more excited by the upcoming Nokia X6 Comes With Music (see picture below). It is an interesting product. Those who like to interact the touchscreen with the fingertips instead of fingernails would feel at home with X6. Kinetic scrolling, better response (for the “fingertip” users in especially) as well as the eye-candy theme effect that some users value. The home screen has four main horizontal sections. The top one is for the favorite contacts, it displays thumbnails of the contacts, and it supports kinetic scrolling. It acts as a filter for the display of SMS (and latest blog entries I think) by contact too. Imagine with one click, Cynthia can zoom into all the conversations between me and my female friends. ¡Qué horror! This phone is not Tiger Woods friendly for sure. The second one is email. At this moment, I am unsure if it has to be Nokia Messaging or if I can pick a hotmail mailbox provided by the MSN application. The third one is a music player and the last one is favorite shortcuts. My interaction with X6 was brief. I think I do like the overall design. So is it going to be X6 or N97 Mini for Cynthia? If N97 Mini is not going to be a Comes With Music device, the decision is pretty obvious.
It seems that with a blink of an eye, year 2009 has come to an end. I still have not decided on where to celebrate Christmas. Maybe I shall start drafting my new year resolutions this coming weekend?