So I am attending the second day of Nokia World here in Amsterdam. The affair is the usual corporate hoopla and back-patting accompanied by some highly insightful presentations and dicsussions. If there's one thing Nokia really does well, it's putting on events such as this.

Amid all the keynotes and insight sessions, I've noticed an interesting trend, whether it's conscious or not. Nokia personnel do not refer to cell phones / mobile phones as phones any more. They've become 'multimedia mobile computers,' instead.

Multimedia Mobile Computers.

The notion speaks of a different mindset, and one that challenges the very idea of what a phone is. They are no longer just for voice. Sure, market segmentations show plenty of interest in low-feature phones that are primarily used just for voice communications, but increasingly, they are the center of a digital lifestyle.

The digerati have adopted them as the platform of their future, and incorporated them into their Web 2.0-based lifestyle, which focuses on sharing content and experiences with their digital or online communities.

These digital elite may be the very edge of the wave of Web 2.0 adoption and represent the future to come for mainstream users down the line.

Communities become more important every day, and one of the simplest and most effective ways to engage those communities is via these multimedia computers.

With wireless broadband becoming ubiquitous, the notion of uploading pictures and video, sending GPS coordinations to another handset, blasting mass invitations to social events and more is already a reality.

 

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