'Nokia morphs itself from within' Darren Waters, BBC News, 27 February 2008

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"We're not a cell phone company we're a software and services company as well," Anssi Vanjoki, executive vice president at Nokia... [Discusses partnership with Cambridge University and Morph concept phone.] "An enormous amount of the patents found in today's handsets originated in Nokia's Research Centres - from the interface design to improvements in audio quality on the phones to applications" [said Professor Henry Tirri, head of System Research Centers]... He added: "A lot of things that you will see in the future, as Nokia moves to be an internet company, will come from the research labs."... "Voice is one function of these devices, but we are moving to a data centric world. These devices can connect the physical world with the digital world. [For instance] Nokia's researchers are using the GPS technology in some of their phones to help create a real-time picture of traffic flow... Dr John Shen, head of the Palo Alto Research lab, said his team was helping Nokia's development as a services company. ¶ "We see the intersecting of the internet and mobility... "The company that understands the end user experience is going to have an edge," he added... "[As well as managing large amounts of dat] there is a humungous user interface problem - how do keep the experience simple enough for consumers?"

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