Digital Technology for Digital Living.
February 21, 2005
Nokia Lifeblog and Christian Lindholm.
When Lifeblog was first released in July last year, many people pointed out that despite the reference, it wasn’t quite a blogging tool. That changed pretty rapidly with the announcement of a Six Apart partnership that allowed publishing directly to the Typepad online weblogging service. With that, it became very apparent that the Lifeblog team always intended blog integration, and Nokia has since included the ATOM document format, meaning we’ll see other blog services join the fold soon.
Lifeblog is more than a blogging tool, and according to Christian Lindolm, Director of Multimedia Applications, Nokia Ventures Organization, in an interview at The Gadget Show, it’s “a multimedia diary where time is the spine”. Christian points to three mega-trends that have contributed to the birth of Lifeblog, the digitalisation of memories, the increase in content due to digital media, and the evolution of the ubiquity of the camera. All converging neatly into the application. If you’re interested in remembering events, or sharing memories, then at some point you’ll use your camerphones features to take a snap shot or send text, photos or videos to family or friends, and if you do, what better way to have it stored via Lifeblog automatically.
Lifeblog, now at version 1.5, is available for download working on the Nokia 6260, Nokia 6630, Nokia 6670, and Nokia 7610 imaging phones and a Windows PC. As a free trial the version will store 200 messages, images, and video clips, the full license costing 29.95 Euros. In my podcast with Christian, he can’t say what, but hints that we’ll see some other fantastic developments with the software, and with him heading the team, there is a great chance the application will become more groundbreaking.
If you’ve got one of the supported phone, give it a try.
For more details on Lifeblog, Christian’s work at Nokia, the Nav-Key and Series 60 stories, and sailing, check out this weeks “Gadget Show” podcast…featuring Christian Lindholm.
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