03 December 2008

Interview With Shunjiro Eguchi
Complex By Nature, Simple By Design

I’m back and let’s continue with Nokia N97 related news, phone is so hot that I just can’t resist to write about :]

Shunjiro Eguchi is a Senior Designer with Nokia Design Group and if you are ardent Nokia follower and huge Symbian fan that you should know that Shunjiro Eguchi is the designer of the famous Nokia N93 Smartphone and a winner of honorary mention in Fennia Prize 2007, an international design competition.

I guess that most of you will agree with me that Nokia N93 is one of the best S60 phones ever, innovative and revolutionary in many aspects. First of all great, unique and multifunctional metamorphosing form factor that opens numerous possibilities.

It was the very first phone with the DVD like quality video recorder, the very first phone based on the great OMAP 2420 chipset with a 3D hardware accelerated graphic and last but not the least one of the first phone with an optical zoom and dedicated imaging controls like two point camera trigger, zoom ring, mode and the flash button.

Well, he did it once again; he is the man behind the animal, the beast, the Nokia N97! He is the designer of this powerful but yet beautiful phone, phone that is complex by nature, simple by design and it is real pleasure to look at, especially on the silver one :]

Creating a revolutionary mobile device like the mighty N97 takes time and vision and in this interview, the designer of the latest and hottest Nokia Nseries phone talks about his views on the development the Smartphone device!

He explains the design principles of Nokia N97 in details and talks about future of mobility and technology from a designer's point of view and no matter do you like Nokia N97 or not it worth watching!

The Nokia N97 is expected to begin shipping in the first half of 2009 at an estimated retail price of EUR 550 before taxes or subsidies