“Recently we spoke to Nokia’s Nikki Barton, Vice President of Smart Devices UX Design at Nokia, about what the company is doing to cater to a female customer base,” Helena Stone reports for Chip Chick.
“Offering phones in bold color choices along with matching accessories has been one such method that they have been using to attract women,” Stone reports. “Well it looks like Nokia has taken things one step further with the launch of Nokia Lumia pink nail polish.”
Stone reports, “This hot pink Nokia Lumia polish is designed to match the pink version of the Lumia 900 which was recently introduced in the U.S., via AT&T.”
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Steph Powell reports for Kiss and Makeup, “According to Valerie Buckingham, director of marketing for Nokia North America, the collaboration marks ‘the next generation of mobility’ because ‘phones are in your back pocket all day [and should represent] the most personal parts of your style.'”
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MacDailyNews Take: Hoo boy, this one is simply shartastic! Is that Steve we hear chuckling from above? We had to read and reread “August 1” on these articles about seven times each to convince ourselves they didn’t say “April 1.” Looks like every day is April Fool’s Day for the poor bastards left at Microsoft’s beleaguered Nokia.
[Attribution: The Loop. Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]
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