Nokia Hands Out Snarky ” HTC Press Conference Survival Kits” to Journalists in London [Nokia]

The term ” sour grapes ,” coined by story-teller Aesop, refers to the bitter envy felt by one party, when presented with the unobtainable. Today, that’s Nokia-envious of the undeniable fact that people chose HTC’s event over Nokia World.

True, perhaps the planning of both events may have been better thought-out, but when both Nokia and HTC staged massive conferences in London on an analogous day, people had to select. With Nokia’s main announcements (disappointing, within the variety of the E7 , C6 and C7 phones) over yesterday, today’s keynotes weren’t all that appealing-even without HTC’s unveiling of the will HD and Z across town.

Given to departees at Nokia World headed to the HTC event this morning, the goody bag was accompanied with a letter saying ” …As you’re off to the HTC press conference , we needed to provide you just a little HTC press conference survival kit.” They described the enclosed sandwich as ” The HTC. Ham, tomato, and cheese (not probably the most exciting sandwich,” and listed the rest items: ” an energy bar in the event you want a boost. an enormous foam finger to take advantage of throughout the Q&A (simply to be sure your question gets answered). A pen and pad for doodling. Ear plugs and a watch-mask if you feel snoozy.”

Having been at Nokia World yesterday, and HTC’s event today, I will confirm there was far less snoozing today. Actually, not a single person left before the presentation ended-unlike Nokia’s yesterday, where many (including me) left half-way through someone droning on about Ovi apps.

While it’s nice of Nokia to fret about HTC event-goers’ appetites, the lunch put on by HTC looks way more appetizing than the clingfilmed sanga Nokia provided. (Not that I will confirm how they taste, having not moved from my laptop for several hours now-sob).

Nokia followed up the survival kits with balloons outside the HTC event , emblazoned with boasts of their Ovi Maps service. After seeing yesterday’s hardware announcements, I’d say that’s the single thing they have got left worth screaming about.

-Special owing to Seamus from Gizmodo Australia , for lending me his survival kit for photography!

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