Nokia Blog Or Not?
BusinessWeek's Blogspotting claims that this blog is a marketing blog that Nokia uses to promote a new phone. I don't get it. I find no official connection to Nokia at all. But it is an interesting example of a product blog, so go over there and take a look. And if Nokia is involved in any way, I congratulate them for their guts to have all these voices freely(?) talk about their product.
UPDATE: My suspicion was right, and Blogspotting's post is now updated with the information that they were wrong. Also see the comments to this post for more background (thanks Jacob and Dominic). Two things:
1. The blog is, as I said, an interesting example of a product blog. A lot of manufacturers will probably have to get used to seeing these about their products. Good for them, I believe, and certainly good for us consumers.
2. It surprises me that two experienced BW journalists did this mistake. Sure, everyone is allowed to make a mistake but this is the key journalistic skill -- to research enough to be right. Especially when it's this obvious that their initial conclusion at least could be questioned. I ask myself if this is the way journalists in general see blogs: a place where standards are lower?