N900 Videos

This is another of Nokia’s viral N900 videos, designed to show the perils of not being online all the time.

The habitual loser is about to finish up at work. He has been designated to camp overnight outside the stadium, to be sure of getting the best tickets for the game of the year. He collects payment from his co-workers, and gives the thumbs-up to assure them that everything is under control.

He arrives at the stadium as night is falling, and settles down in his sleeping bag together with a bunch of other fans.

Next morning he wakes as a dog licks his face. An expensive pair of Nokia headphones hang from his head. Looking around, all he sees is two friendly homeless people, but behind him we can see that “sold out” has been slapped onto all the posters.

An N900 appears in the foreground, with the multitasking screen showing. A thumb brings the web browser to the foreground and we see it’s displaying soccernet.espn.go.com which shows a soccer ball, the word “FINAL”, and the message “Tickets sold out online”. If only the loser had been online as it was happening.

The music is “Chasing Time” by Alan Pownall.