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[SteveC]

[TRAILHEAD] http://www.annasphone.com - THE NOKIA GAME?!?!

[Leyton Stone]

They all have websites which link to the Nokia "commercial" although all of them seem to be knowledgable of having been 'in the commercial' because people (Seemingly "IG") are constantly commenting about it.

http://www.jadesphone.com

http://www.lucasphone.com

http://www.annasphone.com

What I've gathered from them.

Anna Randall: Has only just "gotten into" FB and the 'net... Is a model from/living on Fårö Island but is leaving there to go to London, England (Which is where I live yay). Her brother Lennon, is a surgeon. Has a friend (or at least her mother does) called Eddie Clementine who seems a bit of a weird one; not sure what all he's into.

Has a really good friend in London named Serena Kennedy who's a big "Fashionista" - She has a group on FB http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=28194734555&ref=mf

Luca/Lucas Marques: Also only just "gotten into" FB and the 'net... Totally off the mark when it comes to the internet and for some reason has just decided to get FB. Living in Los Angeles, CA...

Has a friend named Jack Granero who's big into Tattoo's and has his own group on FB - http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=33388917212

Jade Yu: Lives in Shanghai although according to a friend named Charles Chen it's not her place of origin. Funny thing, there's someone else on her FB page called "Jade Yu" who makes the following comment:

[Zaranai]

After the commercial, a countdown comes up that says "this phone will unlock in X days/hours/minutes/seconds" and ends at 6:00 AM Pacific on Oct 13. Should be interesting, if nothing else. At least it's not ZOMGNEWPHONEBUYIT so much as these three characters have some incriminating things on those little pieces of plastic. The loading screen is different messages from Luca that make it sound like what's on his is especially naughty.

I think Anna's my favorite. She's purty.

Edit: And in case it's relevant somehow, the shot of Jade in the bathroom usng the handblower thing to melt photos? The photo on top is of Anna. Didn't notice any other connections between the characters in the video, tho.

[Leyton Stone]

[SteveC]

Vague connection time - Christian Wolfe (friend of Anna), and Amanda Wolfe (friend of Luca).

Interesting thing about Christian - he works for Wieden + Kennedy - a real ad company who counts Nokia as a client... Leads to...

http://uk.youtube.com/profile?user=wklondon - some youtube videos of the three adverts, or a variation on the one I saw anyway...

[Leyton Stone]

I'm seriously beginning to consider this just a Viral Ad Campaign and those 3 people being the actual 'celebs' in the ad's. Nothing ARGish atm.

Although I hope this is NG back from the dead b/c I used to love playing that... And only just now got a Nokia again (Been Sony Ericsson for a while). LoL.

[clairenor]

I hope it is the nokia game kinda back, really pissed off my parents hogging the computer back then. I guess it was my first ARG I did not know it...

[SteveC]

[Gix]

I think i'm going to follow this along the road. I've always played the nokiagames. Really looking forward to this one. What it will turn out to be.

Nokiagame has been dead for some years now, the last try of them was 20 lives. But that wasn't ARG'ish was more CF.

Only thing i can see now if i do a domain lookup that it isn't from Euro RSCG(human eye) The company that was behind the previews nokiagames.

[Sarah B]

Having seen an advert on the TV today and then a poster by a bus stop, I'm totally in. I'm wondering if it's regionally biased, since both were for Anna's phone...

[Gix]

[SteveC]

Looking at Luca's facebook profile, I suspect he's been advertised in LA/central america. There are quite a few posts from people in Equador and LA that appear to be real people. They also seem to predate the UK advert?

As for Jade, I think she's probably had some other earlier advertising too, oddest one is Mr. Wolfe from K+W, he's posted as if he's in game, but presumably is just in-company for the creators of it?

Just as a matter of interest, the relationships I can cobble together that seem to be 'fiction' are:

Anna:

Friends (Serena Kennedy, Inger Hansson, Rickard Talvik, Delores Parchem, Eddie Clementine. Maybe also Sigvard Andersen, Gustav Lundberg and Malena Gustafsson).

Family (Mother, Marianne. Father, Clive. Brother, Lenon. Boyfriend, Serge Labourie).

Jade:

Friends (Li Ying, Yao Yao Chiang, Joyce Shen, Zhao Wei, Xiao Fann, Charles Chen)

Work (Ms. Pan, her new boss)

Luca:

Friends (Billy Zip, Jack Grandero, Julia Khan, Nicole Beach and Maybe Katty Lopez Saman)

Family (Cousin, Max Dias. Girlfriend, Elliana Bacelar)

Oddly Jack Grandero might also be included here, via his Tattoo group we know he has some friends on FB:

Friends (Kitty Allen, Jane Young, Clemens Sweitzer, Danielle Dias, Mike Lee, Neil Jenkins, Nicole Beach, Julia Khan, Billy Zip and Max Dias).

[troezen]

on anna's phone theres a couple of characters (flat sue and lyle) who have phone numbers.

i dialed them both and theyre just answer phone messages from them. i didnt know what to say so i just hung up.

i dont quite know where this is going but im hooked for the moment.

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[SteveC]

Beginning to think maybe we can close the book on this - looking distinctly like a pastime for bored voyeurs and notably unlike an ARG. Ho hum, fancied another Nokia Game - ARGing at it's best, when it worked