Today the group was let loose on CES for the morning, until a Q&A session over lunch with Nokia Maps team members Fran Thorpe and Mark Thomas. They covered everything from Nokia Maps 3D to Nokia Drive. From there the group headed to the roller coaster at The New York New York Hotel – which had just a couple of twists and turns! via Emiller213 Later that night the group cruised to the Nokia VIP Party in a limo (classy!), for a little networking and a little more celebrating! Stay tuned for more updates from CES @ Las Vegas. [...]

The home of chips, Haggis and Catherine Zeta Jones (when she's not sitting on a Caribbean beach with her Hollywood husband).... ....don't worry, this post hasn't turned into a weekly food and celebrity travel feature, it's still our good old weekly regional spotlight! Time to see what Nokia UK have been up to in the past few months. If you're not sure what this feature is all about, then please feel free to check out the previous spotlights for India, the USA, Lebanon/Jordan, Germany (our most recent) and the Philippines. [...]

via Nokia US Facebook page The Nokia booth on the show floor has been a hive of activity with people flocking to the newly announced Nokia Lumia 900 for a demo. The CEO himself, Stephen Elop, even popped down to have a chat - check out friend of Nokia Connects Mike Macias having what looks like an 'intense but friendly' conversation with the man himself. If you missed the keynote announcement speech, look no further (we share everything with you): via Nokia US Facebook page It wasn't only the Nokia Lumia 900 that people were excited about - the Lumia 710 (pictured above) and Lumia 800 were also on show, along with the news that both phones would soon be available in Canada As a bonus - here's a lovely Nokia Lumia 800 snap from the booth: via Nokia US Facebook page So what do you think (from afar)? If you're in the U. [...]

... Katie and Mala from the Nokia Connects team are currently over in the US of A for the annual CES event, and to make things more interesting they invited a few friends from the community along to test out the Lumia 710. The group included Chris Martin (not to be confused with the lead singer of Coldplay), Justin, Antonio, JC, Mike, Richard, Jimmy, Chris and Sahas...just a few peeps then! Hope we've not forgotten anyone. [...]

Courtesy of wpcentral Always on the hunt for the story behind the story, we managed to grab a few minutes of Andy Castin's time. He's one of the clever boffins behind the new app, and was kind enough to answer the questions we knew you would want answered: How does the new app differ from the previous app? This is the first ESPN application built specifically for the Windows Phone OS, and takes advantage of its unique UE and design capabilities – specifically, the panorama. [...]

Figures released yesterday revealed that the Nokia Store attracts more than 11 million downloads of content items every single day. The most popular content downloading device was the Nokia N8, followed by the 5800 XpressMusic, while the most content hungry nation was India. Interesting stuff. At this point, you’re probably also wondering the top selling apps of 2011 were. Well wonder no more. [...]

We are excited to announce the 'Amazing Everyday Challenge', a new four week competition here on Nokia Connects! YOU, the community have the chance to undertake a weekly 'Amazing Everyday Challenge'. If you haven't already caught some of the Amazing Everyday magic, then it's available for your viewing pleasure. How does the competition work? We will be giving you a theme each week, for four weeks, to focus your Amazing Everyday competition entries on. [...]