Originally Posted by oweng (Post 1067756)

It's a genuine question. I like the look of the phone, UI looks great too, but there are better built and supported Android phones either already out or on their way...

Originally Posted by oweng (Post 1068541)

On an interesting note, I've just heard from a source at Virgin Mobile UK, that they will be asking for N9 demos from Nokia.
Will Nokia oblige?

Originally Posted by oweng (Post 1067731)

Sorry for the overlap with this and the existing thread about the N9 (not) coming to the UK, but for what it is worth I thought you should see that it is possible to get a reply from Stephen Elop (well maybe I am being naive - it could just be a PA etc)

Here's what's been written:

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Thank you for your quick reply, I can only once again appeal to you to listen to your customers, but that said I am somewhat relieved to hear that you are endorsing online sales of the N9 in the UK.

Regards,

(NAME)


From: stephen.elop@nokia.com [mailto:stephen.elop@nokia.com]
Sent: 11 August 2011 02:12
To: o_***** @hotmail.com
Subject: RE: Problem purchasing Nokia in the UK

Thanks for the note.

We do expect to have N9 available through some online resellers. That being said, it is also our intention to have Windows Phone based products which themselves are a great user experience and that beat the competition. Indeed, consumer research including in the UK encourages us that this will be achieved.

I hope we can meet your needs one way or the other.

Regards,

Stephen


From: ext Owen Griffiths [mailto:o_***** @hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 02:01
To: Elop Stephen (Nokia/Espoo)
Subject: Problem purchasing Nokia in the UK

Dear Mr Elop,

I am writing to express my concern at the decision not to sell the forthcoming Nokia N9 mobile telephone, in the UK. I have been a loyal Nokia customer for the past decade. With regards to your strategic decision to pursue the Windows Phone operating system, I am indeed sceptical. As a London based television editor I have a keen insight into consumer trends in technology. In the mobile brand game, Microsoft loses hands down to Apple. I cannot imagine myself ever owning an MS Widows Phone / Nokia – despite the fact that I embrace Windows PCs over Apple desktops. I willingly admit that they are less expensive and easier to maintain. It is unfathomable that Nokia has overlooked the Android mobile OS. However with the N9 and the Meego (previously Maemo) OS there is a unique opportunity to have a distinct user experience, which all the while is capable of compatibility with Android applications (Alien Dalvik). Above all, the most compelling reason to support the N9, is its user interface which by all accounts, in every side by side review places it head and shoulders above Apple IOS, Google Android, and MS WP7. Please allow educated consumers the opportunity to purchase the product they want. If for one moment you could set aside internal politics and your urgent desire to have a unified R&D strategy, it would be amazing to be able to purchase a phone which not only looks great but operationally trashes the competition. Please sell me a Nokia N9.

Deeply saddened and concerned,

(NAME AND ADDRESS SUPPLIED)


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Originally Posted by ericsson (Post 1069025)

LOL. Please daddy, give me THAT toy, and I will forever be faithful :)

Originally Posted by jalyst (Post 1069017)

Interesting....
So this source claims Virgin's interested in assessing it for saleability?
It's bit 'late in the game' to be asking for demos for assessment isn't it.
If they were interested, surely they would've done that long ago!?
(then again, Nokia probably made zero efforts, to approach them)

Please let us know what the outcome is...
So long as you're 100% sure it's a legit source.
Who has direct knowledge of the dialogue w/Nokia, & the exact nature of their response.
It'll be interesting to know what Nokia's response is.

Originally Posted by oweng (Post 1069057)

Sources are quite easy to come by. Email an organisation and start chatting. Sometimes they reply. I think it's called communication... :)

Originally Posted by jalyst (Post 1069087)

Well... that's obvious... :confused:
If the source updates you with how the approach went, please share.
Sounds like it could be a positive development.

Originally Posted by Helmuth (Post 1070335)

The decision is made based on devices they are planing to release in the future.

Originally Posted by catbus (Post 1071464)

"This is bad... ookayyy..."

http://www.weirdspace.dk/SouthPark/Graphics/Mackey.gif

Originally Posted by jalyst (Post 1071575)

I don't think these telco's are making the decision not run with the N9, purely on the basis that it's a bad product compared to WP, as Elop subtly tried to suggest.
There's much more going on, that we're not being told about.... :(

Originally Posted by jalyst (Post 1071575)

I don't think these telco's are making the decision not run with the N9, purely on the basis that it's a bad product compared to WP, as Elop subtly tried to suggest.
There's much more going on, that we're not being told about.... :(

Originally Posted by ajalkane (Post 1071654)

Or perhaps Nokia makes it clear they're assisting in advertising for Windows Phone models, but N9 is not receiving such push in these markets. Makes it pretty simple then for the money hungry telcos :).

Originally Posted by ajalkane (Post 1071654)

Or perhaps Nokia makes it clear they're assisting in advertising for Windows Phone models, but N9 is not receiving such push in these markets. Makes it pretty simple then for the money hungry telcos :).

Originally Posted by oweng (Post 1071646)

To be honest, I don't think they've had a real introduction to the phone - it's clearly been kept away from UK suppliers

Originally Posted by lma (Post 1071655)

It may even be that they are boycotting Nokia altogether, in which case the excrement is really going to collide with the ventilation apparatus when the searay comes out.

Originally Posted by myname24 (Post 1177391)

well he replied to my e-mail too :p

Thanks … I will share those concerns with
the team. We are indeed committed to the Qt
development platform, so we expect to
see more app’s there in the future. Regards, Stephen
From: ext Maurice Fakhry Friday, March 09, 2012 14:06 To: Elop Stephen (Nokia/Espoo) Subject: N9 support Dear Mr Elop, I am writing to express my concern on
the app side support for the nokia N9 .
First thanks for the completion of firefox
and flash for it . And second as we know
the meego team is shrinking and the
PR1.3 will be a bug fix release with some valuable additions. But closing the
bugtracker only 10 days after lunching
PR1.2 is a bad move and people didn't
really test it and have the sufficient time
to submit bugs . But it's not the main
problem . The main problem is that N9 was supposed to be a super social
phone , but lack a simple bunch of apps
like nimbuzz and Whatsapp and viber.
Therefore the success of it was good but
not everybody need open source systems.
And to add more the lumia's didn't lunch in all countries and the N9 is the only
flagship available . So please at least
make sure that those apps are being
developed for the N9 and because of QT
it will continue to other devices.

ok I know it's a very bad english :p

Originally Posted by ibrakalifa (Post 1177403)

if u emailed me like this one, i will kick ur a*$, wth u want a nimbuzz or wazzap? damn maybe someday u'll ask for bbm!!:mad: