Thread: Another proof Elop is a trojan horse
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2011-07-07 , 16:10
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Originally Posted by NokTokDaddy View Post
In the meantime Symbian is far from dead: My N8 is just as usable and relevant as my N900 or any other device:
Usable? Certainly. Relevant? I agree that both are equally irrelevant.

We must understand that the problem with getting Windows Phone for Nokia going was going to be one of slowing the all-but implacable momentum of the giant that is Symbian. As the Elder OS, Symbian might crush the younger and currently less-capable Windows Phone. Symbian is huge, a monster with a life and trajectory of its own - that is why Elop has done all he can to be seen to 'kill' Symbian.

As if he could!
I think you underestimate how his actions affected Symbian. Certainly you can see it in the stock price: most think Symbian is dead and that there is little to look forward to with Nokia. Fact is Elop royally ****ed up in that he made such an announcement without having another product to fill the gap. A few months later and we still don't really know when Nokia will release their first Windows Phone. Meanwhile, the N9 is coming out and Elop has done a lot to undercut that. Who the hell thinks that's a smart way to run a business?

Nokia will be far more than a manufacturer of Windows Phone devices - that was the deal on offer from Google if they adopted Android. Nokia will work with Microsoft and other participant manufacturers to build and shape Windows Phone.
Which, again, benefits Microsoft more than it does Nokia.

Your last comment is very true: Nokia will not be the same ever again. It has been toppled by fast-growing competition since 2007 and came close to being unrecoverable.

But this is a dynamic and unpredictable industry; who could've predicted just four years ago the rise of the Android, the growth of Samsung, HTC, Huwawei and ZTE, the fall of Sony-Ericson, Motorola and, of course, Nokia.
Given the new direction, they might as well be unrecoverable for the purposes of this forum. We were drawn to the power of Maemo and the promise of its potential. Elop seems to be doing everything possible to kill that dream, with nothing to replace it. It certainly won't be Windows Phone.

Speaking as a Nokia stockholder, I'm also disappointed in that aspect, because I'm wondering when Nokia is going to come out with a product that they are going to be fully behind. Certainly not for the rest of this year.
Last edited by TheLongshot; 2011-07-07 at 16:28.
 

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