Thread: Another proof Elop is a trojan horse
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ericsson is offline ericsson
2011-07-22 , 02:21
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Originally Posted by gerbick View Post
I'd still say the lesson hasn't been learned quite yet:



That's not saying that the N9 is the Nokia savior, it's not. But to take a potentially selling phone and limit its distribution and continue to push WP7 - I'd love to see real world numbers for interest in Nokia's WP7 future offerings - isn't a lesson learned.

I'd say a lesson learned would be to introduce a Mango phone sooner than later and see how well it sells. And start with a Plan B just in case - this "all-in" strategy has never worked for Nokia.
First Apple horror show and now Nokia horror show. Well, from a corporate point of view Elop (and the rest of Nokia administration) is a genius, or at least it is first class business handywork. They are in deep ****, far above their heads, still they manage to make money. Now, if they only were half as good making/renewing Symbian some 2-3 years ago, none of this would have happened, but that's another matter.

This means that the cooperation with MS isn't all that important as we might believe regarding Nokias survival. It means that the N9 will live on. It means S40 is the future. Nokia must have known where this was heading at least a year ago, and what we are seeing now is a masterpiece of cutting losses and simultaneously they are building the new future fighting off uncertainties along the way. But again, if they only were half as good fixing symbian some 2-3 years ago.

That is one way of looking at this, the positive way, the correct way. Looking forward to mid August (tablet), then September (N9) and Bada 2.0, October (S40+WP).