Thread: Nokia Q4 results are out. Lost $ 1.4 Billion. Now what Nokia will do ???
View Single Post
jschan is offline jschan
2012-01-27 , 09:21
Posts: 166 | Thanked: 74 times | Joined on May 2010
#43
Originally Posted by jschan View Post
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the quote about the N9: ...Nokia launched the Nokia N9, the outcome of efforts in Nokia’s MeeGo program...Under Nokia’s new strategy for smartphones, MeeGo will place increased emphasis on longer-term market exploration of next-generation devices, platforms and user experiences
Originally Posted by somedude View Post
that quote sounds like something that was said before ms partnership announcement
Originally Posted by sbock View Post
No, I don't think so. Get over it: It's dead, Jim...
Yeah, that sure does sound like something we'd heard before the MS partnership, and yes, I might very well be reaching. However, check out the Nokia 2011 Q4 Results PDF before you go dismissing it. It's a 60 page pdf, however . Let me make it easier--checkout page 40 and the beginning of page 41:

Originally Posted by Nokia
FULL YEAR 2011 OPERATING HIGHLIGHTS
...
Smart Devices
- To support its effort to win in smartphones, Nokia announced in February 2011 plans to form a broad strategic partnership with Microsoft...
- ...[blah blah blah] transfer of approximately 2 300 employees to Accenture [blah blah blah] Symbian...
- Nokia launched the Nokia N9...[blah blah blah]...MeeGo will place increased emphasis on longer-term market exploration...[blah blah blah]...
By the time Nokia launched the N9, the announcement about MS was already out there. It may be a poor write-up, but the way it's written, it doesn't sound like Nokia is done with Meego 1.2 Harmattan yet...
 

The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to jschan For This Useful Post: