Thread: Let's talk Nokia stock. Really.
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2013-06-23 , 01:22
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Originally Posted by RFS-81 View Post
The "basic" smartphone features probably. And things like extensive configurability/hackability, multitasking, developer and user communities, tinkering with OS, "power user" use cases, custom ROMs etc. have little to no meaning.

Well, the "burning platform" memo was a fiasco, for sure. But the rest of it Nokia had already messed up long before his time.
If what you are saying were true, then Apple would stil lown the market. But Android took over completely, even though the most popular handsets are at least as expensive as the iPhone. Why? People want all the tings you list above. Even Apple is offering more optimizations with every new version of iOS. The only OS that got zero traction is WM precisely because it lacks a customizable interface (switching tiles around and changing colour doesn't count).

As to Nokia being screwed before the burning platforms, that is BS. Maemo was miles ahead of Android or iOS when it came out. Nokia just needed to polish it a bit more, release form factors handsets (think e72, n900 and n9 updates) and they would have owned the market.

But this was discussed way back when, and it's all too late. Nokia's only chance now is Android, Ubuntu or Sailfish. WM is dead and will always be dead.