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Originally Posted by tissot View Post
One thing that's a bit worrying what North America is bringing is the carrier control. Service providers need strong unlocked market next to them and some strong mobile phone manufacturers who can push example VOIP and other services.
Yes... the North American region is an odd one and how much pull the carriers have bothers me. Well that and the lack of savvy individuals that covet unlocked phones - they're just not interesting enough to people since they initially cost more than a subsidized phone. And the subsidized phones - say AT&T for instance - didn't even pick phones that were worth a damn... like Nokia N-Series other than that horrid N73 version that didn't even have wifi.

Things change Nokia have been the top gun for 9-10 years and dominated for past 4 years. It's time for fresh ideas and clean the field. Maybe in 2 years Symbian^4 with Qt and Harmattan will make Nokia again far target for it's competition in smartphones maybe Apple will form portfolio of phones and crasp big amount of mid end market too or maybe Samsung who is the one really growing will make Android it's babey and take the smartphone market where it's stil small player.
I have no faith in Nokia right now. Qt, et al is impressive tech, but it's not a mainstream tech yet. Thus, it will have to compete against a more familiar (to North America) iPhone, which is more known because of interface only commercials.

The more I re-read that original article, the more I think that person was going for a reaction only.