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Originally Posted by Crashdamage View Post
Today's iPhone/Droid/N97 is tomorrow's Moto Razr. Today's top-of-the-line unit is tomorrow's 'Free w/contract' feature phone. Things change very quickly.

That said, in the overall scheme of things, I still believe it's very early in the game. There is time. I've argued before and would again that Nokia is actually ahead of the competition - for the long haul. Nokia has problems, but with MeeGo and Qt they are positioning themselves well for the future - thinking long-term, not next quarter.

They just need to fix everything Ovi, write code like crazy, bring out some ridiculous hardware and advertise like Viagra. Reading this thread, I'm not sure the top suits in management understand this. Certainly the shareholders don't seem to get it.
That is exactly what is happening now. Nokia is secure in the mid-range because they can easily migrate their previous high-end there, with almost zero costs in R&D.

However they need something to in the high end, to replace their previous offerings, and that is MeeGo (and maybe Symbian^3 and 4 handsets).

I am guessing there is going to be a converging point, either near the end of this year or the beginning of the next, when the following things should be ready, and roughly around the same time:

- A polished Symbian^3 handset, with previews of the S^4.
- The MeeGo device.
- Revamped services (Ovi, SDK's etc).

They still have time IMO, but not much.
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