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2011-02-21 , 19:38
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Originally Posted by BigBadGuber! View Post
Looks like you have an inside scoop on Nokia management. If the mess was so bad as you insinuate, It would have taken Elop years to figure out all the problems and put things on tracks. It will still take him a long time to clean up the house and put it on the WP7 track.
WP7 won't help to get things straight within Nokia.
They obviously do not have people who listen to the market.

Originally Posted by BigBadGuber! View Post
That is why I said that this deal is great for NOKIA, but not so great for MS. They are giving billions to NOKIA, and NOKIA needs to get their act together to execute.
I still do not see, why Bing and WP7 are that great contribution.
WP7 fails:
"A quick survey of Windows Phone 7 device sales at AT&T stores has revealed modest numbers."
[ http://www.electronista.com/articles...n.low.numbers/ ]

"...producing little buzz and only so-so sales...."
[ http://www.computerworld.com/s/artic...ns_about_sales ]

"...We would say that 1.5 million is a very small number when you consider the platform launched on 10 devices in 30+ countries. It also shows the cautious buying approach of smartphone industry into Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7...."
[ http://www.gizmocrazed.com/2010/12/m...sales-figures/ ]


and Bing...well somehow the same.
So all that counts in this partnership is the hardware from Nokia
(leaving aside the OVI stuff).
I'd say this is a win for MS and not for Nokia.

Originally Posted by BigBadGuber! View Post
The other good thing of switching to MS. You have an excuse to fire a whole lot of incompetent software leaders at NOKIA!
I am not sure, if the software leads were the problem.
The marketing was more of a problem.
I've never seen as much hype for the N900 as for the iPhone
here in Austria and elsewhere.
 

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