DREJV, Nokia can't waste money marketing Ovi now when its not ready. It will be more relevant once Maemo6 and Symbian^4 are hardened. THEN you'll see how they plan to put it all into action. Nokia is also pretty big into mobile advertising. It all goes well together.

I wouldn't put too much weight on that. Eventually the only logical move for Canon and Nikon will be to either exit the point and shoot market or turn their cameras into phones.

Precisely. The more I find out about Nokia and Ovi (which I mean in an entirely positive way, by the way), the I consider my move into Ovi as a long term strategy rather than a quick-get-rich plan.

The problem Nokia appears to be facing currently is that they're entirely lacking an elite customer service and market rep team, which has culminated in the current general cluster**** of misinformation related to N900 and Maemo.

I think internally, everything at Nokia is running perfectly on track. It's just unfortunate that they're the only ones who know what track they're running on, and where it's going - which, in this day and age, combined with the er, mediocre.. customer service, makes people assume incompetence rather than the possibilty that Nokia is keeping their cards unusually close to their chest.

Something which shouldnt be surprising when you consider the internal reorganizing that's been going on lately.

Well in news 3h ago some Nokia exec said that this isn't happening and the manufacturing will keep being part of core business.
So if it will ever happen i don't think we will be seeing this anytime soon.

Remember that there's a difference between getting out of the mobile phone business and getting out of the mobile phone manufacturing business. I read the article as a simple question about outsourcing manufacturing to a lower cost country (e.g. China) with the answer being "not now, maybe someday".

Much Nokia engine manufacturing is already done in LCCs, like India and South Korea. There's a Beijing factory too. So if a big move were to be made, it would either be to relocate more their way, or outsource to companies like Compal and/or Foxconn. Or both.

and I'm all for that.

This one was funny.

Yeah, I am very impressed with Mr. Vanjoki. Very sharp guy. Friendly too... and he actually took time to respond to one of my articles when I blogged inside Nokia.

I just called the Nokia Customer Service to ask if it is true that Nokia is considering going out of mobile business. The Rep assured me that he will look into this matter and update me over email!! But he kep mum on N900 delivery issues though!!

Ok Jokes apart, this move IF true will make sense ONLY in the long run. And nothing really to get excited about atleast for the next 5 to 10 years.

Nokia is a very seasoned player and and it knows well what is best for it and its share holders.