Ah! Maybe, you say. So overlooked that word.

I am pretty sure that if they would help out Nokia, they'd force the company to revamp win3.1 or so and have a little blue flag as branding on every phone. And of course, locales will consist of all the European languages, so may start your morning graciously with something like this when you boot your phone.

On the other hand: They did hand out massive fines to our friends from Redmon. They? Well, she did.

are you serious?!? there is no way EU could help Nokia at least directly. it would be political suicide to the guy who even suggests such things...

Ah, no I was not serious, Ossipena. I guess it's virtually impossible. Could be amusing though, to see them bellies and ties all tangled up in something they wouldn't understand if it would save their lives.

Another thread about the end of Nokia? Don't we have enough already???

Personally, it's sad to see the direction of Nokia. I've always used Nokia phones, and found them reliable and durable. The designs I used to go for are moderate - straightforward designs, and I used the phone(calls/sms) more than other functions.

Today, a better camera, multimedia capability and some work-organizing functions seemed to take priority over most functions and I was glad when I found that all bundled in the Nokia N900. We should still be thankful to Nokia for bringing that to the market, and hope for something better for Nokia.

Sorry, but for me Nokia can disappear even today. I'm 100% sure that community is ready enough to modify existing hardware to Maemo/Meego needs (CordiaTAB), and, after 2-3 years, design own, customized hardware (which Open Pandora guys proved doable long time ago).

For better or worse, Nokia is tightly linked to the region's economy.

I'm sure they've 'build' a few towns and they rank up there with the biggest tax paying companies and one of the largest employer of engineers and whatnot.

The bottom line is: when all things are cnsidered, they matter and they make a positive difference to the region, so they're worth saving.

Focusing on doom and gloom is not good for you. You want proof? Look at Tomi and danramos - but not for long

So, Nokia is not the biggest and badest in smartphones anymore. Get over it, the only thing that matters is if they make cool devices. Ovi store just passed 7 million downloads a day now, and they are accelerating:
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/...illion_dow.php

Dual sim touch and type S40 (C2 series) is soon to hit the streets with web apps and maps, Ovi store will sky rocket. 1GHz S40 within a year. The N9 is a couple of months away and WP following.

Nokia is far from dead. The old Nokia is dead, and we are starting to see how the new Nokia is forming. They still have lots of time to stumble and screw things up like only Nokia nows how to - but the N9 running Linux and Qt is part of the new Nokia for Christ sake. A phone manufacturer selling the N9 cannot bee all that evil, can it?

then nokia should be states company, not private company...

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

I don't want even a cent of my tax money spent on Elop's dream of mediocrity. We are already wasting billions of national wealth on PIIGs. That is enough money wasted on mismanaged cluster****s.

If goverment should do anything due to Nokia blow up, it should offer start-up money to new businesses that are now popping up from ex-Nokians and to existing small businesses that are looking to hire ex-Nokians.

Don't worry, it's very unlikely the Federal Government would offer bailout for Nokia, which is just a bad performer in a booming industry, where layoffs from Nokia could easily be absorbed by its competitors.