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Nokia is a communications conglomerate. They sold the mobile phone manufacturing division to Microsoft in 2014. They still have large operations in other networ
by vesinisa 6y ago
Nokia is a communications conglomerate. They sold the mobile phone manufacturing division to Microsoft in 2014. They still have large operations in other networking technologies. Qt has also since been sold off and is being again developed by Trolltech, now known just as Qt Company.
- isaacimagine 6y agoI'm reading this on a Nokia!
- distances 6y agoThat's part of their current business: the name is licensed for HMD Global, which then outsources production to Foxconn. It's Nokia in name only, literally. Seem to be very good phones though.
- isaacimagine 6y agoYeah, the phones run Android One (so stock android, no bloat), and pretty solid in terms of construction (not 3310 level, but I've dropped it a number of times and it still seems to be working well).
- zozbot234 6y agoUnfortunately it seems that HMD's Nokia phones do not support OEM boot unlock, unlike many other Android One models. So no running Plan9 on your Nokia phone.
- input_sh 6y agoThey're pretty much the only ones still releasing Android One models. Out of 6 new Android One phones in 2020, five were Nokia. I'm scared Android One is dying, Pixels are prohibitively expensive, and I'll have nowhere to jump ships once my current Nokia dies.
- t90fan 6y agoLenovo make Android One phones. I got a new Moto G Pro from them this year. Very good phone for the price.
- input_sh 6y agoYup, that's the sixth one. Other than that one and a few Nokias, there's nothing new since the beginning of 2020.
- distances 6y agoPixel A phones are very good all-rounders in the midprice segment. I know lots of people won't pay 350€$ for a phone but I find them to be pretty good value at that price point.
- larschdk 6y agoHMD was established, by Nokia, to produce phones, since Nokia wasn't allow to under the agreement with Microsoft, and is run by ex-Nokia executives. HMD bought "back" the Nokia Mobile division from Microsoft. Nokia holds shares in HMD. nokia.com sells the HMD phones. It is a bit more Nokia than just by name.
- _jal 6y agoI try to remind myself how small this little corner of the technology world I live in is, and still lose perspective sometimes. If your career is, say, playing client-server ping-pong with JSON blobs, it can be really useful to look around at other industries and see what they're up to. The commonalities quickly give way to some interesting problems and perspectives.
- tpmx 6y agoI like this approach. I make it a point to try to understand other industries that I came across in daily life. So much information is out there - you just need to learn basic research techniques and be patient/curious. Learning to understand financial statements is also a big one. Why am I doing this? a) Curiosity. I want to understand how the world works. b) I'm looking for some niche industry market that can be improved, in some plausible way. By the way: There's so much weird market segmentation going on in most other industries than software.
- stormqloud 6y agoTires conglomerate, that started a communications company. Nokia tires are pretty good.
- fabioborellini 6y agoThis is not correct. Nokian Tyres was spun off Nokia already in 1988, it was listed in 1995 and Nokia sold its remaining shares in 2003. Nokian Tyres is still listed in Helsinki stock exchange. Currently Nokia is focusing on mobile networks and patent licensing.
- distances 6y agoDifferent companies though, Nokia hasn't had any ownership in Nokian Tyres since 2003.
- jabl 6y agoWell, yeah, Nokia WAS a conglomerate that made all kinds of things like paper, electricity generation, cables, rubber boots, tyres, PC clone computers, and whatnot. But in the early 1990'ies all the rest were spun off and since then Nokia has been focused on the telecom business. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia#History
- OldHand2018 6y ago> They still have large operations in other networking technologies Indeed, Motorola sold their mobile network infrastructure business to Nokia.
- dylan604 6y ago>developed by Trolltech I don't think I could ever take software seriously from a company name like that. Are these issues really bugs, or are we being trolled?