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When Elop was brought in, the board was clearly signaling that a turnaround from within was not going to happen. The Microsoft smartphone strategy was already i

by mbreese 13y ago

When Elop was brought in, the board was clearly signaling that a turnaround from within was not going to happen. The Microsoft smartphone strategy was already in place and was going to happen. I have a lot of respect for Nokia, but they had the technology for the iPhone and iPad long before Apple (roughly), and they were never able to capitalize on it. Hell, I had an N770 in 2006 and it was great. But it wasn't even close to being finished enough for the masses. My fear with MeeGo was that it wasn't in the same league as the iPhone design-wise. Hardware-wise, Nokia has always been top notch. It's the mix of software and design where they seemed to be lacking. It might be that they may have put too much emphasis on open-source and Linux graphics at the time.

bad_user 13y ago
Wouldn't it be absolutely embarrassing if Firefox OS ends up capturing 5-10% of the market? And personally I think it will, just like I knew Nokia is dead after announcing their new Windows Phone strategy. Nokia is a textbook example of things not to do. All the talk about them not being able to deliver the iOS polish / experience is simply not true. That's not what killed them. What killed them is that they focused on price and quantity instead of quality, coupled with schizophrenic business decisions. Example: Nokia closed their factory in Bochum, Germany to move to Cluj, Romania for cutting costs. Then they closed their factory in Romania, with the rumours being that they'll move to Moldova. They didn't of course, moving the production to China. The reason for these moves? Simple - in both cases Nokia took advantage of subsidies granted by governments / the EU, which are given as an initial incentive. At the time, the public opinion was like "oh, but Nokia is a big capitalist and they have a duty to their shareholders" and "China makes more sense for Nokia". Well, I find a sort of poetic justice in how things turned out for them.
- Swannie 13y ago
  Not really embarrassing. FirefoxOS is standing on top of the success of Android... literally, it leverages all of the work on the Linux kernel, and all of the work the handset manufacturers have done in writing hardware drivers and exposing the API to Android.
- MichaelGG 13y ago
  >embarrassing if Firefox OS ends up capturing 5-10% of the market Considering they only have 20% of the browser share, it'd be an amazing success story if they managed to get 10% of the mobile OS market.

by mbreese 13y ago

bad_user 13y ago

Wouldn't it be absolutely embarrassing if Firefox OS ends up capturing 5-10% of the market? And personally I think it will, just like I knew Nokia is dead after announcing their new Windows Phone strategy. Nokia is a textbook example of things not to do. All the talk about them not being able to deliver the iOS polish / experience is simply not true. That's not what killed them. What killed them is that they focused on price and quantity instead of quality, coupled with schizophrenic business decisions. Example: Nokia closed their factory in Bochum, Germany to move to Cluj, Romania for cutting costs. Then they closed their factory in Romania, with the rumours being that they'll move to Moldova. They didn't of course, moving the production to China. The reason for these moves? Simple - in both cases Nokia took advantage of subsidies granted by governments / the EU, which are given as an initial incentive. At the time, the public opinion was like "oh, but Nokia is a big capitalist and they have a duty to their shareholders" and "China makes more sense for Nokia". Well, I find a sort of poetic justice in how things turned out for them.

Swannie 13y ago
Not really embarrassing. FirefoxOS is standing on top of the success of Android... literally, it leverages all of the work on the Linux kernel, and all of the work the handset manufacturers have done in writing hardware drivers and exposing the API to Android.
MichaelGG 13y ago
>embarrassing if Firefox OS ends up capturing 5-10% of the market Considering they only have 20% of the browser share, it'd be an amazing success story if they managed to get 10% of the mobile OS market.