Comments on: Q: How Many Nokia Reorgs Does It Take to Compete With the iPhone? A: 4 and Counting

By: Nokia’s Troubles Deepen, Key Exec Resigns «

Nokia’s Troubles Deepen, Key Exec Resigns « — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:15:30 +0000

[...] Only four months after the last Nokia restructure put him in his current role, Anssi Vanjoki, executive VP and head of Mobile Solutions, has resigned from Nokia, giving six months’ notice. In a statement today, Vanjoki said “the time has come to seek new opportunities in my life.” For now, Vanjoki will continue to run Nokia’s Mobile Solutions division, which is responsible for products such as netbooks and high-end smartphones such as the Nokia N8. [...]

By: Nokia: Stephen is in, the Dream Team is complete. All system GO! « Mobile & Social

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:44:28 +0000

[...] Shuffles people around. Creates a disruption that gives people other perspectives – DONE – Cleansing: Supporting staff close to retirement, or not as passionate anymore, to move on [...]

By: Without an iPhone or Android Competitor, Nokia Reportedly Seeking a CEO

Without an iPhone or Android Competitor, Nokia Reportedly Seeking a CEO — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:30:53 +0000

[...] right smartphone strategy going forward doesn’t install confidence. Indeed, two months ago, Nokia announced its fourth reorganization in as many years. Nokia followed up that action last month by reducing net sales expectations to the “lower [...]

By: TheRohan

TheRohan — Tue, 18 May 2010 11:59:10 +0000

Was checking out the specs of the X2, looks pretty impressive on the outside as well as inside. Let me know what you guys think.

The Nokia X2 is very affordable music device on Series 40 6th Edition, supporting quad-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900. Key features include 5Mpix EDOF camera, stereo speakers, internal FM radio antenna, MP3 player and support for up to 16 GB memory card. Other features include Flash Lite 3.0, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR and MIDP Java 2.1 with additional Java APIs.

For more info on specs check out http://bit.ly/bqNfnw

Cheers.

By: Dameon Welch-Abernathy

Dameon Welch-Abernathy — Mon, 17 May 2010 07:11:06 +0000

I worked at Nokia 10 years. There was a re-org every year I worked there. I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't a yearly activity going back decades.

By: KenC

KenC — Mon, 17 May 2010 02:16:03 +0000

@Mark, I hope Nokia is paying you alot to defend their strategy, cause if they aren't, you're not as smart as you think you are!

By: Abhishek

Abhishek — Sun, 16 May 2010 07:18:00 +0000

Nokia continues to lose marketshare in the Indian mobile market as Local Companies gain traction 16 May, 2010 || by Abhishek Indian Markets, Technology, Technology Stocks

Nokia is already losing the smartphone wars to Apple and Google in the developed markets.So the low end segment is where it is relatively insulated from competition from these technology giants.However local players in the Indian market are nipping at its heels even in this segment. It like a pack of dogs bringing down a bigger prey . Nokia is trying to retain its dominant share by introducing lower price feature rich phones but seems to me that is a losing strategy.Read more at greenworldinvestor

By: Gus

Gus — Fri, 14 May 2010 14:32:52 +0000

Who cares how Nokia is structured? I don't know how Apple's mobile unit is structure and I don't care. I like my iphone, nuff said. Nokia should be focussing on product and product strategy. Reorganising is not executing strategy - it's re-arranging deckchairs. Avoid the iceberg, stop rearranging the deckchairs.

By: Thiago Bocato dos Santos

Thiago Bocato dos Santos — Thu, 13 May 2010 20:25:37 +0000

PS: "and interesting" -> "an interesting", "wound’t" -> "wouldn't"

By: Thiago Bocato dos Santos

Thiago Bocato dos Santos — Thu, 13 May 2010 20:18:49 +0000

So true for the R&D overspending with lack of focus. But the Navtek case I put apart because Nokia is working on API for interacting with Ovi Maps. The beta API program now is closed, but if there's an area where mobile companies should have greater attention, this one is location and in this arena Google and Nokia are ahead, with Google still to develop an off-line alternative. On every place with mediocre network performance, Google Maps is a pain, be on bandwidth or battery. Apple is somewhat conservative when we talk about acquisitions. I wonder if a company like Tom-Tom (whose iPhone app is remarkable) wound't be a nice asset to compose Apple's portfolio of products. Some iNav, iMaps or some location platform exposed through Cocoa. To be dependent on the average GMaps doesn't seems to be a smart decision.

Anyway, Nokia stocks that are on NYSE have and interesting cyclical behavior and I wouldn’t be surprise if after Qt consolidation (guy, comparing Symbian C++ and Qt is from water to wine) they get right on the rails.

Best Regards!