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ka9yhd 2016-08-16 01:34
Former CEO of Angry Birds-Maker Rovio Hired To Revive Nokia's Phone Business
 
Nokia really started to go downhill after it agreed to sell itself to Microsoft at the end of 2013, going all in with Windows Mobile. When that faltered, "Microsoft folded Nokia into its mobile business, maintaining the Finnish company's brand on feature phones, while offering up smartphones under the newly integrated Microsoft Lumia line," reports TechCrunch. In May of this year, Microsoft sold its feature phone business to Foxconn for $350 million. At around the same time, Nokia essentially licensed its brand to Finnish company HMD global Oy to create phones under the Nokia name, "which would be manufactured and distributed by Foxconn." Now, TechCrunch is reporting that Nokia has hired Pikka Rantala, the once CEO of Angry Birds creator Rovio, who stepped down in 2015 after a rough year with the mobile gaming company. He will be joining the company as Chief Marketing Officer.

https://news.slashdot.org/story/16/0...phone-business

juiceme 2016-08-16 07:59
Re: Former CEO of Angry Birds-Maker Rovio Hired To Revive Nokia's Phone Business
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ka9yhd (Post 1512691)
I traced the slashdot article back, and indeed it seems the whole thing is filled with inaccuracies and plain errors.

Nokia never "sold itself to microsoft", only the mobile devices division.
Pekka Rantala has been hired by HMD, not Nokia.
Nokia has only licensed its name to HMD, it is not going to make mobile phones.

HtheB 2016-08-16 08:12
Re: Former CEO of Angry Birds-Maker Rovio Hired To Revive Nokia's Phone Business
 
Can't we ask that guy to help us retrieving Maemo sources? :p

Dave999 2016-08-16 11:18
Re: Former CEO of Angry Birds-Maker Rovio Hired To Revive Nokia's Phone Business
 
No point in trying to make Nokia great again for the very same reason As US cant be great again.

Coperation is key an neither of them seems to understand that, time will tell...but a keyboard slider would be cool ;)

mikecomputing 2016-08-16 13:16
Re: Former CEO of Angry Birds-Maker Rovio Hired To Revive Nokia's Phone Business
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ka9yhd (Post 1512691)
Nokia really started to go downhill after it agreed to sell itself to Microsoft at the end of 2013, going all in with Windows Mobile. When that faltered, "Microsoft folded Nokia into its mobile business, maintaining the Finnish company's brand on feature phones, while offering up smartphones under the newly integrated Microsoft Lumia line," reports TechCrunch. In May of this year, Microsoft sold its feature phone business to Foxconn for $350 million. At around the same time, Nokia essentially licensed its brand to Finnish company HMD global Oy to create phones under the Nokia name, "which would be manufactured and distributed by Foxconn." Now, TechCrunch is reporting that Nokia has hired Pikka Rantala, the once CEO of Angry Birds creator Rovio, who stepped down in 2015 after a rough year with the mobile gaming company. He will be joining the company as Chief Marketing Officer.

https://news.slashdot.org/story/16/0...phone-business
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AFAIK nokia was downhill before Microsoft mess.

gerbick 2016-08-16 14:14
Re: Former CEO of Angry Birds-Maker Rovio Hired To Revive Nokia's Phone Business
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by HtheB (Post 1512704)
Can't we ask that guy to help us retrieving Maemo sources?
Somebody's asking the right questions here.

juiceme 2016-08-16 15:42
Re: Former CEO of Angry Birds-Maker Rovio Hired To Revive Nokia's Phone Business
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by gerbick (Post 1512729)
Quote:
Originally Posted by HtheB (Post 1512704)
Can't we ask that guy to help us retrieving Maemo sources? :p
Somebody's asking the right questions here.
Nice question that'd merit a good answer, but...
unfortunately he couldn't help you with that.

Makeclick 2016-08-16 17:16
Re: Former CEO of Angry Birds-Maker Rovio Hired To Revive Nokia's Phone Business
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by mikecomputing (Post 1512719)
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AFAIK nokia was downhill before Microsoft mess.
I can't even say that... That "downhill" turned to cliff jumping when Mircosoft became. Where i know? I did work there :D. Maemo/Meego was next step, but Symbian people start war with it... and rest you know...

For this thread -> I don't give **** If Nokia makes comeback. We should support Jolla or Ubuntu phone (hate that back button top left corner) and silently drop couple tears for Meego :(

Dave999 2016-08-16 17:22
Re: Former CEO of Angry Birds-Maker Rovio Hired To Revive Nokia's Phone Business
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Makeclick (Post 1512732)
I can't even say that... That "downhill" turned to cliff jumping when Mircosoft became. Where i know? I did work there :D. Maemo/Meego was next step, but Symbian people start war with it... and rest you know...

For this thread -> I don't give **** If Nokia makes comeback. We should support Jolla or Ubuntu phone (hate that back button top left corner) and silently drop couple tears for Meego :(
War is never good. Symbian was never good. On the other hand maemo/symbian was still lost...when Apple and Google made their moves.

So it started years before that when nokia didnt understood the future...

m4r0v3r 2016-08-16 20:24
Re: Former CEO of Angry Birds-Maker Rovio Hired To Revive Nokia's Phone Business
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave999 (Post 1512733)
War is never good. Symbian was never good. On the other hand maemo/symbian was still lost...when Apple and Google made their moves.

So it started years before that when nokia didnt understood the future...
Apple/Android didn't kill Nokia, Symbian did.


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