interesting article about the technology branch in general... Viewpoint: Over-the-top technologies drive success until ½ a dozen years ago, the mobile phone was nice to have but it wasn't the killer feature, yet. what actually made the mobile phone a commodity (to the detriment of NOKIA's traditional business) is... the mobile phones' ease of use and omnipresence (the current "over the top" thing...). oddly 'nough, NOKIA was at the fore-front of that new wave with Maemo, but completely missed the chance to realize it maybe 'cuz they were too confident that Symbian was (still) the standard of all things? even though others have meanwhile occupied the market, it doesn't seem to be carved in stone yet maybe a chance still for Maemo (note: the reflections in the posts are mine; the article is about the technology branch in general)
"Samsung Electronics has overtaken Nokia to become the world's largest maker of mobile phones, according to research firm Strategy Analytics. Nokia took the top spot in 1998 from Motorola, but in the first quarter of 2012 Samsung shipped 93m phones compared to almost 83m by Nokia. Samsung also reported its highest quarterly profit since 2008. Net profit was 5.05tn won ($4.5bn; £2.8bn) in the quarter ending 31 March, up 81% from 2.78tn won last year. Samsung is also the world's biggest TV and flat screen maker."