Originally Posted by SamGan

You know why NOK went up yesterday and down today? Simple, yesterday punters were buying in the expectation that Elop will be sacked. When it is clear this isn't going to happen, the price just fell back down. Expect NYSE:NOK to reach $1.50 next week.

Originally Posted by cheve

I think you are also speculating as well.

Let us assume there are 8M WP7.x users now. If these are the majority for a long time to come, then it would only mean that Nokia/MS is not moving the new WP8 device. How long can Nokia last if people are NOT buying the new WP8 devices?

If the majority of your user base is WP7.x and older devices and it will be remain so for a long time, then what is the real advantage for the developer to develop/upgrade the App for the WP8(which IS the minority at this very moment)?

Nokia/MS can pay developers to upgrade/develop App. Let us assume that it can be done with a cost of $100 US for converting(ie. recompile the app, QC, update the user help/guide, delivery setup) an existing App [other professional developers can throw in some realistic man-hours here]. So the total bill for converting the 100k App base(as suggested in your other posts) would be costing $100,000,000. Does Nokia has this kind of money to do so now? By the way, if it would really costing only $100,000,000 to migrate the App base to WP8, MS would have done that already.

Furthermore, I don't believe that Nokia gets a percentage on App sale directly? So, the impact of WPx App to Nokia would be secondary. How long can Nokia wait unit the WPx App are so hot(and must have) that joe/jane(ie. regular people on the street) would buy a WP8 device so that they can run the said hot App?

I have no desire to see Nokia to fail. Many more lives/families would be affected if the Nokia goes down -- and that is really the sad part. Unfortunately, IMHO, the current leadership of Nokia has really painted the company(well at least the mobile business) to a dead corner and there is little hope of getting out of it.

You have a pair of rosy-color glasses on and mine pair is clear with a tint of blue.

Originally Posted by specc

At least my eyes are open, that's what really count.

Originally Posted by volt

The earnings report was out the 19th, that makes today 1 day after.

Tomi Ahonen already gave his first analysis them, and his take on it is "AT&T massive launch marketing blitz achieved" no extra sales. My take on that is selling 600k on a market where they previously sold 600k, that has got to be Nokias most positive development in sales this year. Global smartphone market share down from 8 to 6 percent this quarter.

Frankly, Tomis first analysis didn't have any many new points, doesn't look like the new numbers fuelled him good - we'll see when his "further" analysis is out.

Originally Posted by Cue

His long game is 2 years and he expects it to hit $10 in May. He has kept repeating "time to buy more" every month for almost a year I believe, claiming it has hit rock bottom a while back. He could have waited like any smart person would. I wouldn't take his advice seriously, I doubt he even has a vested interest in Nokia other than a psychological one. I believe come July 20th it can go slightly lower.