Welcome to Nokia, Mr Elop
 

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Looong article over Reuters.

Re: Welcome to Nokia, Mr Elop
 

Yeah, welcome, and give us updates just the way the microsoft does...

Re: Welcome to Nokia, Mr Elop
 

Wow. Seriously?

Re: Welcome to Nokia, Mr Elop
 

Yes, talked about it alot all the way till he got sacked. It got a bit embrassing really thinking it was the main thing for him with services.

I really don't know how well will Elop do, but i can already tell that he can't do any worst than OPK in NA. ;)

Re: Welcome to Nokia, Mr Elop
 

Right, then, Mr Elop, grab a pick-axe and get moving. We haven't got all day. Nokia's already virtually non-existent enough as it is without you loitering here listening to me. Go on! Piss off, already.

Re: Welcome to Nokia, Mr Elop
 

Wow... cripes. I wonder if what he meant "spending a week each month on it" to mean that he would spend a week of vacation each month here in the US? I mean it. OPK has literally (very, very literally) made Nokia FAR less relevant here.

Re: Welcome to Nokia, Mr Elop
 

Well it's a big surprise for me... that goes 180' against what some of the fans here have been saying; that Nokia has been intentionally ignoring the US market, bla bla.

Re: Welcome to Nokia, Mr Elop
 

http://translate.google.fi/translate...alloitus-alkaa

I can understand the problems Kallasvuo have had as Symbian doesn't have the history there and it's very much weighted for Europe and Asia, so why would anybody over there get phone with Symbian when you got Iphone and Android where your services are 80% about North America. Not to talk about the bad press Symbian have been getting globally.
Maybe it's a advantage that people over NA haven't tried Symbian at least before S^4 comes out. :p

MeeGo is being quoted as THE phone OS from Nokia to take North America (a bit too much really.... i wouldn't mind to own MeeGo phone over here in Europe either....). While i wouldn't even dream about MeeGo taking over Iphone or Android in NA hopefully they will at least get the attention and are picked by large carriers.
The non existant manufacturer over smartphones, Samsung pretty much did everything in 3 months with Galaxy S over NA that Nokia have been trying to do for 4 years now.

Re: Welcome to Nokia, Mr Elop
 

THAT is the single most PERFECT statement anybody has ever said about this.

Re: Welcome to Nokia, Mr Elop
 

For people from Finland, there's a 7 page Elop interview in todays Kauppalehti Optio. Mostly talks about things pre-Nokia, but it also includes some general stuff about what he's going to do as CEO of Nokia. Worth reading, if you're at all interested about Nokia.

Re: Welcome to Nokia, Mr Elop
 

That is indeed quite a powerful statement and very fair as well.

Only difference is, that in a sense you could think that Samsung took the "easy way in" adopting Android. Samsung has had no problem adapting and adopting to any markets and needs the biggest manufacturers have not capitalized on. I think this is one of the reasons why Samsung can never be revered as a pioneer the way Nokia has been. But hey, in the end its a business and Samsung is doing a better job in the States than Nokia.

On the other hand, I hope people keep perspective correct as NA isn't the only important market in the world. All of these articles make it out to be so.