jo21 | # 3681 | 2011-08-10, 00:38 | Report

screw this

i am glad i ordered my galaxy s2.

elop take care or ur ***.

nokia will not survive pass 2013.

gerbick | # 3682 | 2011-08-10, 01:30 | Report

I keep hearing this. But without proof of aforesaid shareholder influence, I can't say that I believe it to be true; mainly for one reason... lack of advertising. If you want growth/share, you advertise.

Didn't happen.

Now Microsoft is about kick off a huge advertising campaign with Mango, Nokia is going to step up a huge advertising campaign as well.

Why couldn't that have happened before?

For those reason(s), I tend to doubt the influence of the North American shareholder and look back at the board of directors.

jo21 | # 3683 | 2011-08-10, 01:45 | Report

it better be another 500m marketing , because the last one was huge failure

aironeous | # 3684 | 2011-08-10, 03:35 | Report

OK I'm calm, I'm calm, I'm not going to curse, even though I hate stupidity, .................
OMFG ELOP = FAIL

Rugoz | # 3685 | 2011-08-10, 03:45 | Report

You should see the positive side of the story, obviously the N9 is considered to be a threat/disturbance to wp7 sales in the US. I mean it won't even be sold unlocked, right?

I wonder how americans can buy N9s now with warranty, is that still somehow possible? Otherwise I feel sorry for all the american maemo fans.

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danramos | # 3686 | 2011-08-10, 03:51 | Report

As someone kept trying to tell me, people, "Why don't you just move on?" Hmm? The irony.

aironeous | # 3687 | 2011-08-10, 04:00 | Report

If Elop succeeds in preventing me from getting the N9 here in the U.S.
I will become anti Nokia. I'm not kidding.

And I will follow and purchase meego products from now on (except Nokia products) and I will strive to in my free time know the names of the Nokia board members and find them on the internet and make as many "you're stupid and an idiot" comments as I can about them.

Seriously this is the stupidest move on Nokias part that I have ever seen if this is true that they will not bring the N9 to the US in any way or prevent it from getting here.

It should not be "this OS versus that OS" the time has come to embrace more than one OS on one device. Dual boot meego and windows because others are doing it. Take the Maestro for example http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/17/e...o-and-windows/

Elop's "it's a war of ecosystems" is f'n BS! It's time to embrace multiple OS's and show us what you got hardware wise and stop making excuses to hide that you are a MS trojan horse and disguise it as something else.

ericsson | # 3688 | 2011-08-10, 04:36 | Report

Too much drama. The lack of market share in the US has been a thorn in the side of Nokia for many years, so many years that it has become infected. Based on sound business principles, Nokia has overreacted a bit, but it is difficult to see a path without WP. Banning the N9 clearly is part of this overreacting, but still it is understandable. All confusion about Nokia is now gone. The Americans now get a streamlined product series, which quite frankly is the only thing the americans understand and can relate to.

The previous MS marketing campaign was stupid. "come, get this super high tech new platform that is so high tech it is low tech. You will not even notice us" People don't want that, they want to be blown away with advanced technokogy that is FUN and easy to use. In addition the hardware was of abyssmal quality.

WP will surely pick up momentum this time. All the major phone manufacturers are in for the ride, and this alone will kick jump the sales.

Too bad for americans that they will never again get any of the more "experimental" stuff, the cool stuff from a geekish perspective (MeeGo, Bada, Qt, Symbian, new S40, the new chinese Linux phones and so on). IMO it suits them well, they get what they deserve with their draconian operator rules and the worshipping of fanboyism as a religion.

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afaq | # 3689 | 2011-08-10, 07:11 | Report

Can't add much to the conversations about Nokia in the US, but can someone tell me what strategy MS will use to sell Nokia handsets? Because from what I can tell thats what will have to happen. Consumers will have to be convinced that this newcomer (Nokia) is a better alternative to iOS and Android manufacturers.

In Europe Nokia will sell MS. Everyone knows Nokia but if sales assistants in stores, carriers on their sites and tech sites dont get nokia to sound exciting again this wont work. Nokia has closed its own stores and has left the game to the free market completely.

I say best to them because as much as i dislike nokia's recent decisions i do not want them broken and bought by carnivorous companies who will suck their patents dry and throw out Nokia to the dogs. As much as people want this to happen, the result will not be pretty.

keflex | # 3690 | 2011-08-10, 08:10 | Report

company stops selling unsuccessful line of products
small cadre of users fume
rest of country gets on with their lives