Nokia expected to swing into loss in Q2, “worst-case scenario is crystallizing”

2. Kyraa (unregistered) posted on 10 Jun 2011, 09:56 2 0

Meego could help Nokia to build up a new reputation for good operating systems. Symbian is devil's work to smartphone enthusiasts, but Meego looks very promising amd I think Meego should Nokias way out of the crisis, not WP7. It would ne new and refreshing and would settle all rumors about Nokia taken over by MS.

3. Bob (unregistered) posted on 10 Jun 2011, 10:14 2 0

Push the phones out faster ... 4 months is NOT "in the near future" as the last presentation of Mango quipped. The OS, otherwise, looks great but things need to hurry up!!!

4. vishu9 posted on 10 Jun 2011, 10:17 3 0

stick to the current course of action and slog their asses off to make it work! thats their only way forward!

5. jroc74 posted on 10 Jun 2011, 10:25 1 0

edit.....

7. WirelessCon posted on 10 Jun 2011, 10:36 0 0

So, how many Nokia employees are thinking about moving to South Korea?

9. Ty (unregistered) posted on 10 Jun 2011, 11:32 1 3

Stop making crappy phones and get away from Windows!

10. ex-nokia fanboy (unregistered) posted on 10 Jun 2011, 12:13 0 0

they need to give better support to their customers. the N8 is plagued with problems. i have my unit for less that 2 months and it has defect. they don't want to repair it. i'm very disappointed. i argued with them for 2 hours and all they could say is "sorry for taking up your time goodbye"

11. ottscay (unregistered) posted on 10 Jun 2011, 13:02 0 0

Honestly, they largely screwed themselves by announcing they were EoLing Symbian so long before they could get WinPho handsets to market. They also failed to grasp why WinPho isn't catching on - it's not a lack of quality hardware, it's an utter lack of mindshare. It's a nice enough OS, but it offers too little too late and will always be playing catch up to iOS and Android.

At this point...ugh, they have almost no good options. They can't un-EOL Symbian...that will seem like a transparent ruse at this point. They could adopt Android, but I presume Microsofts bags o' cash (err, marketing dollars) are tied to exclusivity.

No, I think Nokia is screwed. To be honest, if Samsung was offering $25 billion for their phone division (and patents) they should jump at it now, as they'll be worth a lot less in November.

12. hepresearch (unregistered) posted on 10 Jun 2011, 13:13 1 5

Option one: Nokia makes WP7 handsets and attempts to keep Microsoft in a "three-horse race"... WP7 undersells miserably, and Microsoft buys Nokia's remains for pennies on the dollar, all before the end of 2011.

Option two: Nokia's mobile device division gets bought by Samsung, their network division by Siemens, and their NAVTEQ assets by Google... all before the end of 2011... no "three-horse race", no more WP7, end of story.

Option three: Nokia's Board of Directors dump Elop on the doorstep of the orphanage for defunct CEO's, licenses webOS from HP, and makes a few webOS smartphones and tablets before going belly-up... either Huwaei or ZTE buys their mobile device division, Siemens buys their network equipment division, and Google buys their NAVTEQ assets. No "three-horse race", no more WP7 or webOS, all before the end of 2011...

Option four: Nokia's Board of Directors dump Elop on the doorstep of the orphanage for defunct CEO's, try to return to Symbian and Meego, and discover that all of their formerly-loyal customers are either gone or psyched-up for WP7. Sales plummet into oblivion... the board members empty the corporate treasury into their own pockets and try to escape from Helsinki, only to be caught and tried for theft and fraud... all before the end of 2011.

Option five: Elop holds a closed session for the Board of Directors... after two days, security guards force the board room doors open, and discover that Elop has used all of the board members in human sacrifices to a golden statue of Bill Gates...

Short version: Android and iOS will be the only two choices by 2012, and Nokia will be only a faint memory of good times long past... Nokia's business strategy since 2007 = corporate suicide... Nokia's management since 2007 = EPIC FAIL!

Oh, and by the way, which of the above options is your favorite?

13. rafael.roque posted on 10 Jun 2011, 13:19 3 1

Ironically Symbian activity is on the rise. Symbian is a great OS, it was the top Management that didn't handle it properly and slowed it down... And This Stephen Elop is no different; he doesn't understand that Nokia is different and not neccessarily bad. To each their own, and to me and all Nokia users; Symbian is our choice of OS. I'm telling you all right now, this Windows transition is only trouble; Elop either leaves Microsoft or leaves Nokia. He should go back to Microsoft if he doesn't like Nokia and Symbian!

16. Master Blaster (unregistered) posted on 10 Jun 2011, 15:52 1 0

Looks like Nokia has officially become an "acquisition target".

19. William22 (unregistered) posted on 10 Jun 2011, 18:11 0 1

Fire Elop and begin producing Android, now!!!

20. Fedback (unregistered) posted on 10 Jun 2011, 20:00 1 0

I have always been a Nokia Fanboy, I am using an N8 right now. But I'll bet you my house that Nokia would need at least 18 months to release an Android phone that even comes close to the Galaxy S II. Moving to Android is not an option

21. ChiX017 (unregistered) posted on 10 Jun 2011, 21:37 0 0

Not after Samsung turned them down the 1st time, i use an N8 too n i knw MicroNok prepared 4 the worst from the beginning.
Right now i've got high hopes for their windows phone being released on the 27th of this month.

24. box (unregistered) posted on 11 Jun 2011, 17:49 1 0

I think ios will die out before Symbian... at least Nokia updates their UI every so often, rather than just adding stolen elements from other OSes

27. hitesh (unregistered) posted on 12 Jun 2011, 00:11 0 1

go for android........and i can bet nokia will stood first again like before..............