Comments on: Nokia: Connecting People (With Mandatory Furloughs) http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090211/nokia-connecting-people-with-mandatory-furloughs/ by John Paczkowski Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:28:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Weekend Update, 02.15.09 | Beth Callaghan | Digital Daily | AllThingsD http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090211/nokia-connecting-people-with-mandatory-furloughs/comment-page-1/#comment-5198 Weekend Update, 02.15.09 | Beth Callaghan | Digital Daily | AllThingsD Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:12:13 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=12829#comment-5198 [...] Ergen. Digital Daily has been following the plot twists. DD also reports that mobile phone giant Nokia (NOK) is approaching the need for a reduced headcount at one of its plants in a novel way–by [...] [...] Ergen. Digital Daily has been following the plot twists. DD also reports that mobile phone giant Nokia (NOK) is approaching the need for a reduced headcount at one of its plants in a novel way–by [...]

]]> By: Mac Beach http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090211/nokia-connecting-people-with-mandatory-furloughs/comment-page-1/#comment-5113 Mac Beach Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:17:03 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=12829#comment-5113 I am the proud owner of not one, but two Nokia Internet Tablets. The phone, that isn't a phone. It has a camera, plays music, one version has an FM radio built in, the other a GPS chip. The radio wasn't officially documented at first, the GPS chip doesn't seem to work very well, but it has everything necessary to be an iPhone competitor, except the circuitry to connect to a cell tower. What were they thinking? Or were they? Like Motorola, with big leads, and only competing with one another, they both figured they could bide their time and watch the other big dogs and play gotcha with product announcements. None of these companies were ready for the iPhone and they seem no closer to being ready now. When will these companies learn that it isn't enough to be slightly ahead of the pack? Or maybe it's too late for these companies to learn anything. Having failed Tech Leadership 101, I'd advise them all to jump on the Android bandwagon and work on waterproof designs, larger or smaller keyboards and other superficial ways to differentiate themselves (which seems like what they are good at). I am the proud owner of not one, but two Nokia Internet Tablets. The phone, that isn’t a phone. It has a camera, plays music, one version has an FM radio built in, the other a GPS chip. The radio wasn’t officially documented at first, the GPS chip doesn’t seem to work very well, but it has everything necessary to be an iPhone competitor, except the circuitry to connect to a cell tower.

What were they thinking? Or were they?

Like Motorola, with big leads, and only competing with one another, they both figured they could bide their time and watch the other big dogs and play gotcha with product announcements. None of these companies were ready for the iPhone and they seem no closer to being ready now.

When will these companies learn that it isn’t enough to be slightly ahead of the pack? Or maybe it’s too late for these companies to learn anything. Having failed Tech Leadership 101, I’d advise them all to jump on the Android bandwagon and work on waterproof designs, larger or smaller keyboards and other superficial ways to differentiate themselves (which seems like what they are good at).

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