Nokia Says Putting Android on Phones is Like Peeing Your Pants for Warmth

[triculious]

no wonder why they guys is leaving the company

 

[nuster100]

In other words, Nokia got caught napping by Apple, then by Google and Now by Microsoft.

They probably should be worried.......

 

[techiesAllegro]

Sour grapes from Nokia after getting caught with their pants down not once, but twice with the iPhone and Android phones. Dude, free market. Make a better product and people most likely will buy it.

 

[cinergy]

[citation][nom]nuster100[/nom]In other words, Nokia got caught napping by Apple, then by Google and Now by Microsoft.They probably should be worried.......[/citation]

But not by Intel. They are co-operating with Linux based Meego device. Intel-Nokia > Google

 

[WyomingKnott]

What have they got against the Finnish?

 

[joebob2000]

People are falling all over themselves to buy Android phones, but aren't forming any brand allegiances along the way. This is the point of his comment. Nokia is not saying Android is bad for customers, they are saying it's bad for producers. Learn to read, folks. The problem coming down the road is that once the newness of Android has worn off, who will take ownership of making it better? Google? Handset makers? Service providers? It will fragment to the point where it's not android any more, and you have every different handset line and different carrier offering something they think has an edge over the rest. This is what you need to worry about as a consumer (and as an Android app maker) since the ecosystem is still forming in front of our eyes. Nokia, Apple, and RIM, while offering a more static, less "advanced" platform, are at least offering something that has been around a while and will persist for long into the future in it's current form. Who knows what the Android of one year or two years or five years from now will be.

 

[bcube]

android from linux
linux from Linus Torvalds
Linus Torvalds from finland

 

[orionantares]

[citation][nom]kancaras[/nom]yeah. nokia wont be recognized at all in few months[/citation]

"Ooh. Nokias are real nasty. You've gotta respect the Japanese. They know the way of the samurai..."

 

[sviola]

[citation][nom]Gin Fushicho[/nom]Less money for Nokia then, their new phones won't be recognized because people will want "An Android phone".I'm sure most people will walk in and go "is this an Android?".[/citation]

This is exactly why don't want to use Android. Soon you see iPhone, Nokia, WP7 and Android. The only ones that will be reminded as a brand will be Apple and Nokia. The rest will be Android phones, and the cheaper will be the one that sells more.

Soon Motorola, HTC, SE, Samsung and LG will start to face competiotion from Huawei, ZTE and small Chinese phone brands. By then, they'll be fighting for small hardware margins, as Google is the one that will hold the App Market and the profits from App sales. Now, take a company like Motorola, that was struggling not a long ago, and you can see that their future may be grim.

This doesn't mean that Nokia will succeed in their strategy, but in the long run, it might turn to be a better option than adopting Android. Evenmore, when they already have a hold of 40% of the world's smatphone market and are number one on feature phone market, which they'll be moving Symbian^3 and ^4.

 

[sviola]

[citation][nom]awood28211[/nom]Haha. brand recognition.. I guess no one knows who Dell or HP is simply because the both come with the same OS...[/citation]


Notice how HP bought palm for webOS? Where do you think they intend on going? They sure know that using Windows gives hardware makers low margins, so they probably can envision the same for cellphones not in a very distant future...

 

[NightLight]

As a life long nokia user, i'm sorry to see this. Android seems to be kicking ***!

 

[screechy]

Nokia needs to stop crying and do something. At their rate they'll go under in the not so distant future

 

[xantek24]

i told y'all nokia is just mad...

DDDRRROIIIIIIDDDD!!!!!

 

[Doom3klr]

And Thats why nokia sucks no open source like Android and lowsy software.

 

[Guest]

The Nokia Exec wants to do what will make money for Nokia -He is not interested in what the CUSTOMERS want. This is a sure-fire way to destroy the company.

 

[js1882]

Why would they bother with Android when the have their own Linux phone OS which they are partnered up with Intel to design? MeeGo will be more powerful then Android.

 

[js1882]

[citation][nom]Doom3klr[/nom]And Thats why nokia sucks no open source like Android and lowsy software.[/citation]

I'm sorry but Nokia bought out Symbian and made it open sourced a while ago: http://developer.symbian.org/main/source/index.php

Also their next linux OS MeeGo is open sourced as well: http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/15/meego-nokia-intel/

 

[Guest]

Nokia think better..otherwise you will be diminished from the industry..
Android is 1000 times better than Symbian os

 

[Guest]

customers need good user experience. about android im using samsung galexy s and it is superb. i sold my nokia e71-2. its so boring handset. well android have highend features that symbian dont have.

 

[Guest]

if nokia launch it first phone with android i will buy it first.but not possible (V_V)