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Betting on Nokia (2013)

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(Image source: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk) Have you given up on Nokia? From my perspective, due to its recent (couple of years old) debacles and endeavors with MSFT, I had stayed away from Nokia. I never believed on how their MSFT strategy was approached. Nokia should have totally maximized their Smartphone hardware design expertise, and should have offered … Read more

Mobile Monday Austin | Nokia USA Tour visits Austin – Apr 30, 2012

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Please join us April 30 for our next event when Nokia visits Austin for its “Nokia Lumia USA Tour” WHEN: April 30, 6-9pm WHERE: Buffalo Billiards, 201 E. 6th St. WHO: Mobile Monday Austin & Nokia Please RSVP at Eventbrite: http://momoaustinapr2012.eventbrite.com/ If you have a Windows Phone application, Nokia Developer wants to see your app … Read more

On “Japan as the (mobile) leader, USA as the laggard, Nokia in between” and developers, developers, developers, developers

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As discussions and opinions continue at Forxum Oxford on the topic of mobile leadership and Nokia and so forth, the following statement was made by Tomi Ahonen, for which I responded as follows. Why I am writing about this? Because it is important to understand some of the reasons why some are leaders or are … Read more

On Microsoft and Nokia (June 2011)

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Here revisiting the Microsoft and Nokia relationship, are we witnessing the death of Nokia? Or it’s rebirth? Nokia is big and powerful, with lots of money, so perhaps the relationship becomes a merger, like a “Microsoft Nokia”-branded company. That would be a huge move for both companies. Something deep(er) will happen between both companies and … Read more

Reaction to Nokia 2011 Strategy Announcement (and Microsoft relationship)

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While a radical change in strategy was expected, it is not aggressive enough. On my previous post here titled Mobility 2011: Nokia, I shared some thoughts on what Nokia should be doing; some implemented on this new strategy (such as transitioning out of Symbian), but more is needed. And while the new relationship with Microsoft … Read more

Mobility in 2011: Nokia

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(This is part of a series of blog posts on Mobility in 2011) Related to this see: Reaction to Nokia 2011 Strategy Announcement (and Microsoft relationship) Nokia is in the midst of a major strategy shift; they have to. Nokia has an operational issue to address. The truth is that Nokia is losing traction while … Read more

Michael Mace on Is Symbian dead? And if so, who killed it?

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Michael Mace wrote an *excellent* piece titled Is Symbian dead? And if so, who killed it?. A must read for anyone in mobile. [Update Nov 26, 2010] Symbian Foundation web sites to shut down. His writeup has great background info that brings lots of memories; EPOC and Psion (circa 2000), the Symbian conferences in the … Read more

MobileMonday Austin (Nov 2010) | Nielsen on Mobile Applications and Connected Devices

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I posted at the MobileMonday Austin website information about the next event… Please note that seating is limited; please register and reserve your seating and enter the raffle to win a new Nokia N8. For registration and more information, please visit the MobileMonday Austin website at http://www.mobilemondayaustin.com/. The event is sponsored by Nokia and the … Read more