ESPOO, Finland - When I was a kid, I used to love to read Mad Magazine. One section that I particularly loved was the ‘Snappy answers to stupid questions‘ where the graphic would show a semi-obvious situation, a person asking a stupid question, and a snappy sarcastic reply from the person in the semi-obvious situation.
LOS ANGELES, USA – Choice is important. Being able to decide which tools you use for your work, rather than having to pick one from a closed selection can make life a lot better, not to mention easier. Good news then that WebMessenger has added support for Nokia handsets. What was previously a closed world (where you could only use a Windows Mobile handset to access Microsoft Office Communications Server) has now been opened up. And that’s a good thing.
HELSINKI, Finland – Suddenly there’s a fresh feeling that Nokia could be sparking the winds of change on the global mobile scene. This has erupted since the speech given by Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, President and CEO of Nokia, at the 2008 Nokia Annual General meeting last Thursday.
INTERNATIONAL – Four out of every ten people around the world use a Nokia mobile device. This is a significant statistic on its own, but when you break it down, either country by country or continent by continent, it becomes even more interesting.
USA – Information Week’s Eric Zeman takes Nokia to task for not yet breaking the US mobile phone market. Although a big fan of Nokia’s openness, he’s suggesting it isn’t something Nokia has yet leveraged with US consumers.
CHINA – News of Nokia’s strategic alliance with China Postel has created quite a stir. The story, released on Friday, outlined the scope of the deal which will see China Postel commit to purchasing at least USD 2billion worth of handsets from Nokia in 2008.
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