Comments on: Nokia in Trouble? A Look at What’s Behind the Numbers http://meownewsletter.com/2009/07/20/nokia-in-trouble-a-look-at-whats-behind-the-numbers/ Multimedia Ecosystem Opportunity Watch Wed, 05 May 2010 06:52:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: tlidforss http://meownewsletter.com/2009/07/20/nokia-in-trouble-a-look-at-whats-behind-the-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-10087 tlidforss Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:50:16 +0000 http://meownewsletter.com/?p=172#comment-10087 One thing all the major mobile phone players have in common is too many models for the same masses of customers. If you just want a simple phone to mainly use for voice and SMS, a ten year old Nokia is perfect even today. Secondly I think all the big players have also not understood that the value in new smarter phones is the software and apps AND nicely integrated web services. I think Google is today best positioned for this approach with Android phones, Nokia may stand or fall depending on how well they will further develop Symbian or a new Linux based environment, so my bet for the coming years is Google, Apple and Microsoft driven mobile phones. RIM is the wildcard in this crowd. There are also reasons for why Motorola and Sony Ericsson are betting a lot on Android phones, and in case of SE also new Windows Mobile ones for corporate users. One thing all the major mobile phone players have in common is too many models for the same masses of customers. If you just want a simple phone to mainly use for voice and SMS, a ten year old Nokia is perfect even today. Secondly I think all the big players have also not understood that the value in new smarter phones is the software and apps AND nicely integrated web services.

I think Google is today best positioned for this approach with Android phones, Nokia may stand or fall depending on how well they will further develop Symbian or a new Linux based environment, so my bet for the coming years is Google, Apple and Microsoft driven mobile phones. RIM is the wildcard in this crowd. There are also reasons for why Motorola and Sony Ericsson are betting a lot on Android phones, and in case of SE also new Windows Mobile ones for corporate users.

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