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ethomaz on 11 February 2011

NOKIA dead for me.

So I will use my N8 for more 12-18 months... after that I was getting a iPhone.

That is sad because I love the Symbian^3 with N8... the best smartphone I ever have... but business are business and the ex-MS NOKIA CEO is a good trojan.



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bannedagain on 11 February 2011
AussieGecko said:
Zkuq said:

Having Windows in my PC is too much, I won't have it in my cell phone as well. I really like Nokia's phones but I think I might not be getting another one after this announcement.

That said, Symbian needs to go already. I don't think Windows is the right decision but at least they've recognized the problem.


have you used windows phone7?

No he hasn't. Around here it's be as biased as yoiu can and don't give anything MS a try, Just bash the living fuck out of it.



bannedagain on 11 February 2011

I will be picking up a windows phone 7 in a couple of months. I have a droid X and a LG android. I think the Droid X is The sh-t and LG, OK. I heard a lot of good things about windows phones. SO will be going that route.



Slimebeast on 11 February 2011

At least this should be good for consumers as it puts pressure on Apple iPhone and Android to improve and stay competitive.

When I get a new smartphone it's gonna be a Nokia Windows for sure.



ethomaz on 11 February 2011

A friendly dialogue between Steve and Elop.

Steve: "Hey Elop, I want you to candidate for CEO position on Nokia."
Elop: "Why, Steve? I like here."
Steve: "Well, you are very qualified for the position, then you will get it. Once you get there, I want you to move the company for our operating system. This will cause the share price to plummet, and we can clean up the mess so that we can compete with Apple, Google and HP."
Elop: "This will ruin the Nokia!"
Steve: "This will give us seven percent or more market share. "
Elop: "Nokia has almost 30 percent."
Steve: "I'll give you one million dollars, Elop..."
Elop: "Ok Steve, I'll do it."
Steve: "Oh Elop before going to kiss my ring."
Elop: "Yes, sir. "



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Doobie_wop on 11 February 2011

Good on Nokiasoft. I hope it all works out well in the end, but at this rate, all the biggest companies in the world are just going to merge together and control us all. The freemasons were right all along.



Bet with Conegamer and AussieGecko that the PS3 will have more exclusives in 2011 than the Wii or 360... or something.

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=3879752

disolitude on 11 February 2011
Doobie_wop said:

Good on Nokiasoft. I hope it all works out well in the end, but at this rate, all the biggest companies in the world are just going to merge together and control us all. The freemasons were right all along.


Is Ms still being touted as the "controlling" type of company? I think its obvious that they just want to make money and not much more...

Its Facebooks, Googles, Apples people need to worry about when it comes to controling user behaviour.



ArnoldRimmer on 11 February 2011
ethomaz said:

A friendly dialogue between Steve and Elop.

Steve: "Hey Elop, I want you to candidate for CEO position on Nokia."
Elop: "Why, Steve? I like here."
Steve: "Well, you are very qualified for the position, then you will get it. Once you get there, I want you to move the company for our operating system. This will cause the share price to plummet, and we can clean up the mess so that we can compete with Apple, Google and HP."
Elop: "This will ruin the Nokia!"
Steve: "This will give us seven percent or more market share. "
Elop: "Nokia has almost 30 percent."
Steve: "I'll give you one million dollars, Elop..."
Elop: "Ok Steve, I'll do it."
Steve: "Oh Elop before going to kiss my ring."
Elop: "Yes, sir. "

One million? The rumors say that Microsoft payed a 10 digit dollar value to Nokia for that alliance (>= 100 million dollars). Since we know that Microsoft provided a 500 million marketing budget for WP7, spending only 100 million for this Nokia deal is pretty much a bargain.

(Btw, Google was also willing to spend dozens of billions of dollars for a Nokia alliance, but in the end Microsoft was willing to pay more)



ethomaz on 11 February 2011
ArnoldRimmer said:
ethomaz said:

A friendly dialogue between Steve and Elop.

Steve: "Hey Elop, I want you to candidate for CEO position on Nokia."
Elop: "Why, Steve? I like here."
Steve: "Well, you are very qualified for the position, then you will get it. Once you get there, I want you to move the company for our operating system. This will cause the share price to plummet, and we can clean up the mess so that we can compete with Apple, Google and HP."
Elop: "This will ruin the Nokia!"
Steve: "This will give us seven percent or more market share. "
Elop: "Nokia has almost 30 percent."
Steve: "I'll give you one million dollars, Elop..."
Elop: "Ok Steve, I'll do it."
Steve: "Oh Elop before going to kiss my ring."
Elop: "Yes, sir. "

One million? The rumors say that Microsoft payed a 10 digit dollar value to Nokia for that alliance (>= 100 million dollars). Since we know that Microsoft provided a 500 million marketing budget for WP7, spending only 100 million for this Nokia deal is pretty much a bargain.

(Btw, Google was also willing to spend dozens of billions of dollars for a Nokia alliance, but in the end Microsoft was willing to pay more)

To Elop make that happen? Just one million for him.



disolitude on 11 February 2011
ArnoldRimmer said:
ethomaz said:

A friendly dialogue between Steve and Elop.

Steve: "Hey Elop, I want you to candidate for CEO position on Nokia."
Elop: "Why, Steve? I like here."
Steve: "Well, you are very qualified for the position, then you will get it. Once you get there, I want you to move the company for our operating system. This will cause the share price to plummet, and we can clean up the mess so that we can compete with Apple, Google and HP."
Elop: "This will ruin the Nokia!"
Steve: "This will give us seven percent or more market share. "
Elop: "Nokia has almost 30 percent."
Steve: "I'll give you one million dollars, Elop..."
Elop: "Ok Steve, I'll do it."
Steve: "Oh Elop before going to kiss my ring."
Elop: "Yes, sir. "

One million? The rumors say that Microsoft payed a 10 digit dollar value to Nokia for that alliance (>= 100 million dollars). Since we know that Microsoft provided a 500 million marketing budget for WP7, spending only 100 million for this Nokia deal is pretty much a bargain.

(Btw, Google was also willing to spend dozens of billions of dollars for a Nokia alliance, but in the end Microsoft was willing to pay more)


For christs sake...for the sheer entertainment value, how about you provide a source to this rediculous statement?

100 million dollar cash sum to Nokia is completely meanigless...they are a 40 billion dollar company and 2 billion dollar profit company. 100 million would not buy them a new coffee machine if there wasn't a solid strategy and partnership in place.They are doing a complete 180 degrees and will probably lose 5 billion dollars because of this in the short term.

Also if Microsoft was doing a 100 million dollar payment, there would be an official announcement for this.