Andrews reports, “Simonson, who in November switched from CFO to run the mobile unit of Nokia’s devices division, tells India’s Economic Times… ‘I can even make a prediction for 2010: In Latin America, we will grow faster than [RIM]. By 2011, our efforts will start producing results, as we will be at par with Apple and RIM in smartphones. Not only we draw level with them, we will also win the war because, in addition to email, we will be adding content, chat, music, entertainment and several other features, which will soon become very critical for success of any company in this space.'”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: First of all, RIM is nowhere near Apple’s level and, second of all, massive self-delusion is no way to run a successful business.
Not only we draw level with them, we will also win the war because, in addition to email, we will be adding content, chat, music, entertainment and several other features, which will soon become very critical for success of any company in this space.
Umm… doesn’t Apple and to a lesser degree, RIM, Microsoft, and Palm already have these things? So the bottom line is that they think they will win because of their Me2 products and services? Nokia investors, you have been warned!
As John McClane said, “Welcome to the party, pal!“
Peace.
Speaking as someone who works for a company that recently retired an engineer from the CEO position, and hired a CFO to replace him, any company run by a numbers guy is doomed. The crash and burn won’t be quite as spectacular and messy as in a company run by a sales guy (Microsoft), but the numbers guy will immediately stifle development and ultimately starve the company to death. Apple is now in a very secure position in both the smart phone and desktop OS markets. Their leading competition is self-destructing in both areas.
Soon as they in the lawsuit, they’ll match Apple technologies? Ahahaha what a bunch of sore losers.
“By 2011, our efforts will start producing results, as we will be at par with Apple and RIM in smartphones.”
Rick Simonson, you have been iCal’ed.
I think he is skating to where the puck is now and not where it will be in 2011
maybe they will, but by 2011 Apple will be even bigger. so they’ll still have to play catch-up
Buster, we use the metric system when measuring “what he’s smoking.” =]
Does anyone know if any company has successfully used patent litigation to drive their own innovation?
It always seems to me that patent litigation is used to circle the wagons and hold the fort where things currently are, not to move ahead to new things.
2011 will be the year when Nokia drop below 30 % in worldwide smartphone market share and Apple will match Nokia in sales numbers.
Also, IIRC, Nokia was demanding access to Apple’s proprietary patents, as part of any patent deal. (Never mind that the Nokia patents in question were supposed to be subject to “fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory” terms – yet they discriminate against Apple in this way. Apple refused, so Nokia sued.
Seems to me Nokia wants the free ride on the back of Apple’s innovation, not the other way around.
One more example of how the patent system drives “innovation”…
I love how they all assume Apple is going to sit still and wait for the others to catch up.
They won’t be near the success they think they will be if they keep looking at Apple and not looking at the consumers. This is the problem with all the handset manufacturers the telcos and Microsoft.
The only puck towards which Nokia will skate, is already in the back of their own goal.
Too bad the iPhone that they’re targeting for 2011 is from 2009.
Even if they somehow do manage to make a contender, it will still be out-of-date by the time they release it.
This comment will be right up there with John Rubinstein saying that no current iPhone owner would remain so after the release of the Pre.
How come there is never what we used to call a “real journalist” around when it’s time to burst these guys their hot air balloun?
md mw = going, like in going up, up and away…
Wow. Nokia’s talking points are starting to sound a lot like recycled Palm missives. I suspect it will work just as well for Nokia as it did for Palm. “Where’s the beef?”
@@Buster…I stand corrected….it should read I will buy 0.02835 kilograms of what ever he is smoking.
I make a lousy Canadian in that respect. Moreover I am a lousy skater and do not particularly like maple syrup either. …but I love hockey…go Habs go (and Macs of course)
I heard that Nokia may come out with a touch screen with a virtual keyboard. Now that’s innovation.
It amazes me how a company like Nokia comes out 2 years later to announce that they will challenge Apple next year. So, it’s going to take 4 years for them to compete with Apple. By the time they come out with anything, Apple will be across all networks, maybe out with their 4th or 5th gen phone and have a billion apps. They may want to concentrate on making widgets.
Well, Jobs did say at the iPhone’s 2007 unveiling that it was five years ahead of anyone else.
So far, those words are ringing pretty true.
“I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.” – Wayne Gretzky
Nokia’s will be on par to where Apple is NOW… maybe.
Good luck Nokia. Maybe Panda bears will fly by then too.
First off, this guy is not aware of the current situation. Forget what the situation will be in one year or two, he doesn’t have a handle on what Apple – or RIM – have on the table right now. He’s a buffoon.
That said:
Demon, the fact that Linux is “splinter” is not “the problem” that’s slowing acceptance of that OS. There is no innovation in their thinking. They are working at doing the same things as other OSs, only hugely better. And succeeding.
Zeke, Jobs is – like Monkey-boy – a salesman. Not an engineer, not a numbers guy, a salesman. Unlike most others, though, he has a vision of what sorts of products he wants to be selling. And, when he gets the advanced, quality product he has insisted on, he sells the be-jeezuz out of it.
Is Sadam’s old Minister For Information working for Nokia now?
Seriously by 2011 they still won’t have decided whether to drop S60 in favour of Maemo.
So, Simonson is admitting that all his current phones are crap compared to the competition? Why would anyone buy a phone from Nokia now?
It shouldn’t be hard for Nokia to catch up. After all, all Apple did was copy everything from Nokia by infringing Nokia patents anyway!
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@TheConfuzed1
You said
“This comment will be right up there with John Rubinstein saying that no current iPhone owner would remain so after the release of the Pre.”
Sorry Dude, but you are still a little confused.
The statement was made by Palm investor Roger McNamee, not John Rubinstein.