Apple Online Store“If he had wanted to debunk those rumors that it might buy Palm, Nokia’s new mobile phones head Rick Simonson could have picked a more outright denial,” Robert Andrews reports for paidContent.

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.

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