“Nokia’s share of the smart-phone market, the industry’s fastest-growing piece, slid to 39.3 percent in the third quarter from 42.3 percent a year earlier, while Apple [17.1%] and BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion [20.8%], gained, according to researcher Gartner Inc.,” ben-Aaron reports.
“The company is releasing new touch-screen phones and improved applications to compete with Apple’s iPhone, which has made the U.S. company the world’s most profitable handset vendor, according to market researcher Strategy Analytics. Nokia lags behind Apple in applications, the new battleground for handset makers,” ben-Aaron reports.
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Hey, Nokia’s only 130,000 or so apps behind Apple. Let’s not talk about the operating systems, user interfaces, app store credit card accounts and ease-of-use, third-party accessories, vehicle integration, industrial design…
…but I heard they have a joint venture with MS to bring Office app integration by 2012! And, Symbian S60 version whatever will be killer by then!
Huh. Didn’t they make some stupid comment recently?
MDN…. this article says otherwise!
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/nokia-industry-handset-volumes-to-rise-10-2009-12-02?siteid=yhoof
Hey MDN, don’t get too smug, Anssi Vanjoki, Nokia’s chief strategist, says “we now know what we must do.”
Buster,
The article you references does not say otherwise. It covers predictions for 2010 and has nothing to do with 2009 market share tallies.
Snort. And just days ago, Nokia was talking smack about how Apple was doomed to lose to them just like they lost the desktop to Microsoft. A lot of misplaced confidence, those Finns have…
——RM
And, to follow on from suing Apple recently, I see Nokia are now suing the LCD screen makers as well.
Seems like that’s their answer to their problems.
Just to let you know – I can’t stand the flashing ad from H-S at the top of each article, so I won’t be visiting MDN until it goes away.
Nokia is sounding quite a lot like Microsoft these days – lots of promises, little substance.
@ DanielN
Gee, my H-S shows up with a “?” in a small blue box. You must be doing something wrong.
MDN, about 120,000 of those “apps” are pretty much exercises for Programming 101 students. No real value in any of them – for anyone. Which, of course, leaves Apple with 10,000 real gems more than Nokia has. No worries!
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<u>Also</u>, you seem to have neglected noting that the Blackberry also gained market share. If this worried me, I might not have mentioned it. RIM, though, is running scared and trying to copy the iPhone’s style and substance. Not very well, I hear.
I think that Nokia may be a “niche” company by the time the dust settles
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Apple won’t make fun of the competition the way we do. It’s the only way Apple can stay ahead of its competitors, by being constantly paranoid and continuously innovating. Nokia has the financial prowess to create something better than Apple, but it just lacks the will – and Steve Jobs’ perfectionism – to do so!
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