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“I felt the time has come to seek new opportunities in my life,” Anssi Vanjoki said in the press release. “At the same time, I am one hundred per cent committed to doing my best for Nokia until my very last working day. I am also really looking forward to this year’s Nokia World and sharing news about exciting new devices and solutions.”
MacDailyNews Take: Just a sec while we fire up good old iCal. Oh, look:
With the Mac, Apple has attracted much attention at first, but they have still remained a niche manufacturer. That will be in mobile phones as well. – Anssi Vanjoki, November 2009
Source: Nokia Corporation
MacDailyNews Take: Like rats from a sinking ship.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Mike in Helsinki” for the heads up.]
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