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Holland reports, “Showing a picture of Forstall taken from Apple’s iPhone 4 introduction video, Savander said: ‘One of our competitors recently had a launch where one of their executives said this…’ Savander then played an audio clip from Apple’s iPhone 4 video, in which Forstall says ‘…It’s all about connecting people,’ Nokia’s own tagline. At the time, Forstall was describing the iPhone 4’s FaceTime video calling. ‘That still makes me chuckle,’ said Savander. ‘For Nokia, it’s nore than just a feel-good tagline. It’s a passion. The world includes 1.3 billion ‘Nokia people.’ Our vision of connecting people becomes more relevant every day.'”
MacDailyNews Take: Empty words. What’s he chuckling at, the dizzy feeling of circling the bowl while his bosses flee like rats from the sinking SS Nokia? FaceTime really connects people; much more so than any low end Nokia candy bar featureless phone. 1.3 billion low-end, low-margin cellphones is nothing much to crow about when you can’t even catch up to Apple’s original 2007 iPhone. Tick tock, tick tock…
Holland reports, “As Savander introduced the Nokia N8 handset, [he stated] that it offers “great performance, day in day out, no matter how you hold it.”
MacDailyNews Take: It’s quite obvious that, besides being a whiny little bitch, Niklas Savander is also a desperate liar:
Holland reports, “Savander reckons Symbian devices still sell more than Android and iOS combined. ‘We’re not going to appologise for the fact we’re not Apple or Google or Samsung, or anyone else,’ said Savander. ‘…When it comes to our customers we know that just one device will not satisfy all of them. Even in the high end, offering people just one model will inevitably lead to compromises, whether it’s compromises with the browser, the keyboard, the camera… so we will continue to offer a range.'”
MacDailyNews Take: Apple offers two iPhone models at three different storage sizes. And, oh-by-the-way, iPhone’s browser, keyboard, and camera are each often cited as being best-in-class. You ought to apologize for sitting on your fat asses, resting on your laurels, while Apple was completely remaking your industry. Your customers want iPhones, Nikki, and you have none to sell them.
Holland reports, “Savander wrapped up his intro to Nokia World 2010 stating loudly: ‘For me, today is about three words. Nokia. Is. Back. Thank you.'”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: That’s five words, dummy. If you’re emptily claiming to be back, where are you coming from? Behind. Way, way, way behind. Nokia has nothing but frightened execs, an ex-Microsoft CEO who’s extremely ill-suited for the job, a company in complete disarray that peddles large volumes of commodity-grade products that generate laughable margins, and a dim future of continuing decline. No wonder their marketing flack is terrified. Roadkill. Shut up and take your Apple-administered ass-whipping like an man, Nikki. Standing on a stage blustering and lying is awfully unbecoming.
“our customers”?
What customers? That was once when Nokia phones were the best of the rest, which in today’s post iPhone era is history.
Why would you want a Nokia phone when you can get an iPhone?
thats the most bitter and biased piece of reporting i have read in a long time, but thanks for the laughs.
Jobs said they were 5 years ahead of the competition with the first iPhone. We laughed (even us diehard fans). But he was right.
Making 50 models is not a comprise? What! One phone can not satisfy everyone. Did Nokia consider the overhead of producing more than one model. If you place the best components in one model and work hard to make it very useful to a broad range of users, you end the day with a well designed, cost effective, and components of quality.
Well, if you are not some greedy Microsoft manager-err, Adobe, too.
My first cell phone was a Nokia because it was free with my plan. That was almost 15 years ago and I haven’t had a Nokia since.
Some who states “We are back”, implicitly means “We were gone”! So, Nokia: make up your mind… And think twice before throwing stements into pasture…
@breeze
“Why would you want a Nokia phone when you can get an iPhone?”
Until Steve brings the iPhone to T-Mobile, me, and many more like me, will be using our cheap little Nokia clam shell phones with a iPod touch. Please Steve, liberate me! ATnT is a no go where I live.
That’s right, Nokia sells the most phones. How much profit do they make from all of those phones? muy poco
‘For me, today is about three words. Nokia. Is. Back. Thank you.'”
MacDailyNews Take: That’s five words, dummy.
Okay, that was really petty. Seriously. Anyone reading that with two brain cells to rub together would instantly tell that “Nokia. Is. Back.” were the 3 words, and the thank you was to close the address.
I can see slamming them for the rest of the address, but that is *really* reaching, MDN.
@alum sums is up best. If you are back, Nokia, then where have ye been?
The Nokia guy was probably hoping for some [wait… for… it] facetime with his boss.
God I love my own wit!
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@HMCIV
We are all impressed.
One way or another.
Nokia’s Sinking World
Didn’t Oily Pekker always say something like they were now In The Game, whenever they released another “iPhone-killer”? And, just like “Nokia. Is. Back”, where were they when they were not “In. The. Game”?!?
Silverhawk:
Never compromise on high standards. Nothing is comparable to an iPhone or and iPad- NOTHING.
Now you can always wait for the “next” feature or version, as have many that use that excuse to ‘not buy’ today’s technology, but the next version and promise is always looming in technology and while life passes you by, you’re the only one denied the advantages today, by passing..
Any day now you will be released.
Niklas sadly sounds a bit like Michael Dell about a decade back being arrogantly dismissive of the competition.
Dismissing the competition who is in high gear on innovation to market with reviews generally giving their competitors (Apple & some Androids) the highest marks is akin to Custer saying ‘Don’t worry, Jack, they are just a bunch of Indians.’
I would be shorting Nokia, if I were betting.
@breeze “Why would you want a Nokia phone when you can get an iPhone?”
Problem is with current supply constraints world wide, you can’t get an iPhone (I have one but I was upgrading from an iPhone so I could wait.).
@Mossman:
I disagree. It’s all about good diction. If he really wanted to emphasize the three words, he should have just said: “Nokia.is.back.” Very simple. No confusion as to the three referenced words.
MDN is correct on this instance.
Jeff:
By Xmas they’ll be available everywhere – Shortages created by demand exceeding supply, when supply is huge, are every company’s aspiration and dream.
You snooze you lose – don’t put off till tomorrow what you can get today- order now.
Apple
Make an iPhone with a clear glass back so we can see the beauty of your design both inside and out.
@silverwarloc
Diction: “Degree of clarity and distinctness of pronunciation in speech.”
Poor choice of words – unless perhaps he had an undisclosed lisp that you know about…
This is a very silly discussion – initiated by MDN who can be very childish at times. Bitchy even… He said he was going to give you three words, and he did. Was he supposed to then sit down without saying thank you to the audience? Or perhaps he needed to wait a full minute and then say thank you in case people in the audience couldn’t count? Perhaps, indeed, he did wait before he said Thank You. How can you tell from the report anyway?
@silverwarloc: Now *you’re* reaching, to defend MDN. Saying thank you to the audience after you’re done is common practice everywhere, and has no bearing on the closing statement. Unless you’re claiming that “thank you” is the earth-shattering point that closes most presentations. And that would be just silly.
And it’s written as “Thankyou” in the article. Assuming the article wasn’t changed since MDN sourced it, that’s *one* word as transcribed by the journalist/blogger. You could argue it *should* be two words and I’d agree, but if the journo made this mistake then he was also mistaken for not putting “Thank you” in a separate paragraph.
Can’t believe I had to waste time explaining this, but MDN thought it was worth pouncing on so there you go. Just accept that MDN is reaching on this stupid point.
Savander is misqoted. He meant to say that he was *chucking*, as in throwing up from being sick in the stomach of all the Apple success.
All the Products that they Released today, are as Dead as the N97.
Nokia is Yesterday’s News.
Dudes, I just used facetime with my new iphone 4 for the first time last night, and it was PHENOMENAL. I was talking to a friend across the country on her new iPod touch.
But even more amazingly: I called her using facetime this morning and her iPod Touch, which she was not using and was 2 rooms away in her house, STARTED TO RING.
I had assumed she’d have to be using it to receive a facetime call. Nope, just had to be on a wifi network and asleep.
That is AMAZING.
Good luck with your videochatting nokia.
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