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“True, it still has more than one-third of global mobile-phone sales. But it’s stranded in the middle of the market,” Lynn reports. “Korean manufacturers such as Samsung Electronics are leading the main consumer market. Apple’s iPhone and Research In Motion’s BlackBerry dominate the upscale smartphone industry. Recognizing the scale of its challenges, Nokia hired Stephen Elop, the Canadian head of Microsoft’s business unit, to turn the company around. Everyone will wish him well… But if the guy knows so much about phones, he’s kept it a secret. Microsoft has never made any progress in that industry.”
MacDailyNews Take: If BlackBerry is upscale, so are typewriters and bowler hats. They’re as behind as Nokia. Antiquated and hopelessly behind are not the characteristics that most upscale buyers covet.
Lynn continues, “The cruel truth is that for all its residual market share, Nokia looks like a has-been. The company misread the way the mobile-phone industry was merging with computing and social networking. And it’s probably too late to turn that around.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: The shockwaves from Apple’s iPhone will continue to reverberate for years.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “iWill for the heads up.]
Its over Apple, the new kid on the block, took the throne.
Nokia’s symbian is an annoying simplistic joke.
Breeze,
Unfortunately, your commas are adding confusion to your statement. After re-reading several times, It dawned on me that the original intent probably was:
It’s over. Apple, the new kid on the block, took the throne.
Sorry, I’m not a native English speaker (started learning it as teen), so sometimes I struggle understanding it when written casually or in some form of slang…
@breeze
“Its over Apple, the new kid on the block, took the throne.”
Sorry, grammar police here. The comma placement makes all the difference.
“It’s over, Apple……”
Predrag:
I know…
I noticed it after submitting…
Mia Culpa, take your pick:
Its over, Apple, the new kid on the block, took the throne…
or:
It’s over. Apple, the new kid on the block, took the throne…
About that Blackberry quip; I don’t think we should write them off yet. They just reported another record quarter (albeit with some down numbers, such as new subscribers).
RIM is Windows. They have massive loyal Enterprise clientele, which follows the same dogma that has been in existence for decades, adapted for these times: “Nobody gets fired for buying IBM/Microsoft/RIM”. IT drones automatically replace old Blackberries with new ones, because they don’t have to write up any justification for that (which they would have to do for an iPhone, Android, Palm, etc). And just like Windows, Blackberry will continue to control that vast Enterprise space, mainly because Apple is deliberately NOT making a forceful push into that space. Whatever gets in is simply trickle that is caused by some unusual circumstances (whether a C-level manager forces it upon the IT, or some closeted Apple fan IT manager boldly brings it in for test deployment, or some ordinary IT guys in the trenches configure their personal devices to work with the corporate collaboration solution and it gets noticed…). That is not the way to take over the enterprise market share from a competitor, and Apple is actually not really interested. Why? That’s another story, but it isn’t relevant. Blackberry can continue to exist (along with Windows) in that space, and they don’t really need to innovate in order to survive there. The downfall will be extremely slow (Microsoft’s has been going for over 10 years, and they still thoroughly dominate the market, especially the enterprise). None of that will significantly affect Apple, but it certainly will affect Nokia.
Sorry, Breeze; I certainly didn’t mean to come across as a grammar nazi, but after El Guapo, my message kind of looked that way. You’re taking it really well (others would likely snap back with some expletives)…
Dunno, I thought it should read:
It’s over; Apple, the new kid on the block, took the throne…
I use commas more than captain James T. Kirk, and even I can tell the problem was with the period (or lack thereof).
Don’t blame the comma, she is your friend : )
But since it already looks like a grammar nazi, I’ll have to object to El Guapo’s suggestion:
“Its over, Apple, the new kid on the block, took the throne.”
I don’t think breeze meant it that way. Your sentence is telling Apple that there is the new kid on the block (presumably, Nokia), who took the throne. My impression was that breeze was saying (presumably, to Nokia) that it was over, and that the new king on the block (Apple) took the throne.
Hopefully, this will help wrap up the grammar police/nazi debate and shift it back to the discussion of Nokia’s woes in face of the iPhone…
KenC:
A semi-colon! I like what you did there! Should have thought of that myself… (I suggested a full stop)
It’s “mea culpa.”
Educated in US public schools much?
Unions.
If you never learned to spell, at least use your Mac’s built-in dictionary lest you come across like a moron.
And, one more Grammar Nazi thought: mea culpa, not mia culpa. Although that’s really spelling, not grammar. And maybe it’s an alternate spelling that is recognized by speakers of Latin. Wait, what was the question again?
Anyone care to comment about Nokia (and/or Blackberry, iPhone…)? Or are we all so fascinated by the English grammar (I suppose that should include me as well…)?
Auto correction is a treacherous tool, if only it worked on people…
@Superior Being,
You can blame the unions all you want, but that doesn’t make them responsible in this case. The term “mea culpa” is from Latin, which is usually not taught in secondary schools anymore. Most people are exposed to the term from colloquial usage. It isn’t even used in the Roman Catholic mass anymore, so I’d bet even a fair number of Catholics will not understand (even those that go to Catholic schools). So, while a correction to breeze is in order, I don’t think it’s necessary to get all ideologically postal about it.
Alternate spellings from other languages:
Original Latin – Mea culpa
Spanish – Mi culpa
Portuguese – Minha culpa
Italian – colpa mia
Galician – miña culpa
I feel telephones are over. In Switzerland we have some Cities that are completely covered with free WLAN (wi-fi), so Skype is already huge – face time will be probably bigger… It is provided by the state, in cooperation with some shops, etc. WLAN is like electric light was 100 years ago, and it is cheap and fast, much more practical than big telephone antennas. I know some people they have no own internet access, because they can easily access for free from the street. That costs tax money, ok, but it is part of the infrastructure, like electric light on the streets.
Now: Nokia produces phones, Apple internet devices with phone included…
Sorry my grammar!
I’m afraid to write anything in case I leave out some punctuation. We can put a lot of the errors down to no preview of posts and the inability to edit after posting.
Regarding the actual topic in hand, Apple have a knack at looking at market segments and working out what is missing.
The MP3 player market lacked a good system for managing songs on the device and computer and bundled it with a easy to use device.
The mobile phone market lacked a good internet capable device and rolled in an app program that blew everyone out of the water.
The tablet market needed a simpler way to surf the web and browse mail. Bundling in the app program expanded the potential uses for the device.
Apple makes great hardware and software. But it is their ability to address customer needs and make the products work easily and seamlessly that sets them apart from others.
“About that Blackberry quip; I don’t think we should write them off yet. They just reported another record quarter…”-Predrag
@Predrag. I think it’s a case of Blackberry advancing, but not as fast as everyone else. It’s like they’re going 30 miles an hour and iOS and Android are going 60 MPH.
From the sidelines, it looks like Blackberry is doing great. But in context, they are quickly falling further and further behind.
@ Superior Being
I’d rather be seen as moronic than as arrogant.
@Breeze
Solidarity!
Symbian is being adapted and revised to compete with touch, but since it’s initial architecture was never meant to be touch inclined or inclusive of iOS features and logic, it will never be able to natively work in the same intuitive and user friendly way.
Sound like something Microsoft tried in vein…?
I like bowlers, I think they look great…….
on some people.
breeze,
What would that be, heroin?
“Vain,” you retard.
Blackberry, is, dead, Apple, is, king.
There, commas.