Lawton and Raice report, “The X7 would have been the first Nokia smartphone launched exclusively with a U.S. carrier since former Microsoft Corp. executive Stephen Elop took over as Nokia’s CEO last September.”
MacDailyNews Take: Microsoft DNA.
Lawton and Raice report, “The unexpected cancellation leaves Nokia further behind in its effort to correct a major strategic weakness—its poor showing in the lucrative U.S. market, where it lags Apple Inc., BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. and phones powered by Google Inc.’s Android software.”
MacDailyNews Take: Lagging Android is bad enough, but if you’re lagging BlackBerry, you’re doomed.
Lawton and Raice report, “Nokia decided to pull the phone because it believed the X7 wasn’t going to receive enough marketing and subsidies support from AT&T, said one person close to the company. Nokia still plans to launch the X7 in other markets, this person said.”
MacDailyNews Take: Time for Stricken Flop, er… Stephen Elop to pull an Olli-Pekka (ha!) and announce yet another iPhone killer will be “coming along real soon now, ya hear?”
Lawton and Raice report, “While Nokia continues to stumble in the U.S., other handset makers are aggressively moving ahead with new smartphones… Moreover, Verizon Wireless will begin selling the iPhone 4 in February.”
MacDailyNews Take: Moreover? “More so” is more like it.
Lawton and Raice report, “Nokia’s Symbian operating system, which powers the X7, is seen as cumbersome and outdated. The company is building its new high-end smartphones around a platform called MeeGo, developed with Intel Corp., but that effort has been delayed as well.”
MacDailyNews Take: Nokia: MeeGo belly up.
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MacDailyNews Take: Deer in the headlights run a very high roadkill risk.
The development of mobile phones will be similar in PCs. Even 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, Nokia’ Chief Strategist, November 2009