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It’s not just me that thinks Nokia’s a-bag-a-shite

Adam from Esendex drew my attention to Andrew’s post today on The Register ostensibly on the Apple iPhone here in the UK (“The great British iPhone mystery“). The mystery being that, by all accounts, the iPhone has flown off the shelves and it’s potentially poised to do the same again with the next version.

I often feel that I am the only chap on the planet calling out Nokia for piss poor innovation and ridiculous, ridiculous lack of attention to really important elements — especially when I’m regularly coming into contact with Symbian fanatics.

I’m not anti-Nokia. I’m using an E90 on a regular basis. I’ve got four Nokias on my desk here.

I’m massively fed up and super, super frustrated by the total lack of innovation. In fact, if you’re minded, you can hear me battle it out against the Nokia Fascists on the SMS Text News podcast team (that’s ALL of them, everyone but me) here. They’re going gaga over the new E71 due shortly.

Andrew’s piece is a welcome reminder that I’m by no means alone. The Emperor is entirely naked.

I particularly liked his end summary:

And along the way its strongest potential competitor, Nokia, has turned into a Sony – but not how I imagined. Sony was always a hothouse of viciously warring factions, far keener to kneecap each other than sock it to the competition. Just when the market needs a strong and coherent response, a similar fate has befallen Nokia

6 COMMENTS

  1. Andrew at the Register has had a huge chip on his shoulder about Nokia for ages – it's worth bearing that in mind when reading his articles. Which is not to say that Nokia couldn't learn lots from Apple – but please let's keep things in perspective.

    Oh, and there are good reasons why Nokia continue to sell 20-odd million smartphones per quarter – they can't be all bad 😎

  2. I got literally bullied by the Nokia Fascists for taking a Sony Ericsson out of my pocket at MGoL… 'Girls phone' they said rather mockingly, Whatley presiding over the bunch. Bring on the killer Nokia?! I'm off to listen to the podcast now but i'm already nauseated.

  3. I got literally bullied by the Nokia Fascists for taking a Sony Ericsson out of my pocket at MGoL… 'Girls phone' they said rather mockingly, Whatley presiding over the bunch. Bring on the killer Nokia?! I'm off to listen to the podcast now but i'm already nauseated.

  4. I got literally bullied by the Nokia Fascists for taking a Sony Ericsson out of my pocket at MGoL… 'Girls phone' they said rather mockingly, Whatley presiding over the bunch. Bring on the killer Nokia?! I'm off to listen to the podcast now but i'm already nauseated.

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