Nokia 900, decent phone you probably should *NOT* Buy

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 if you live in the US, you probably shouldn't buy it.

No, the problem is, well, the future. Unlike the dumbphones of yore, smartphones are chock full of complex software; software that has bugs, and software that doesn't necessarily do everything that you might want. But this is OK, because it also gets better. Bugfixes are released, new features are added, APIs are extended to enable more powerful applications, and the phones improve with time.

With a dumbphone, the phone is at its best on day one. With an updatable smartphone, it's at its worst on day one.

The problem is, it's not clear just what the Lumia 900's future really is. This is a problem with two causes: AT&T and Microsoft.

Whatever the cause, the burden is so great that AT&T doesn't want to take the time or money to validate minor bugfixes. Reading between the lines, the company will validate feature updates, including Tango, but any new bugfixes published by Microsoft between these updates—and authorized by other carriers—will be ignored.

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You have to be ONE STUPID Idiot to by Windows Phone

So, phones out in the wild *ALREADY* need bug fixes/updates (kinda part for the course for MSFT).
AT&T based on their "update" policies, *WILL NOT* agree to fix "minor bug issues" on the fly, and will only consider them as part of a FULL Upgrade (unless absolutely Critical)

Once again, I said *DO NOT EVER* purchase a Rev.1 of *ANYTHING* from Microsoft. Their release history is HORRIFIC....and their Windows Phone strategy is already a CLUSTER FUCK---they'll get nothing right. These stupid FUCKS still believe it's the 20th century where they get to design the rules

SORRY FUCKERS---people can tell you GO FUCK YOURSELF---as Microsoft is irrelevant now.

Yep, this is how these STUPID FUCKS--are rolling out their Rev.1---
Again, I remind you , people camped out FOR DAYS to purchase an Iphone--these FUCKS=--can't GIVE THE PHONE AWAY!

I guess Kindel;'s strategy of "Give the Middle Finger to Device Manufacturers and the "Fat Dumb Pipe" is working well for these FUCK STICKS HUH?

Oh and that (allegedly)---Bi-Polar FUCK of Ballmer--never saw IPhone as a thread and "scoffed" when asked about Android...Guess you see it now, huh FAT BOY? You taking your meds?


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Nokia has enough Lumia 900 marketing problems, without twitter making more. The photo with this post is pretty self-explanatory and shows how nasty promoted tweets can be.

The smartphone went on sale from AT&T April 8 for $99.99 -- that's quite a good price. Then almost immediately users started complaining about Internet connectivity problems, andNokia quickly responded by making a magnanimous offer: $100 back to the people who already bought the phone and were willing to install a software update. Anyone else: Phone replacement. Meanwhile, Lumia 900 is free to new buyers until April 22. Okay, so why is there a promoted tweet in my feed on April 15: "That's right! Starting April 8, the Nokia #Lumia900 can be yours for $99.99 exclusively at @ATT"?

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Microsoft is SO FUCKED with their Windows Phone



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 if you live in the US, you probably shouldn't buy it.

No, the problem is, well, the future. Unlike the dumbphones of yore, smartphones are chock full of complex software; software that has bugs, and software that doesn't necessarily do everything that you might want. But this is OK, because it also gets better. Bugfixes are released, new features are added, APIs are extended to enable more powerful applications, and the phones improve with time.

With a dumbphone, the phone is at its best on day one. With an updatable smartphone, it's at its worst on day one.

The problem is, it's not clear just what the Lumia 900's future really is. This is a problem with two causes: AT&T and Microsoft.


Whatever the cause, the burden is so great that AT&T doesn't want to take the time or money to validate minor bugfixes. Reading between the lines, the company will validate feature updates, including Tango, but any new bugfixes published by Microsoft between these updates—and authorized by other carriers—will be ignored.

If these rumors are true, buying a Lumia 900—or any other Windows Phone handset—is a risky proposition. If you buy subsidized, on-contract handsets, you'll typically be eligible for a new subsidized upgrade every two years. A reasonable expectation, then, would be two years of software support in the form of bugfixes and updates. But if current handsets can't run Windows Phone 8, they'll essentially be cut off from future support in about six months. Developers might still target the older handsets to some extent, but many more will be targeting Windows Phone 8's extended capabilities and richer APIs.

Such a move would be enormously hostile to an early adopter who's invested in the platform right now, and if the Lumia 900 takes any serious market share, there will be a lot of new users left behind.



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VERY Sad times for MSFT Windows Phone. My "Best Buy" Experience Today

I was in Best Buy today. Already have a cell phone, but was curious to see what they had. There is Literally 80+ phones (I counted)--Probably closer to 100--but kids in the way, other customers--so couldn't count all.

Approximately 90% of the Phones were *ALL* Android based. They even had about 5-10 phones for
THE BLACKBERRY!!!! Pretty much a dead company.

I asked the guy, do you guys sell Windows Phones (fully knowing they did as I saw one station kinda off to the side to test drive one). He said "What's your carrier" Said, don't have one yet. He half heatedly said, well this is the Verizon one--DID not tell me *EVEN ONE* feature of the phone or why I should look into it

He then said "we also have for AT&T somewhere around here. Again, ZERO interest in selling me a Windows Phone---*NOT ONE* feature he mentioned.

I then found the display Kiosk with a working Windows Phone. several times it did not work (clicking on the interface) I never could figure out where the "Dial Out" button was. (by the way, I have a Masters in I.T.)

Android is  SIMPLE--you have 4-buttons--all meaningful. Want to make a call--either click one, *OR* tap the *HOME MADE SCREEN ANDROID ALLOWS YOU TO DESIGN* Actually, I have 5-"desktops/screens I can customize---it's IMPOSSIBLE to do this with Windows Phone.

Also, if I'm a business User--why in the WORLD would I want on my home screen the ability to access "pictures"??? I only spent 3-5 minutes at the Kiosk before leaving. Never once did I get a dial pad to come up (maybe it was locked to prevent people from making calls---Ironic--cause I'd want to test the phone before buying it--most stores allow you to make one call to test it.

There is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY Microsoft can compete. They've already disclosed that their Patent Trolling has made them more revenue than actual sales of the Phone!!!!

And lastly, this is the CONTINUED MYOPIC thinking of Microsoft---they call it a *FEATURE* you can't customize the "Desktop" NOR have the ability to Kill apps.

I made the mistake of downloading an App off the Android Market that "controlled" my phone--would turn off Wi-Fi when *IT* thought I didn't need it. Would dim my screen when *IT THOUGHT* it needed to be (typically, it was when I was in sunlight---and needed to brighten it most--Needless to say, I ripped that app off as quick as I could---I can only assume MSFT will be the same way.

And this BULLSHIT that MSFT P.R. is trying to create F.U.D. with "Fragmentation" is absolute NONSENSE--a non-techie consumer has NO IDEA what that means---and if someone close asked me--I'd say it's meaningless---If you have a Ginger Bread Phone, Jellybean, Ice Cream Sandwich--the INTERFACE is exactly the same--it's just the under the hood stuff..and BESIDES---Android is BY NATURE designed so that the Handset Manuf. And Carrier can work together to create a great product.

Guess Kindel forgot that when he said "We give the Middle Finger to the Handset and Carrierr.
Probably why they had to go with Nokia and put in a Microsoft STOOGE as the C.E.O.

Again, I ask you what C.E.O./C.I.O. in America is gonna want a "Metro" Interface with one option (that can't be changed)---to click on Pictures?  Best opening point they have is the "Tween" market, and the "Tweens" have already turned their backs on MSFT with the "KIN" phone---I mean that should have been a SLAM DUNK---direct connection to FB--and couldn't sell....SAD.

Last but not least, just GOTTA share some of the BULLSHIT Kindel tried to say about his Samsung Galaxy--which is PRECISELY what people love about Android--Ability to CUSTOMIZE. And he knows as well as I do---"the Boss" will simply give to the Secretary--and say I want these "X" on my first screen, these on my 2nd screen..can you do that for me---and it's as EASY as a finger tap!

http://ceklog.kindel.com/2011/12/09/i-won-a-samsung-galaxy-s-ii-my-review/

His "Summary Review"
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A typical non-geek consumer would be absolutely-fraking-crazy to pick an Android phone over a Windows Phone. Windows Phone is vastly more refined, cohesive, and easy to use. Period.

People who enjoy “managing” their phone might enjoy “managing” their Android smartphone. Those folks will probably forget how much fun “managing” a smartphone was after they’ve used Windows Phone for a while. Instead they’ll see how much fun it is to “use” a smartphone.
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Google (or maybe it was AT&T or Samsung) were really nice to include a built-in task manager for listing running apps. I love managing what apps are running and having to kill pigs regularly. Not.

The home screen sure is flexible. I eventually figured out all the ways to rearrange and manage things. I got over enjoying managing my program groups about when Program Manager was replaced in Win95 by the Start menu. I do not believe typical consumers WANT to manage all this crap.

I hate the iPhone’s single button. And I hate Android’s 4 buttons. I think if WP7 had just had home & back it would have been perfect. On both, search is confusing and inconsistent. On Android, “menu” is really not needed.

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Angry Birds Space not coming to Windows Phone

FIRST! of many Developer Defections!!


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Remember when we told you that Angry Birds Space was not coming to Windows Phone on its launch date? Well, it appears that Windows Phone owners will not be fighting pigs in space for a long while, according to Bloomberg. 

"We're the No. 1 app in the Windows Phone app store, but it's a big undertaking to support it, and you have to completely rewrite the application," gloated Peter Vesterbacka, chief marketing officer of Rovio Entertainment Oy. Its a shame that Mr Vesterbacka chose to ignore the fact that they are asking for a king's ransom from Windows Phone Users, charging $3.00 for a game that they offer for free on the Android platform. Huge undertaking it maybe, but one would think they would return a favour by supporting the Windows Phone platform given that users bought their game in droves.

"For the time being, it's too expensive for Rovio to adapt new games to Windows Phones. If you look at activations, Apple's iOS and Android are clearly bigger than any other platform. We want to be on all screens, but we have to consider the cost of supplying the smaller platforms. With Windows Phone it's a lot of work to technically support it," Vesterbacka said. 
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Windows Phone’ Gets…Smoked, REFUSES to offer prize? Microsoft RIGGING Contest???

You gotta ask, how can a store manager be "so sure" that the Samsung Galaxy Nexus *DID NOT* win, unless Microsoft was playing dirty tricks?

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Sounds straightforward. But when blogger Sahas Katta of Skattertech took up the challenge of displaying the weather in two cities, he says, he was able to beat Windows Phone using his Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Through sheer coincidence, he’d previously set it up to skip the lock screen and display two weather widgets on the desktop, so all he had to do was power on the phone.

Katta says, however, that the Microsoft Store employees in Santa Clara, California refused to acknowledge his win as a win. Nor did they explain their actions. In Katta’s account, he doesn’t seem to have done anything that violated either the letter or the spirit of the rules.

When Microsoft titles a competition “Smoked by Windows Phone” and offers lavish laptops as prizes, it’s obvious that it’s very, very confident that the odds are stacked in Windows Phone’s favor. (I keep thinking of carnival ring-toss games.) But if Katta has his facts straight, it appears that Microsoft owes him an ultrabook — and that it should diffuse any controversy over his tale by forking the Folio over immediately. And if the company is maintaining that Katta was indeed smoked by Windows Phone, it should state so officially.

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Windows Phone Fail

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq2s3bcchAQ

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Lumia 900 may not get next major Windows Phone update

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I visited Nokia’s sparkling headquarters in Sunnyvale to discuss the upcoming launch of the Lumia 900 and I asked how confident can people be that this handset will be able to get the next major Windows Phone update, which many are expecting toward the end of the year.


“We don’t know yet,” Chris Searight, Nokia marketing launch manager, said. He also added that the company is really anxious to “know what comes next.”

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WINDOWS PHONE FAIL! --FAIL: Windows Contest Backfires When Galaxy Nexus Beats Lumia 800

FAIL: Windows Contest Backfires When Galaxy Nexus Beats Lumia 800

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That's what happened to Windows over the weekend, as their "Phone Challenge" promotional contest suffered its first defeat at the hands of Android.


The Windows Phone Challenge is supposed to go like this: walk into a Windows Phone retail store and see if your phone can win in a series of specially designed tests meant to highlight the benefits of Windows phones over its competitors. If you manage to smoke the Windows Phone, you get a $1,000 laptop. If you don't, Windows will offer you a free phone in exchange for the one you're currently using. It's all part of Windows new and aggressive marketing strategy against Android and iOS. Apparantly, the contest was going great, until Sahas Katta showed up with his Galaxy Nexus.





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Microsoft already scared that Nokia Lumia 900 won't sell?

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What is a little strange, however, is the fact that the Lumia 900 isn't even out yet and it's already getting discounted to virtually nothing. When's the last time that happened to any smartphone you purchased? One certainly doesn't get the latest Apple iPhones for free with a new contract, nor any top-shelf Android device.


Given that the Lumia 900 has routinely been described as Nokia's flagship device for AT&T — "our hero phone," said AT&T's Jeff Bradley in an interview with CNET — it's a little odd to see it so quickly discounted without any accompanying sale, promotion, or explanation

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Only 40,000 phones sold on LAUNCH DAY! (after $100 MILLION wasted on Hype)

OH, Glorious Schadenfreude . Seems as though MSFT only sold 40,000 phones on Launch day.

Seems to me, I seem to remember IPhone people camping out/lining up for *the most* expensive handset ever sold at the time.

Ballmer LAUGHED at Apple, couldn't see how they could sell through
Ballmer THE GOOD then laughed at GOOG, couldn't comprehend why they'd give away the OS.
Again, myopic 20th Century thinking


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Did a $100 million advertising budget only manage to generate 40,000 Windows Phone 7 sales on launch day?

This according to TheStreet:

Even with a glitzy media intro last month hosted by champion inside-seller and company chief Steve Ballmer, Microsoft, which spent a reported $100 million on the phone’s advertising campaign, sold a mere 40,000 Windows 7 phones Monday, according to a market research source who tracks phone sales.

Time to put that 40,000 figure in perspective. Apple had some 600,000 pre-orders for the iPhone 4, and is selling some 270,000 a day. Google says that some 200,000 Android handsets are being activated daily. Microsoft gave away some 89,000 handsets to employees, a figure not included in the sales estimate.

UPDATE: Actually, the Microsoft deal is with employees is more complex than that - employees will be offered up to $220 towards off contract, or $550 for those on contract and outside their upgrade cycle. Pre-orders start November 8th and delivery won’t be until after November 18th.

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Microsoft Is Irrelevant

Microsoft Is Irrelevant
Speech By:David Heinemeier Hansson
YouTube Video Speech By:David Heinemeier Hansson

This is *EXACTLY* why Nokia/Windows Phone *WILL NEVER BE EMBRACED"



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"They have no bearing on what I do," says Hansson of the software giant. But he admits there is something sad about no longer having an "evil empire" to rally against.

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Windows 8 fails to wow CIOs, at least so far

Windows 8 fails to wow CIOs, at least so far
CIO Insights---Tech Republic

By Steve Ranger
March 5, 2012, 8:44 AM PST



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it seems that CIOs are still waiting to for the must-have enterprise features in Windows 8.

Last week Microsoft showed off the consumer preview of the forthcoming operating system, expected later this year. Among the key changes is an emphasis on tablet and touch-based computing. Windows 8 is designed to run on laptop, desktop computer and tablet hardware, scaling its interface to various screen sizes, and the new tile-based Metro interface.

But while Microsoft argues that Windows 8 represents a “generational change” for Windows - the likes of which has not seen since the release of Windows 95 - it seems members of TechRepublic’s CIO Jury are not impressed by the new features they have seen, at least not so far.

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CIOs not impressed by Windows 8, at least not yet

CIOs not impressed by Windows 8, at least not yet
CIO Jury finds that tech chiefs are still looking for the killer feature in the new OS

By Steve Ranger on 6 March 2012 12:20

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It seems that CIOs are still waiting to for the must-have enterprise features in Windows 8.

While Microsoft argues that Windows 8 represents a "generational change" for Windows - the likes of which has not seen since the release of Windows 95 - it seems members of the CIO Jury are not impressed by the new features they have seen, at least not so far.

When asked, "Do the new features in Windows 8 provide enough value to make it an attractive option for your organisation?" TechRepublic's CIO Jury of tech decision-makers voted 'no' by a margin of nine to three.


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Windows 8 Customer Preview…not really impressed !
Posted on Friday, March 2, 2012 by Per G Jönsson


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First of all a lot of stuff seems both unfinished and buggy. Yes it’s a Beta but some stuff feels more Alpha than Beta. Most of the Metro apps also looks like they where designed for a phone, not for a tablet or desktop PC. There’s not really many apps in the first place and certainly no useful apps.

The Metro mail client for instance has virtually no settings, a fixed layout and you cannot add POP or IMAP account, only Hotmail, Gmail and Exchange ones. WTF? It also seems to update if and when it feels like it and there’s no way to merge incoming mail in a single inbox. Come one, my phone does better than that!

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The much advertised SkyDrive app is also pretty much a joke. It has a really simplistic and boring looking interface and you cannot really do much with it. There’s for instance no way, that I’ve found, to create a new folder on SkyDrive. You still have to use the web interface for that. The “SkyDrive” integration is pretty much only a few SkyDrive aware Metro apps. When using the File Explorer in Desktop mode there’s no SkyDrive for instance.

The Metro version of Internet Explorer is also pretty much a joke. It’s not very stable. Ok it’s a Beta so that’s perhaps not a disaster…yet. But, there’s no synchronization of favorites between the Desktop version and the Metro version.


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Nokia: No "Plan B" should Windows Phone fail

Sylvie Barak
2/8/2012 3:22 PM EST


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SAN FRANCISCO-- Nokia is placing all of its bets on a Windows Phone strategy with no “Plan B,” according to the firm’s European manager, ahead of the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona.

Nokia will reportedly release a new Windows Phone device at the show, pegged to be a high-end smartphone sporting an “unusual software feature,” according to sources at a Nokia partner, as reported by Forbes.

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Despite its strong reputation for sturdy hardware, Nokia has long struggled with a series of software flops, including the ill-fated MeeGo OS and the steady decline of Symbian. "It's like starting all over again,” said Saejis.

The executive also admitted that succeeding to crack the U.S. market would be critical to the firm’s global strategy. “We must succeed in the U.S. if we are to succeed in the world," he declared.

Meanwhile, on Wednesday, Nokia announced it would be cutting down on its manufacturing operations in Europe and Mexico, moving device assembly work to Asia instead. The move will make 4000 employees redundant.


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Nokia's New Phones Fail to Connect

Nokia's New Phones Fail to Connect
HEARD ON THE STREET Updated February 28, 2012, 3:09 a.m. ET

WSJ Journal Article

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It was no ringing endorsement for Nokia . The Finnish mobile giant opened an industry trade show in Barcelona with the launch of six new phones—and saw its share price fall roughly 1% for each. While Nokia is delivering on its strategy to target both high-end customers and those in emerging markets getting online for the first time, it is being squeezed at both ends.
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Meanwhile, winning over customers to Windows Phones will be a challenge. The smartphone market is becoming more concentrated. Apple, Samsung and HTC made 99% of the sector's operating profit in the fourth quarter of 2011, estimates Sanford Bernstein. Sales of new Windows Phones made up less than 2% of U.S. smartphone sales in the quarter; its "marketplace" offers just 65,000 apps, versus more than 400,000 for the iPhone.
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Nokia SEC Filing Highlights €1.4 Billion Loss in 2011

Nokia SEC Filing Highlights €1.4 Billion Loss in 2011

Handsets FAIL TO PERFORM!!!


Wait, I thought Windows Phone would SAVE Nokia?!!? Even putting in a MSFT Puppet Master.




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The attached negative figure did not help subdue critiques on Stephen Elop’s bold move to switch the flagship smartphone platform from Nokia’s Symbian OS to Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 on his first year as CEO.
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The decision to endorse the Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system for Nokia’s smartphone lineup apparently fell short of expectations and lost spark to put the firm into action against major OEM rivals in that market.
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Analysts and managers who monitor the company’s performance have varying opinions, especially when Nokia’s graphs are not following the right path.

The critical issue Nokia now faces is that its latest handsets are not faring well against rival smartphone makers, which translates to no quick reprieve from its dull sales figures that continuously hamper it in recent years.

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Nokia's China sales dip 20 percent last year--head to ROCK BOTTOM

Nokia's China sales dip 20 percent last year
By Ryan Huang , ZDNet Asia on March 9, 2012 (4 days ago)

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The company made its Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing in the U.S. on Thursday, which revealed that revenue in China dropped by 18 percent last year to 5.1 billion euros (US$6.7 billion), after jumping 23 percent in 2010.

In terms of net sales for phones by area, China was the third most important contributor, accounting for 17 percent of revenue, down 1 percentage point from 2010, the filing stated.
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Looks like Microsoft Got in Bed with the WRONG Company!!!!

Nokia reports a €1.4bn loss
Windows Phone did little to help the bottom line
Source: The Inquirer (http://s.tt/16URe)


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Nokia didn't need an SEC filing to tell the world it had a terrible 2011, however it did attach a figure, a very large negative one, to Stephen Elop's first full year in charge of the firm. According to Nokia's SEC filing, the firm posted a €1.4bn loss during 2011 with decreased revenues and lower earnings per share.
Elop's decision to plump for Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system for its smartphone range has failed to jolt the firm into action, materialising in sales of €38.7bn, almost €4bn down from a year previously. After taking into account the cost of flogging its phones, research and development, administration and marketing expenses, close to a €1.1bn impairment to goodwill and tax all Nokia had left was a €1.4bn loss, hardly inspiring for the firm.
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Nokia Admits, aindows ahone Impairs ability to compete

Nokia’s risk factor: Windows Phone could “significantly impair our ability to compete effectively in the smartphone market”
By Daniel Bader on March 9, 2012 at 10:07am in Mobile News


http://mobilesyrup.com/2012/03/09/nokias-risk-factor-windows-phone-could-significantly-impair-our-ability-to-compete-effectively-in-the-smartphone-market/

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Our plans to introduce and bring to market quantities of attractive, competitively priced Nokia products with Windows Phone that receive broad market acceptance and are positively differentiated from competitors’ products, both outside and within the Windows Phone ecosystem are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, which could, either individually or together, significantly impair our ability to compete effectively in the smartphone market. If we are not successful in the smartphone market, our business would become more dependent on sales in the feature phone market, which is, especially at lower price points, an increasingly commoditized and intensely competitive market, with substantially lower growth potential, prices and profitability compared to the smartphone market. Recently, smartphones of other manufactures, particularly Android-based smartphones, are reaching lower price points, which is increasingly reducing the addressable market and lowering the price points for feature phones and may adversely affect our feature phone business.
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unless Nokia can pull a rabbit out of a hat and make Windows Phone an attractive ecosystem for developers, the chance of the company regretting its decision to get into bed with Microsoft is pretty high. The report details the inequity of the retail sales model, whereby associates are given incentives to sell a certain product, often the iPhone or an equivalent flagship Android device. It reads, “We may face issues in selecting, engaging or securing support from leading operators and retailers for the initial launches and sales ramp-up of our Nokia products with Windows Phone due to, for instance, inadequate sales incentives, training of sales personnel, marketing support and experience in generating interest for a new and relatively unfamiliar Windows Phone platform in an otherwise highly competitive market.”

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One Of Microsoft's Original Windows Phone Partners Is Running To Android

One Of Microsoft's Original Windows Phone Partners Is Running To Android
http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-02-27/tech/31103350_1_google-s-android-windows-phone-smartphone


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One of Microsoft's four flagship partners for Windows Phone, LG, appears to be running toward Google's Android platform instead.

The company is showing no new Windows Phones at the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona this week, and was vague in an interview with AllThingsD about when its next Windows Phones are coming out.

But the company's smartphone chief told CNET that LG is very interested in being Google's flagship partner for the next version of Android, code-named Jellybean, which will run on both tablets and phones.


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Windows 8 Consumer Preview - The good, the bad and the ugly

Windows 8 Consumer Preview - The good, the bad and the ugly
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/windows-8-consumer-preview-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/18674



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The Bad
However, the Metro user interface doesn’t seem to be ‘page aware,’ and you end up having to keep track of where you eye had got to when you scroll. The Start Screen when ‘all apps’ are displayed is a good example of this problem.

The Ugly

This makes me even more annoyed with the Metro user interface, because not only am I having to relearn something, when it’s convenient for Microsoft (that is, Microsoft has failed to), I’m unceremoniously dumped back into the Classic user interface again. Bolting on a new user interface is one thing, but when that user interface is incomplete, it makes you question the value of it.


It staggers me that Microsoft hasn’t managed to extend Metro across the board when it comes to core functionality. How are tablets users expected to manage files of trawl through control panel with their pudgy fingers on using the Classic interface?


Inconsistencies in the Windows user interface is nothing new, but this mish-mash of Metro and Classic takes it to an absurd level.

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The problem comes if you’re using a traditional system. If you’re sitting in front of a system that has a keyboard and mouse attached (or for that matter, a trackpad), then it’s hard to make a compelling case for Windows 8. Sure, there are some nice touches, but on the whole it’s still Windows 7 just with a new user interface slapped on top for you to learn.
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Windows 8 turns shutting down your PC into a convoluted process

Windows 8 turns shutting down your PC into a convoluted process
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/windows-8-turns-shutting-down-your-pc-into-a-convoluted-process/18751



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Windows 8 turns shutting down your PC into a convoluted process

Windows 8 turns shutting down your PC into a convoluted process
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/windows-8-turns-shutting-down-your-pc-into-a-convoluted-process/18751

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Nokia's New Phones Fail to Connect

Nokia's New Phones Fail to Connect
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203833004577249371179738442.html

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It was no ringing endorsement for Nokia . The Finnish mobile giant opened an industry trade show in Barcelona with the launch of six new phones—and saw its share price fall roughly 1% for each. While Nokia is delivering on its strategy to target both high-end customers and those in emerging markets getting online for the first time, it is being squeezed at both ends.

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Meanwhile, winning over customers to Windows Phones will be a challenge. The smartphone market is becoming more concentrated. Apple , Samsung and HTC made 99% of the sector's operating profit in the fourth quarter of 2011, estimates Sanford Bernstein. Sales of new Windows Phones made up less than 2% of U.S. smartphone sales in the quarter; its "marketplace" offers just 65,000 apps, versus more than 400,000 for the iPhone.

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Nokia's 4Q Plunges 73%, Windows Phone Sales Disappoint

Nokia's 4Q Plunges 73%, Windows Phone Sales Disappoint
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/287997/20120126/nokia-windows-phones-iphone-fourth-quarter-smartphones.htm

LAUGHING--Nokia goes "all in" with Microsoft Phones and *FAILS MISERABLY*

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By Tarmo Virki
January 26, 2012 7:57 AM EST
(REUTERS) -- Nokia, the world's largest cellphone maker by volume, reported a 73 percent fall in fourth quarter earnings as sales of its new Windows Phones failed to slow the rapid dominance of Apple's iPhone or to compensate for diving sales of its own old smartphones.

Nokia unveiled a high-profile strategy shift to Microsoft software on its smartphones last February in a bid to rival to Apple and Google's Android. But Apple's phones in particular have proved far more popular.


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Former Microsoft Exec Scopes Windows Phone's Failure

Former Microsoft Exec Scopes Windows Phone's Failure
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2398070,00.asp

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Microsoft's Windows Phone OS hasn't made much of a splash in 2011. Although it's gotten relentlessly positive reviews and has phones available on all four major carriers, it managed to achieve just 1.5 percent market share in the third quarter of 2011,according to Gartner.
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The carriers and manufacturers will make and sell Windows phones, possibly because they're afraid of becoming too beholden to Google and Apple, but it seems they don't relish the devices or the platform much.

This jibes somewhat with our secret-shopper experiences last summer, where we found wireless carrier salespeople unenthusiastic about Windows Phone, and Windows Phones often turned off or relegated to the back of the store.

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Nokia: No "Plan B" should Windows Phone fail

.Nokia: No "Plan B" should Windows Phone fail
http://www.embedded.com/electronics-news/4236039/Nokia--No--Plan-B--should-Windows-Phone-fail-

Sounds like a VERY SMART plan to me...huh, what do you think?



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