Am neither a Nokia fan nor a critic; but a mere lover of better consumer devices and a believer of "socialistic capitalism" (I mean, a system with little or no monopoloy of one single company on any genre of gadget/product). Yes, I am an absoutely normal consumer willing to try/buy/enjoy the best gadget available around. Hence, I am bored about the excessive coverage on the Nokia-MS deal, where ever you go... My office coffee dock, my tweeps, my friends and everyone aggressively talk abt it. Yah! probably you are right, I am bothered bcos my collegues, friends, and everyone in Finland are more concerned abt Nokia's strategic shift/alliance than the obviously visible sling holding my right hand together after a small skiing accident. :-)
Let me be a bit more realistic. IMHO, consumers do not buy devices because its a symbian, palm, iOS etc. They buy a Nokia N97, or Samsung Galaxy, a SonyEricsson or an iPhone 4! For e.g. I have android (Among others) in 4 different devices but I prefer one device over others and I just love it! I did think that the model I like was simply the best feeling you could get among those I've tried.
Now, coming to the huge bash against the Nokia-MS strategic alliance. More often than not, among the people/online magazines I follow, its the emotions that speaks and seldom the facts. Facts, often twisted to justify their feelings! And, IMHO it seems Nokia (+MS) has got bad publicity from its own fanclub than by their opponents.
Many (if not all) top gadget/smartphone/mobilephone reviewers have a quarter or two ago praised WP7 much. What MS probably lacked then was a strategic alliance with a vendor and what Nokia wanted badly was better a cost effective R&D and a fast to market OS that could effectively challenge Android/iOS etc. Meego/Symbain not being a choice, I do think this alliance have greater probabability to help/rescue Nokia or better still, an absolutely symbiotic WIN-WIN for both MS and Nokia. So, clearly, both the companies seem to benefit from the tie up. And being a gadget lover and the consumer that I'm, I am thrilled! Whats probably relevant are, first, how fast Nokia brings their first WP7 model and second, how quickly Nokia-MS bring their fellow developers onboard. Again, going by the reviews (warning: i have never tried a WP7 as yet), there is much to look towards the WP7 Market place as well and I am eagerly looking for it!
May the best business model succeed!!! Amen!
Wednesday 16 February 2011
Wednesday 9 February 2011
Commenting on challenging "memo" from Nokia CEO
Late y'day came across this news clip claiming to be an internal memo from Elop, Nokia's new CEO. Thought to make a quick analysis and add some comments on it, too add further to the rumours. :-)
I have been watching the smartphone market for almost a year now and my few cents based on what I have understood:
There are a few factual errors in this like mrkt share etc; is not really a memo but an internal blog (based on comments from the Internet, e.g. Tomi Ahonen's blog comments) which puts certain trends in place than being pixel perfect (typical of a blog); apart from showcasing to its own employees on how Nokia could capitalise better on its strengths and the ecosystem it has built up (Qt-Meego-Ovi).
The blog is surely aggressive and there are pros and cons of putting such a thought; the worst case causing panic reactions from the employees. On the other hand, hardcore Nokians would use this as an opportunity to embrace change and be more competitive to its changes faces and become even more competitive. I do believe that competent people are less averse to changes and is willing to change themselves for the better than average joe's or mediocres.
I believe Nokia's QT-Meego-Ovi strategy is strong and is capable of challenging any ecosystem that is being put in this blog. However, the reality is that Nokia has failed to move ahead of the market and has little choice but to embrace change more aggressively than to be in a state of denial if that means even to dump its old strategies. May be the CEO's effort is merely to equip his troup to be ready for a change. We will know more on Feb 11th. :-)
What do you think?
I have been watching the smartphone market for almost a year now and my few cents based on what I have understood:
There are a few factual errors in this like mrkt share etc; is not really a memo but an internal blog (based on comments from the Internet, e.g. Tomi Ahonen's blog comments) which puts certain trends in place than being pixel perfect (typical of a blog); apart from showcasing to its own employees on how Nokia could capitalise better on its strengths and the ecosystem it has built up (Qt-Meego-Ovi).
The blog is surely aggressive and there are pros and cons of putting such a thought; the worst case causing panic reactions from the employees. On the other hand, hardcore Nokians would use this as an opportunity to embrace change and be more competitive to its changes faces and become even more competitive. I do believe that competent people are less averse to changes and is willing to change themselves for the better than average joe's or mediocres.
I believe Nokia's QT-Meego-Ovi strategy is strong and is capable of challenging any ecosystem that is being put in this blog. However, the reality is that Nokia has failed to move ahead of the market and has little choice but to embrace change more aggressively than to be in a state of denial if that means even to dump its old strategies. May be the CEO's effort is merely to equip his troup to be ready for a change. We will know more on Feb 11th. :-)
What do you think?
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