Tero - in a strange way, I feel honored to have received a direct communication from you. Thank you.
I guess that I, too, am convinced you are indeed a Finnish biochemist, not an Ericsson PR operative.
(By the way, someone I know (an American) visited all over Scandinavia, Finland, and the Soviet Union many years ago, and highly recommended that I visit there some day).
(Also, by the way, when I was in high school, when someone asked me what I thought I would be doing for a living eventually, I would answer that I wanted to be a biochemist. Unfortunately, as I got more and more exposed to economics and Wall Street, I abandoned my original (more worthwhile (?)) career choice). (I still try to read a lot of science stuff in my spare time).
Regarding that Time magazine person's comments, I have to say that it was clear that he does not have the same level of familiarity with wireless stuff as does the average person reading these "posts." (And, he was probably guilty of (unconsciously) leaning towards U.S. "good," non-U.S. "suspect.")
This business about the "games" in the Nokia phones (and the nice colors on the handsets), and the huge popularity among younger purchasers in Finland reminds me a little bit of Swatch watches. It is very clever.
Anyway, getting back to the main thrust of your general views on Qualcomm's (purported) lack of being (to put it simply) as great as Nokia, I guess my response is : just give them a little time. Management at Qualcomm seems to be very clever and open-minded. I personally am willing to bet they will do the right thing for all of us shareholders (and suppliers and customers and ...).
Jon. |
