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To: Eric L who wrote (1327)	4/13/2012 4:39:10 PM
From: sylvester80	Respond to of 1647

The voices are getting louder for Elop's firing. And creating a 3rd platform out of thin air is easier said than done. And no, I'm not looking at it through Android colored glasses. I'm looking at it as a Nokia Investor. I would say the same thing if Brand X had cornered 70% of the market with an open OS that anyone can use and build phones. Nokia does not have the luxury of time and the luxury of unlimited marketing dollars to throw at the problem. Especially as the WP market share numbers continue to decline to the point of being rounding error. Not having a plan B was Elop's first boneheaded idea and could very well be his last... 04/13/2012 13:35 Nokia faces long, painful, uncertain recovery embedded.com

To: Eric L who wrote (1327)	4/13/2012 6:29:22 PM
From: sylvester80	Respond to of 1647

One more thing. Unless you put a gun to their head, people are not going to buy your phone because you want them to. Windows Phones have been available long before Nokia striked the deal with MSFT. Samsung and HTC has had phones out there before there was Lumia. So the question that MSFT and Nokia should be asking is why WP7 market share continues to decline month after month. Is it marketing (AT&T is spending more than they did for iPhone), price (how much lower can you get from free), the phones (I think the Nokia hardware is mighty sexy)... or is it the software itself that does not appeal to people???

To: Eric L who wrote (1327)	4/18/2012 11:44:12 PM
From: Maurice Winn	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1647

Doesn't Nokia have a fair bit of cash sloshing around? Why not have a Nokia Android DeVice as well as Windows? Nokia has a big market presence and if they have the money, might as well offer both. People who want a Nokia DeVice but with Android gizzards might as well be able to buy it. Maybe there's good reason not to do so. Apple doesn't even offer much of a product range in the same system, let alone a range of systems and a range of DeVices to go in those systems. Presumably they have good reasons. Mqurice