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Nokia got it wrong Intel CEO says, spills beans on Elop
FORMER LEADING MOBILE PHONE MAKER Nokia was offered a whopping load of cash it couldn't refuse by Microsoft, according to the Finnish phone firm's jilted open source partner Intel.
According to Reuters, Intel CEO Paul Otellini told an investors teleconference call this morning that Nokia CEO Stephen Elop made the wrong decision by not opting for Google's Android and that his choice of Microsoft was made because of a financial offer that could not be refused.
Despite this alleged amazing offer, it would seem that it could not have been for royalty free use of Windows Phone, because Elop mentioned at the 11 February announcement of the tie up with the Vole that Nokia will be paying royalties.
Nokia told The INQUIRER that Elop had already dealt with this accusation but media reports have only refered to the embattled CEO's denunciations of the claim that he is a Trojan horse for Microsoft, and that it will eventually take control of the Finnish, or maybe finished, company.
Reuters also reported, "Otellini said Nokia's [CEO] Stephen Elop received 'incredible offers - money' from Google and Microsoft to switch." He reportedly went on to say that he would probably have gone to Android if it were up to him, although MeeGo would have been the best strategy if it had been affordable.
Otellini also had a few words for Steve Jobs, saying that open systems have the edge over closed systems because "closed models will certainly survive, because you can optimise the experience, but in general, if you harness the ability of all the engineers in the world and the developers in the world, open wins." µ
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Yeah, that explains everything.
Nokia is not going to survive this.
The irony is that Windows Phone 7 will also get cancelled and be discontinued.
Both Elop and Ballmer are proving that they are the most inept CEOs in the industry. They don't understand what is happening in the mobile phone business.
Ten years ago, people bought Nokia phones because they were more user friendly and had more intuitive menus.
Today, Nokia has no say on intuition or menus. People buy a phone because of the software platform and ecosystem. This is why Nokia's badge won't help Microsoft.
People don't want Windows Phones. This is proven in the sales flop that it is so far. Microsoft is failing to improve it adequately on the software side. When the software is inadequate, the hardware it runs on won't improve that inadequate experience.
The whole thing will fail. Both Nokia and Windows Phone 7. I expect Windows Phone 7 to get cancelled later this year, as the sales farce can't continue.
Android and Apple's iOS are the winners. It's GAME OVER for Microsoft and Nokia in mobile.
Ok not THAT way, but hope those nokia featuring Windows Phone OS are good enough to make us forget all this...
Intel's just angry that the Meego platform that they developed isn't gonna be going as fast as they want to and trying to pick fights just because they cant have what they want... a meego phone.
sad pricks...
Otellini takes a swipe at Jobs about being open? And open wins? OK, Paul, when will you stop suing anybody who tries to make an x86 clone? When are you going to open that architecture up?
I'm so sick of people claiming how open is better when their core business is closed. Google, for example won't open up the algorithms for search and AdWords, (their core business).
Going with MS was the obvious least bad choice among a set of not very exciting alternatives. The post-event explanation goes as follows:
Symbian is dead (at least in the eyes of the loud but not too numerous geek gadget bloggers), so a new OS had to be found for Nokia.
Android would make Nokia only a primus-inter-pares, and that only for while, until lower cost guys in the other end of Asia overtake Nokia through competitive pricing.
MeeGo would make it dependent on Intel hardware. Not a very promising option either.
MS option would bring along at least some respectable marketing budget. Also it is probable that Nokia had a good bargaining position against MS which had to find a lifeline for its sinking phone OS.
Sounds like a knee jerk reaction from Intel toward Microsoft supporting ARM chips instead of waiting for Intel to catch up in the mobile sector.
Strange - Intel couldn't top MS in a bidding war?
Nokia seems determined to go for a high risk high reward strategy. If it jumped on the Android bandwagon, it would be one supplier amongst many, but likely to be able to retain some of it's market share until it gets overwhelmed by firms with better cost control.
If the partnership with MS works out, they'll have a significant lead in what probably will be a respectable niche with a company desperate to increase it's mindshare in mobile computing.
Cellphones, smartphones are being commoditized, and that means while design houses may remain Western, manufacturing will shift eastwards, and with that, more opportunities for Eastern companies to assess prevailing technology.
FOR TELLING THE TRUTH.
FOR SHAME!