Posts tagged Nokia
Nokia's rapid decline
Horace Dediu:
Nokia’s smartphone market share will drop to about 8% in Q1. It was 12% last quarter, 24% a year ago and 40% three years ago.
Nokia provides a vivid example of how quickly a company can decline if it fails to keep innovating and thinks its position cannot be challenged. It’s a great reminder too of how hard it is to stay at the top for a long period of time. Something that Apple would do well to be mindful off whilst they’re riding high.
The new Microsoft/Nokia Lumia 900 Windows Phone disappoints
Joshua Topolsky:
Don’t misunderstand me, Windows Phone offers some very good experiences in its core apps, and it’s probably the most gorgeous and cohesive piece of software Microsoft has ever released. But after nearly two years on the market, I struggled to find a single thing this platform could do better than Android 4.0 or iOS 5.1.
The sheen has worn off of Windows Phone for me. When I put something in my pocket, it needs to be able to quickly and efficiently get things done. It needs to trump other devices in its class. It needs to be the best — and Windows Phone is far from it at this point.
After a lot of very positive media coverage for what Microsoft has been doing with Windows Phone 7, it seems like the criticisms are starting to mount. And as products hit the market, disappointment is rising. If they want to become a genuine competitor to iOS and Android, it would seem they’re going to have to do more.
Have an Android, BlackBerry or Nokia phone? Everything you do on it is being logged.
David Kravets of Wired:
Though the software is installed on most modern Android, BlackBerry and Nokia phones, Carrier IQ was virtually unknown until 25-year-old Trevor Eckhart of Connecticut analyzed its workings, revealing that the software secretly chronicles a user’s phone experience — ostensibly so carriers and phone manufacturers can do quality control.
But now he’s released a video actually showing the logging of text messages, encrypted web searches and, well, you name it.
Wow. This is pretty crazy stuff. Nobody is going to like the thought of all their calls, emails, texts, et cetera all being logged and recorded.
For the sake of clarity, it’s worth stressing a few things:
1) The issue is confirmed in the US; it’s not yet know what the situation is here in the UK.
2) It isn’t Google (in the case of Android) behind this, it’s something added by phone carriers.
3) There are some traces of Carrier IQ software on iPhones but a) they don’t grab the same sensitive information and b) there is full opt out.
It is also worth emphasising that if this was something that was happening on Apple products, there would be WAY more coverage of the issue. When you think of the amount of coverage there was when a bug was tracking the location of WiFi towers near where you went with you iPhone, it says a lot about how the media loves stories that are down on Apple and don’t give balanced coverage of negatives with other companies.
UPDATE
John Gruber has been following the story closely and has a string of posts with links to further information that are worth looking at if you’re interested in this story:
