Comments on: Video: Microsoft Surface Tablet Keynote – some lessons for Nokia.

By: MeeGoIsBack!

MeeGoIsBack! — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 20:30:47 +0000

Yes, migo– ASUS would have been a nicer choice, from standpoint also of not slapping at NOKIA and keeping NOKIA interested. MICROSOFT must think they are so smart, having both NOKIA and SAMSUNG in the mix with new mobile WINDOWS products, as if it leads to global distributions. But they are too greedy by half because now they have demoralized NOKIA and NOKIA does have its own loyal markets and options. While SAMSUNG as you said, prior to this new deal, has been peddling worthless crap, and in actuality is a piss-poor choice as a contract manufacturer.

By: migo

migo — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 16:14:31 +0000

Nokia has no track record with tablets. Samsung has a pretty good one, only being held back by the OS options.

Only Asus would have been a better partner to choose based on track record.

By: the_game606

the_game606 — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 13:44:27 +0000

but what do we expect from Nokia?? Actually, Nokia has launch just 4 devices, and the deliver in other countries (not Europe, ie LATAM) is so slow, and it produces that the market share is decreasing very fast…

By: dsmobile

dsmobile — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 13:20:29 +0000

MeeGo

By: poiman

poiman — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 10:07:49 +0000

And why on earth would anyone want to have a Meltemi tablet when you have W8 and iPads?
Where is the Meltimi ecosystem? Who would make apps for it? It would be another Symbian but this time as a tablet instead of a phone, which means, could be good but it wouldn’t have any devellopers support and that would make it useless.

By: Janne

Janne — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 08:00:42 +0000

Meltemi tablet from Nokia was always in the cards in the speculation, I had written about it many times. (In addition to speculated Metelmi phones, considering Meltemi products were developed in many sites.)

But I have always considered a Next Billion product for emerging markets, not something competing with Windows. Because the other part of Nokia’s tablet plan has been speculated to be a Windows RT tablet for the developed world.

I expect at least the latter to still happen, unless it too gets cancelled of course. Conclusion that just because a Meltemi tablet was (probably) cancelled, does not mean that was the only tablet project at Nokia.

That’s the prolem with singular leaks, people have limited visibility and make too far-reaching assumptions based on them. This is what has bitten Eldar, for example, many times. Nokia is a large, global company with many sites and teams that work in secret.

By: Janne

Janne — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 07:55:17 +0000

migo:

Fair points there.

“Nokia could still bring in a value proposition with a Lumia 900 styled 7″ Windows RT tablet. It’d be more of a niche product, but it would work.”

And I expect them to do just that. Well, not saying what the size is, but generally speaking.

By: Janne

Janne — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 07:52:32 +0000

jiipee: I believe we are talking about future payments, because the whole location platform is not yet up and running. It will come with Windows Phone 8.

I think people are making too much of the platform supports payments and Microsoft getting Nokia’s IP “for free”. I don’t think that is the setup at all for the longer term.

And yes, Nokia talked about a “new business” aside from what NAVTEQ licensing is currently doing, so I took it that they expect significant revenue from that.

Nokia has also expressed additional revenue streams from mobile, location-aware advertising as part of the new strategy as things unfold.

I think there are plenty of elements of the new strategy that will start making more sense as they get from development mode to up and running.

Assuming Nokia can make it that far without getting bought out, of course.

By: Janne

Janne — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 07:47:01 +0000

But it wasn’t the only one.

By: Janne

Janne — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 07:45:41 +0000

You really think Nokia wasn’t working on a Lumia tablet also?