Alas, poor Symbian: leaked memo shows Nokia CEO’s frustration with company
Matthew Lee February 9, 2011 - 9:10 pm
As Jon Carmack notes elsewhere, smartphones are charting a rapid increase in popularity, grabbing much of the popularity typically enjoyed by dedicated gaming handhelds. But not everyone in the industry is benefitting.
While Apple’s iOS platform has become more and more of a serious competitor for Nintendo and Sony, and Google’s Android OS is grabbing a large slice of the market for itself despite perceived problems with hardware fragmentation, poor Nokia are currently wondering where it all went wrong.
A leaked memo from their CEO, published by Engadget (via Gamesindustry.biz) shows Stephen Elop’s frustration at the company’s fall from grace, with their Symbian OS struggling to retain any significant market share and their handsets almost eclipsed by Apple and Google’s fame.
How did we get to this point? Why did we fall behind when the world around us evolved? I believe at least some of it has been due to our attitude inside Nokia. We poured gasoline on our own burning platform. I believe we have lacked accountability and leadership [...] We haven’t been delivering innovation fast enough
Elop is due to present a new strategy for the company on Friday 11th February, where he plans to take up the ‘huge challenge’ of changing Nokia’s fortunes.
Comments (1)
Its easy… Apple iOS is for those who like to pay for everything, Android is for those that want to get everything free AND have the option to pay for what they really want.
Symbian was in between, aimed to the second group but with the strategy of the first. I had a Nokia, and I found stupid that the *free* apps won’t work if I didn’t have internet connection.
Android free apps have ads everywhere, but if you don’t have internet connection they still work and just show you a blank add. For example, among other things of course.