Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 23rd Jul 2012 22:58 UTC
"Nokia is set to market their first Windows Phone 8 hardware differently, according to a report by the Financial Times. The manufacturer will be entering into partnerships with a handful of EU carriers to exclusively launch their next generation Windows Phone. The newspaper states the company has already entered into talks with a number of operators including France Telecom." Not to be a spoilsport or anything, but doesn't carrier exclusivity kind of rely on people actually, you know, desperately wanting a certain device? It's like Nokia's executives live in this fairytale land where people are actually buying Lumias and plan their actions accordingly. It's uncanny.
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They behave like everything's fine and dandy.
I wonder if WP team members still perform iPhone funeral ceremonies to boost the team spirit?
http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-iphone-funeral-2010-9?op=1
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by Fergy on Wed 25th Jul 2012 21:23
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"They behave like everything's fine and dandy.
I wonder if WP team members still perform iPhone funeral ceremonies to boost the team spirit?
http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-iphone-funeral-2010-9?op=1 "
Wow. Just when you think MS couldn't get any lamer.
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by lucas_maximus on Tue 24th Jul 2012 14:19
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Running around naked in the streets screaming hysterically won't beam any feeling of confidence in to potential customers and share holders (both of them).
So it's better to pretend they're happy campers I guess.
But Nokia can make nice phones, hardware wise. It's the software that failed them when the iPhones and Android arrived.
I have a Nokia 1101 somewhere and it's one of my all time favorite phones.
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And for what they are, hardware-wise (quite meagre, I stumbled once on some technical details about it), 1100 and similar have great software.
PS. I decided to check out what the golden web reference standard says about those phones ...and they were sort of there, the details http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Nokia_1100 (from "I have some additional technical info") - not using external RAM is probably most ~charming.
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on the desktop.
And you're telling that precisely on Osnews
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by Bill Shooter of Bul on Tue 24th Jul 2012 13:57
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by lucas_maximus on Tue 24th Jul 2012 17:28
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You can extend that to the rest of the WP team. They behave like everything's fine and dandy. They're a tad less dead than Lunix on the desktop.