Hmm, well, okay. That’s an acceptable compromise, I suppose. You may remember that when Nokia announced they were switching over to Windows Phone 7, I went off on a teeny bit of a rant about what the point of releasing new Symbian phones was, if the OS was going the way of the dodo. Would Symbian users get left out in the cold? According to this interview with Stephen Elop, the answer is a big no…
Okay, that’s actually not bad at all. If they’re going to keep updating Symbian till 2016 (assuming they don’t stop updates early, of course), then people who use Symbian (especially if they’ve got a Nokia E7, which is actually a really nice phone) aren’t being dumped, right off the bat. I call that a positive.
Oh, and it’s not just updates; it also means support, customer service and apps for Symbian, up till 2016. Again, a good thing, and I’m rather glad Nokia took the decision to keep support up. Consider me at least partially mollified.
Elop also mentioned some key things about the future of Nokia, for example, how they plan on being much more aggressive in their tactics, which can only be a good thing. Let’s face it, with them losing ground to upstarts like Samsung and HTC, and with Windows Phone 7 apparently having a bit of a tough time against Android, this kind of strategy is sort of essential, really.
And finally, Elop was asked what phone he uses. And oh dear, it’s a Nokia Oro, that gold thing I ranted about yesterday. However, he did also mention he uses competitors’ phones, to get an idea of what they’re up against. I’m willing to bet there’s an Android phone in there. Maybe not something as brand new and mind-blowing as the HTC Sensation, but he’ll be using one, to keep his eye on that OS.
Mark my words!
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