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"Nokia has no taste"
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When Adam Greenfield, Nokia’s former head of design direction for user interfaces and services, quit the company in 2010 to set up his own design practice in New York, he made no secret of his frustrations with Nokia. In a long post on his blog, he outlines what problems Nokia faces.

He says "there is nobody with any taste in the decision-making echelons at Nokia”, something which he notes is particularly ironic considering Finland’s wider reputation for style and innovative design culture. Coming from somebody who left the company last year, it carries weight.


http://gigaom.com/2011/02/21/former-nokia-designer-nokia-bosses-have-no-taste/
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Nokia AK-47
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Forget iPhones and Droids, the Nokia 1100 is the most important cell phone on the planet. For most of humanity, smart phones are an impractical luxury. Thanks largely to exploding cell-phone markets in Africa and South Asia, the world's most popular phone -- by far -- is the humble Nokia 1100.

Introduced in 2003, the 1100 does not do much more than make calls and text. Until networks in the developing world can handle the bandwidth requirements of smart phones, the Nokia 1100 will remain the telecommunications version of the AK-47 -- humanity's most rugged, efficient calling machine.


http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/01/02/ideas_the_ak_47_of_the_cell_phone_world

The 1100 has 250 million users worldwide (compare with 73.5 million iPhones) and is destined to see the greatest growth in the market. Something to keep in mind when designing the next revolutionary mobile technology: for true impact on a global scale, it is definitely not going to be an app.

http://www.good.is/post/the-world-s-most-revolutionary-cell-phone/
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Tsot, tsot
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Whopper:

Tuoreen raportin mukaan kaikki neljä Lex Nokiaa hyödyntänyttä yritystä tai yhteisöä ovat saaneet viestintäministeriön moitteet väärästä menettelystä. Sähköisen viestinnän tietosuojalain muutos eli Lex Nokia antoi yrityksille ja yhteisöille oikeuden selvittää verkkonsa käyttäjien tunnistamistietoja esimerkiksi yrityssalaisuuksien vuotamisen estämiseksi. Tietosuojalain seurantaryhmän väliraportin mukaan uudet säännökset käyttöön ottaneet neljä yritystä tai yhteisöä eivät ole tehneet lain vaatimaa ilmoitusta tietosuojavaltuutetulle.

http://m.yle.fi/w/uutiset/kotimaa/ns-yduu-3-2237458
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Profiting From Iran

The New York Times identified 74 corporations that have done business both in Iran and with the United States government over the last decade, using corporate records filed with the Securities Exchange Commission, company websites, news accounts confirmed by interviews with company officials, and Congressional reports. The list includes two Finnish-based corporations: Nokia and Wärtsilä.

Nokia, which has sold mobile devices and accessories to Iran since at least 2004, said in a 2010 Securities and Exchange Commission filing that it was gaining market share there. Nokia's contracts with the American government include providing telecommunication services to the Department of Defense and the Drug Enforcement Administration. Contracts that were separately awarded to Nokia-Siemens, a joint venture, were not included in the company's totals here.

Nokia-Siemens sold technology to Iran in 2008 that could be used by the government to eavesdrop on cellphones and e-mail messages. The sale proved controversial, though the technology is required by other countries, including the United States. Nokia-Siemens continues to provide services to two cellphone companies in Iran, company spokesman Ben Roome said. "We certainly think that providing telecom equipment is a force for good," Mr Roome said.

Wärtsilä Corporation has built power plants in Iran and in 2002 supplied engines for Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Line (IRISL) container ships. IRISL is a state-owned shipping company later blacklisted by the United States for facilitating the transfer of military cargo to Iran. Wärtsilä has received federal contracts to provide engine parts to the Coast Guard. A Wärtsilä spokesman, Atte Palomäki, said that the company operates in full compliance with sanctions.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/03/06/world/iran-sanctions.html

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