What Happened to Nokia?

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28 points·adambyrtek··5 comments

They assumed widespread adoption of their platform was sufficient, and saw no need to innovate. What happened to Nokia is what happens to many large companies that become complacent - they gradually lose whatever stronghold they had.

One thing Nokia didn't have was a strong presence in the US marketplace. RIM had it, and still does, but Nokia never really did, despite it's general global dominance. I wonder if they did, if that would have made a difference.

It would have mattered greatly, in Nokia's favor as it would have forced them to innovate, and if not, at least replicate in order to maintain market in the US. The problem is now, they had such a huge market share in the "non" smart phone world which is now beginning to move to the smart phone world, only to find that they are the bottom of the list now. Having a market presence amongst real competition will not only help you, but will force you to stay alive.

Nokia must have a huge sympathy capital, with all these people genuinely invested (at least emotionally) in their success. What do you suppose is the reason for this?

A lot of people were linux fans who were very eager to see meego succeed. A small but decent amount of people bought the n900 and were waiting for the successor(I bought an n900 because I decided I couldn't wait for the first meego phone about a month before the announcement).

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