The world's top mobile phone maker, Nokia, is on the verge of firing several executive board members, in the largest management "shake-up" in years.
CEO Stephen Elop, in charge since last September, will unveil the overhaul on February 11th.
A few of the executives expected to leave are "Mary T. McDowell, the executive in charge of Nokia's mobile phones unit, Niklas Savander, the manager ... [ read the full article ]
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The marketing sucks, but just look at what they are marketing...they don't have a chance anyway. Nokia was very clear about the fact that they wanted to focus on low-cost phones for developing nations...and they did just that. The only problem is that people in developing nations have a more urgent need for smart phones than those living in "developed" nations where there are other ways of connecting to the internet.
Essentially, they are focusing on a market that was large, is now small, and will soon be almost non-existent. On top of that, this market can easily be served by small local manufacturers that can tailor products for the local market better, and often at a lower cost.
Get those idiots out of there, start making some phones with good hardware, and dump meego; there is only room for one linux-based smartphone OS...and Android already took the prize.
