20 April 2012

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Colin Giles leaving Nokia ‘to be closer to his family’; his position will not be replaced.

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 06:30 AM PDT

 

Colin Giles is leaving Nokia after 20 years, the ‘official’ apparently to be cloaser to his family. His position as EVP of sales will NOT meet a replacement.

You guys have been complaining that there’s too much management layers at Nokia so with Giles’ departure, Nokia will restructure and reduce a layer of sales management to ‘ensure greater customer focus and provide senior leaders with greater visibility into market dynamics’ – whatever that means.

Nokia’s four SVP’s (Chris Weber, USA; Shiv Shivakumar, India, Middle East and Africa; Olivier Puech, Asia Pacific and Victor Saeijs for Europe and Eurasia.), will instead report to Niklas Savander, EVP of markets.

Reduction of Giles’ position is apparently something that would improve collaboration between business groups and teams on the ground.

Today Nokia announced that Colin Giles, executive vice president of sales and a member of the Nokia Leadership Team, will step down from his position and the Nokia Leadership Team effective June 30, 2012. After many years of travel, Giles has decided to leave the company on to be closer to his family.

With Giles departure, Nokia will restructure the sales organization by reducing a layer of sales management to ensure greater customer focus and providing senior leaders greater visibility into market dynamics. Effective immediately, Nokia’s four regional senior vice presidents and the lead of sales operations will report directly to Niklas Savander, executive vice president of markets.

The regional senior vice presidents include Chris Weber for the Americas; Shiv Shivakumar for India, Middle East and Africa; Olivier Puech for Asia Pacific and Victor Saeijs for Europe and Eurasia.

“Our structure is focused on ensuring that the sales organization is aligned with local customer requirements, market-by-market competitive issues and country-specific sales and marketing tactics,” said Savander. “As a result of reducing layers, we can increase the speed at which we execute sales activities and improve the collaboration between our business groups and our team on the ground.”

Giles joined Nokia in 1992 and has served in a number of marketing and sales roles across the company. Giles was instrumental in building Nokia’s presence in Asia and China and expanded Nokia’s sales and marketing efforts in many regions around the world. Most recently he led the global sales organization during Nokia’s transition. Colin will stay with Nokia until June 30, 2012, to help establish the new structure.

“Colin’s leadership has been very valuable as we shifted Nokia’s strategy and aligned the sales organization around our new product families, Lumia and Asha,” said Stephen Elop, president and CEO. “We appreciate the commitment that Colin has demonstrated to Nokia over the years, and we wish him much success as he takes the next step in his career.”

http://press.nokia.com/2012/04/19/nokia-lumia-610-starts-rolling-out-in-asia/

Sourve: Nokia via The Verge

Cheers ’noknok’ for the tip.

Nokia Lumia 610 launched in Asia

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 06:24 AM PDT

The Nokia Lumia 610 has launched in Asia. I’ve read some comments from the last post about Lumia launch in the Philippines that the 610 would arrive May 16th?  Nothing is mentioned in the official press release about that date, just that it has launched in Asia Should stop rushing and should have eaten lunch. It says week 4 of April.

Nokia announced today that the Nokia Lumia 610, its most affordable Lumia smartphone, has begun rolling out in Asia. It will go on sale first in the Philippines in the final week of April, and in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam in the following weeks. The Nokia Lumia 610 will also begin selling in other regions this quarter.

The Nokia Lumia 610 is designed as the perfect introduction to Windows Phone for a younger audience.  PeopleHub makes it easy to keep in touch with friends, providing instant access to social networks and bringing all mobile, email, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn contacts into one place. It also makes it easier to browse the Web with Internet Explorer and to access games through Xbox Live. The Lumia 610 will also come with WiFi tethering and flip-to-silence, features that will be made available across the Lumia portfolio.

Available with Nokia Maps, Nokia Drive, Nokia Transport and Nokia Music, people can also choose from thousands of apps in the Windows Phone Marketplace to further personalize the experience. With a distinctive profile and finely beveled metallic edges, the Nokia Lumia 610 is built to convey both quality and aspiration.

“The Nokia Lumia 610 will introduce Windows Phone to a new generation of smartphone users, offering something very different to the monochromatic smartphones filling shelves today,” said Jo Harlow, Head of Smart Devices at Nokia. “PeopleHub, Nokia services and quality apps – coupled with a fast and friendly interface – will make for a great smartphone experience at a great price.”

The Nokia Lumia 610 is also a great smartphone for students who will appreciate the built-in Microsoft Office app. Word mobile, PowerPoint mobile, Excel mobile to manage documents, and OneNote mobile to capture notes, ideas, pictures and voice memos make working on the go easier. With SkyDrive, files and notes can be synchronized, and opened and edited from the PC or the phone.

The Nokia Lumia 610 will be available in black, cyan, magenta and white, and will sell at an estimated retail price of EUR189 before applicable taxes and subsidies.

http://press.nokia.com/2012/04/19/nokia-lumia-610-starts-rolling-out-in-asia/

Thanks heron for the tip

Nokia Q1 2012 Report

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 03:20 AM PDT

 

I’ve got a meeting to go to right now, so I’ll just share this very quickly:

http://www.results.nokia.com/results/Nokia_results2012Q1e.pdf

Key points:

- Q1 2012 net sales of EUR 7.4 billion (Q1 2011: EUR 10.4 billion)
- Non-IFRS EPS of EUR -0.08 and reported EPS of EUR -0.25
- Losses incurred due to greater than expected competitive challenges and seasonality; reported
losses also primarily driven by charges related to restructuring activities
- Implementation of smartphone strategy proceeding:
o Expansion of Lumia portfolio to cover higher and lower price points (Lumia 900 and Lumia
610 announced in Q1)
o Expansion of geographic coverage to 45 countries currently (31 new countries in Q1)
o Encouraging launch of Lumia 900 with AT&T in US in April
- Renewing feature phone portfolio with 7 new Asha products ramping up
- Taking action to drive improvements in the trajectory of Lumia sales and to support feature
phone sales
- Plans to accelerate and substantially deepen Devices & Services cost savings, consistent with
strategic focus. Nokia will share further details as quickly as possible.
- Balance sheet remains strong with EUR 9.8 billion of gross cash at end-Q1; EUR 4.9 billion of net
cash at end-Q1
- Estimates that current annual IPR royalty income run-rate is approximately EUR 0.5 billion

Big old F on this report, eh?

Lumiappaday #156: Chickens Can’t Fly demoed – XboxLive

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 02:10 AM PDT

Hey, this is just a quick demo of a game called ‘Chickens Can’t Fly’. I can’t say I’ve played anywhere near enough to tell you all about the game but it does run very well and looks pretty nice; a polished app as you’d expect from an XboxLive title with a fun and interesting game play. You control the chicken (via tilt) as he falls, catching stars, powerups and avoiding obstacles.

#156) Chickens Can’t Fly

Price:  £2.29

Link: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-GB/apps/bd6d46cf-4177-4de0-93c3-610f450fc403

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmW0nWsiZ6Q

Developer Blurb:

 

Join the ranks of our scientists and see what chickens are capable of! Chickens Can’t Fly takes you in the depths of a secret facility, where you can do some wacky science:

• Play in 5 different Laboratories.

• Conduct over 50 Experiments with varied objectives.

• Gently guide the chicken around obstacles and power-downs.

• Try the Survival Mode to see just how long you can go.

• Take part in the Challenge of the Week.

• Funny and classy Ringtones to light up your phone.

• Xbox LIVE Leaderboards and Achievements.

• Over 9000 more content than Chickens can Dream!

 

Come in and answer questions such as: Is there life after the butcher? Is Chicken afraid of Ghosts? Does frozen Chicken get dizzy?

Lots of fun awaits: once you go Cluck, you never go back!

Rating:

Design: 10

Usability: 9

Performance: 9

Price: 9
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