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- Happy New Year from MNB! 2014 is here :)
- Rumor: Sony to Possibly Launch a WP Device in 2014
- AdDuplex December: Nokia >92% of WP; are other OEM’s still needed? #Ramble
- Internal pics: Nokia Lumia 1320 disassembly
| Happy New Year from MNB! 2014 is here :) Posted: 31 Dec 2013 04:00 PM PST 2014 is upon us! Happy New Year! Thank you all so much for coming here to read MyNokiaBlog.com, for participating in the comments, sending in news and ideas to write about and sharing these stories with others! Thank you to our writers, past and present and those who send in their own stories to post. Thank you to Nokia, and the social media teams there at at Nokia Connects/1000Heads/WOM for the opportunities to attend events, meet Nokia peeps and other fans and trial devices. It has been an absolute blast of a year and blogging about Nokia has been so much fun because of you guys! We really could not have gone as far as we have without you. Being a Nokia fan has taught me to keep being ever hopeful, to be thankful and appreciate what has been accomplished. This year, more than ever was the greatest drama ever for the seasoned Nokia fan as our favourite brand decided there would be another change in their story as they parted ways with their devices and services division. It was and still at times, gut wrenching. It’s been a privilege to have witnessed these chapters of Nokia’s history. I found Nokia phones so fascinating as a kid. They were the most daring in design and the latest in features. The first time I saw the 7650 in my Aunt’s place I was in absolute awe. It was the future, the computer in your pocket amongst the competition of dumbphones. The love and lust for Nokia was nurtured by joining mobile forums. The Nokia section was always the most popular and most active. It was amazing! My first Nokia was the 3310. My first colour screen Nokia was the 7210. I really wanted the 7650 but it was just too expensive and it already took me forever to save for the 7210. I was so saddened when that fell in some liquid. It was some time again before I bought my 7610, yet another head turner. That was stolen from me at a club. Oh, all my apps! My favourite apps were gone! When folks from WOMWorld (now Nokia Connects) got in touch with me in 2006, I was in disbelief that Nokia, or a representative connected to Nokia would get in touch with me to invite me to New York to try out the upcoming, glorious N95. Since this was also around the time my 7610 got nicked, I just thought it was an opportunist spam and dismissed it. Thankfully they reached out again later in the year for CES. I had more and more Nokia content I wanted to share but I didn’t want to overload the forums. I needed somewhere to place all of these rants/ramblings/reviews/news etc. That was around the time I started MyNokiaBlog. I never expected MyNokiaBlog.com – a random, informal blog by a student to grow and have it’s own little community of Nokia fans, discussing Nokia activities, and being in a position to relay the voices of these Nokia fans to Nokia directly. There’s so much I’ve learnt from you guys and your discussions, often more so than the source of the stories themselves. The more I try to recall what we’ve experienced, the more surreal it all seems! Again thank you! What will happen in 2014 when Nokia no longer makes phones? As long as time is permitting I’ll continue to write about anything Nokia related. WP is growing so there’s a lot of WP news to go through. We still don’t know 100% what will happen of Nokia Lumia under MS’s full control. Nokia branding or not those phones will still be made with that Nokia spirit, by the same Nokia talent. Nokia isn’t even going away completely so there’ll be stories about their accomplishment with HERE, NSN and their research into new technologies. Nokia related start ups are always ever interesting to write about. We’re also going to continue following the journey of Jolla – a Nokia story that could have been. My Nokia Blog is you guys. It is more than just Nokia phones now. It’s the community. Connecting people. We will be here as long as you guys are. Anyway, gonna have to cut this short…I’d ramble on for longer for the full throwback-reminiscing session but it’s time for NY celebrations Happy New Year and Thank you all!
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| Rumor: Sony to Possibly Launch a WP Device in 2014 Posted: 31 Dec 2013 01:07 PM PST
One of the reasons Sony never went with WP was because of the WP integration with Xbox, which is of course a direct competitor to Sony’s own Playstation; the reason for the change of hearts is unclear, perhaps Microsoft was able to work something out with them? If launched the device is rumored to be marketed under the “Vaio” brand name; the popular line of Sony laptops and Windows machines that have had some mainstream success and popularity. Should Sony make the plunge into WP it could only mean good things for the OS, as variety is the spice of life, and WP is in dire need of some spice. Hopefully however they would give their devices a proper push unlike the half-assed techniques HTC and Samsung have gone with.
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| AdDuplex December: Nokia >92% of WP; are other OEM’s still needed? #Ramble Posted: 31 Dec 2013 03:09 AM PST
Does MS need anyone other than Nokia? Why is Nokia having such a lead? At over 92%, Nokia is pretty much WP. Does MS need the other OEMs? I’d say at the start, it was very important to have multiple manufacturers who are able to assist Nokia/WP grow by providing devices that Nokia didn’t have at the time. Now, Nokia is producing new members of the family filling the segments so that consumers have more choices “WP” choices. Having competition at the start initially worried some as they felt Nokia wouldn’t be able to compete with the likes of Samsung and HTC, or displace either two at WP, especially given HTC’s head start. That was a reasonable worry but something Nokia has overcome (that and the other OEMs pretty much rolled over and gave up with their offerings). I think at around the 80% mark, there were reports of some manufacturers in Asia not wanting to pick up WP as the competition (Nokia) was too strong. Or perhaps WP still isn’t that big enough for the other larger OEMs to put significant thought? It’s not odd that a single manufacturer would have such a large share in an OS. Remember Nokia in Symbian when Symbian had plenty of other OEMS and was on the rise? Also currently Samsung – >70% of Europe’s Android (?) >40% worldwide (?). The Symbian/Android contrast are examples that one manufacturer can dominate if their portfolio is strong enough, but also towards the end stages of Symbian that a manufacturer can also dominate if all the others (Moto/Samsung/SE etc) give up on the platform. The latter is not what we want, as Nokia fans (especially not those who are a fan of the platform). Not yet at least until WP/Nokia Lumia is solidly on its feet amongst the market and consumers. Though they are ‘definitively’ in third, a healthy, growing ecosystem needs multiple partners. Perhaps it isn’t so simple to state that an OS rigidly needs multiple manufacturers. It’s easy enough to give examples supporting one or the other, e.g. iOS for Apple which is successful, vs BlackBerry OS for Blackberry which is less so. Apple is different in the way their products are perceived and I don’t have the time to address that in my ramble. Basically, Apple broke through Symbian’s weakened defences (the OS just wasn’t improving at the rate we needed it, and thus was limiting the device in hardware as well as software experiences). Symbian showed one way to have a smartphone experience with a multitude of features but iOS made the basic experiences accessible to the average Joe (though at a price, which we know now, a growing amount of people accepted). It wasn’t until Android started replicating some of that simplified touch experience at Symbian’s lower price points that we saw Symbian truly in trouble. Experiences wise, the OSes are pretty much ‘equal’ in having strengths and weaknesses. There are obvious areas where WP can improve on (there are still some features we are asking for, and of course the app issue) but for the majority of consumers, things are even. It’s now mainly down to perception of what devices people should go for. Perhaps if Symbian had sufficiently matured (or Nokia was predominantly on Maemo) things would be different as Nokia could fight even alone with solid software and hardware? So, going back to the original question then, are other OEM’s still needed(In the phone space)? Perhaps MS finds that WP is indeed solid enough to go it alone. Back in September, when questioned whether other OEMs would be scared of the deal, Ballmer didn’t really answer the question directly as you might expect. Compare his reaction to the Google acquisition of Motorola Mobility which Google aimed at strengthening other partners. Here, Ballmer simply states that Nokia is >80% of WP and that they are in a position to accelerate it further. He indicates partners in tablets and PC are important. He doesn’t say anything about phones other than MS accelerating phones through Nokia is only good at strengthening the PC/Tablet. He says partners in ‘Tablet/PC’ seem quite enthusiastic. No mention of the phone manufacturers. With Nokia D&S soon to be under MS’ wings, MS can fully control both software and hardware side. Fear of alienating partners may be balanced by the fact that now over 92% of the platform is from one manufacturer – and through that one manufacturer they are breaking through the market (though very slowly). Were MS acquiring HTC instead of Nokia, then they might of course have fears of pushing the stronger competitors (Nokia) away. It’s interesting to note that Elop used the Google acquisition of Motorola to signal danger ahead for other Android OEMs, whilst also being bringing further importance to the Nokia-MS deal and even being a potential catalyst to the platform.
 From 2011. Prior to the first Lumia. ‘Anyone with a stake in the environment’ – the only one with a stake at WP is really Nokia. All others at this point, MS might find ‘negligible’. WP=Nokia Lumia and the success of ‘Nokia’ Lumia is the future of MS as a successful D&S company.
Back to AdDuplex… Regarding devices, the 520 and the 920 top most segments per region, sometimes swapping order. Whilst it is important to see good sales of the higher end devices, the entry level 52x is nothing to be scoffed at as it provides the perfect foot in the door to the Nokia Lumia portfolio. Folks willing to pay more may get better hardware perks, but the user experience of the OS is consistently fluid throughout the family and hence why the entry level lumias have been praised as such Hopefully the likes of the 1520 and 1020 continue to raise the image of the brand (Nokia/Lumia, obviously no one is really looking at them as WP other than us mobile geeks) and that halo trickles down to the other devices. Handsets like the 1320, 635 (unannounced) and 525 should lift this whole ecosystem even further by bringing incredible value. |
| Internal pics: Nokia Lumia 1320 disassembly Posted: 31 Dec 2013 03:02 AM PST Here are a couple of pictures showing the internal components of the Nokia Lumia 1320. The highest ‘numbered’ Lumia with a user removable back plate. Cheers Alvester for the tip! |
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