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Still Number One in smartphones
A couple days ago, I linked to a story about the fading fortunes of Finnish cellphone maker Nokia. It was true enough. But from the Bangkok Post comes a useful reminder. Despite the iPhone and Android hype and the seeming ubiquity of the BlackBerry, none of these smartphones are the most popular. It's...Nokia. By a mile.
Hard for us Americans to grasp, mainly because Nokia has so utterly flopped in the US market. Nearly everybody here has heard of the iPhone or the Android phone. But mention Nokia's Symbian phones, and the usual response is "huh?"
I interviewed the CEO of Nokia last year. He admitted that the company's done a wretched job here in the Land of the Free, but that it's finally getting its act together. They better hurry, with so many people snapping up iPhones, Androids and BlackBerries. Even so, Nokia's still number one. And don't you forget it.
Hard for us Americans to grasp, mainly because Nokia has so utterly flopped in the US market. Nearly everybody here has heard of the iPhone or the Android phone. But mention Nokia's Symbian phones, and the usual response is "huh?"
I interviewed the CEO of Nokia last year. He admitted that the company's done a wretched job here in the Land of the Free, but that it's finally getting its act together. They better hurry, with so many people snapping up iPhones, Androids and BlackBerries. Even so, Nokia's still number one. And don't you forget it.
About the blogger
Hiawatha Bray
Hiawatha is a business reporter and columnist covering the high-tech industry for the Boston Globe business section. His weekly Tech Lab gadgets and software reviews appear in the Globe every Thursday.
