Re: Good for Apple, bad for Microsoft & Nokia...
Noreen Seebacher
4/12/2012 12:46:18 PM
Nokia said that it will be releasing a software update to fix the phones...but only around April 16. Who wants to bet that's because they don't have a fix yet?
Re: Good for Apple, bad for Microsoft & Nokia...
Scott Raynovich
4/11/2012 3:15:40 PM
Not good for Nokia, but good for me. In the Raynovich household the Nokia phones are now the "designated kids phone."
Re: Good for Apple, bad for Microsoft & Nokia...
Noreen Seebacher
4/11/2012 2:34:56 PM
Nokia is essentially giving the phones away. It said it will swap users' phones for an updated Lumia 900 and that all buyers of the phone would receive the $100 credit -- but it's only selling the phone for $99.99!
Not good for a company that also issued a profit warning, saying strong competition will hit it's first-quarter earnings with no improvement expected in the second quarter.
Re: Good for Apple, bad for Microsoft & Nokia...
driven
4/11/2012 1:35:24 PM
With the shape Nokia is in, it should have tested and retested these phones to make sure they were flawless. If you're going to take on Apple, then you should be prepared to offer your best product. If this is it, we might as well just hand Apple the keys -- to everything.
Re: Good for Apple, bad for Microsoft & Nokia...
Tenacious
4/11/2012 1:26:27 PM
A smartphone with no Internet access is a dumb phone. Wake up Nokia. Could it have created any worse of a flaw in this alleged top of the line phone?
Re: Good for Apple, bad for Microsoft & Nokia...
Drivewaygirl
4/11/2012 1:17:42 PM
Maybe. At the very least, someone should demand some answers from Nokia and Microsoft. Did these phones go on the market without being tested? I mean, really! Connecting to the internet is a big part of a smart phone. It's not some minor flaw.
Good for Apple, bad for Microsoft & Nokia...
Noreen Seebacher
4/11/2012 12:49:49 PM
Just when it seemed like MSFT would gain traction with Windows phones...
Nokia has confirmed that a memory-management software problem has left some Lumia 900 owners unable to connect to the Internet. To make up for the glitch, the company will offer a $100 credit to all Lumia users as well as those who buy the Windows-based smartphone by April 21.
ZDNet adds: Microsoft was resting much of its efforts in Windows Phone on the Nokia Lumia 900, and Nokia's stake in the project was vital to its future smartphone building success. Described by one colleague as the "only good phone" to come out of the Microsoft–Nokia joint venture, its flagship phone was hit with a critical bug, the Windows Phone marketshare is slipping, and the Windows brand itself is waning in the wake of Apple's success.
Should everyone just cede victory to Apple?
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