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Nokia fueling the next phase of Enterprise Mobility

By: , IntoMobile
Friday, December 1st, 2006 at 11:55 PM

Nokia (NYSE:NOK), the world leader in mobile communications, today showcased its recent momentum in fueling the next wave of enterprise mobility. Speaking at the company’s annual investor and customer events in Amsterdam, Mary McDowell, executive vice president and general manager of the Enterprise Solutions division of Nokia, discussed the company’s strategic initiatives to help businesses move from opportunistic point solution purchasing to more strategic mobility deployments.

"Unlike other IT elements, mobility is personal and often enters organizations through end user demand," said McDowell. "But few companies today have taken a strategic or holistic approach to supporting their mobile workers and protecting remote assets. Nokia believes that with our products and solutions, we can fuel the next wave of development toward an inflection point where companies begin to transform ad hoc mobility into real business value."

"The Nokia E61 is the perfect device for us to keep in touch with the business while on the go. As a legal firm specializing in insolvency, we are often in the customer’s premises and continuous updates via phone or email are essential.  We have started with ActiveSync and want to use a stylish, professional looking device which offers us flexibility on future email solutions, and the Nokia E61 meets that need," said Christian Krause, Attorney at Brinkmann & Partner.

Source: Nokia PR

This is a pat on the back PR, we all know Nokia is getting whopped by RIM and the BlackBerry line. They already have a model out that has wifi, evdo, and gps. Nokia is behind technology wise. Having never used a BlackBerry however I don’t know what the UI is like. Companies purchase Windows Mobile Phones since they sync so well with Exchange servers. Palm sells well because it’s the gold standard for UI. So where does that leave Nokia?

This is tough to say really. The E Series is priced very competitively, and people just love the Nokia brand, but will it be enough? More importantly how large is the enterprise market and is it really worth fighting over those customers when in this industry volume is better.

You know I went in to purchasing an E61 blind. I never used Series 60 v 3 until I unboxed and turned on my phone. Do I regret it? Nope, it gets the job done wonderfully, but it sure isn’t Palm OS I can tell you that much.

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Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.

  • Dimilaz

    Nokia e61 was my first Nokia phone since Nokia 8210. I was frustrated with Nokia because of lack of functionality. I bought Nokia e61 not knowing what symbian s60 is and I just can’t stop lovin’ it! This is the best phone I ever had. I think palm sucks big time.

  • Stefan Constantinescu

    Have you ever owned a Palm device or are you just saying that? The multitasking capabilities might not be in there, but the way they set up the UI is great. The hand writing recognition does suck horribly, but that’s why they threw a QWERTY keyboard on it and gave birth to something called a Treo :-)

  • Dimilaz

    My friends own Treo 700 and they even gave me own, I used a little bit and purchased e61.

  • Stefan Constantinescu

    Well hey atleast now you have the same phone I do.