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The N81 is the flagship device from Nokia that has a built in music and game store, something that upset quite a few operators (Orange and now T-Mobile) in the UK who already provide their customers with such solutions. They see this as a threat so they’re refusing to sell the deivce (subsidized of course) to their customers. Now I don’t have the figures, maybe Nokia knows something I don’t, but I would imagine operators sales are still a large portion of their business.
This is just the UK, what about the rest of the world? Will Nokia’s attempt at turning operators into bit pipes take off? It is going to be one long and tedious fight, Nokia isn’t the only one in the ring however. When you use a third party internet service aka something that is not offered in your operators walled garden then you make business executives cry.
Their fault for not innovating fast enough I say! With NSN bleeding money, the $8.1 billion purchase of Navteq and now operators lifting their noses in the air and ignoring the Finnish giants products, it should be interesting to see where Nokia’s stock is this time next year.
About The Author
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.
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