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Anssi Vanjoki, one of my favorite Nokia employees, and one of the few people who I think can turn the company around from it’s current trajectory of heading towards irrelevance, announced that each and every smartphone the company plans on shipping in 2011 will have NFC. This is a bold statement, and one I plan on following very closely. A smartphone, using Nokia’s definition, is a device that runs either Symbian or Maemo MeeGo, so it makes sense that the higher end devices get a brand spanking new technology, but what about the cheaper, sub 150 EUR smartphones, such as the Nokia 5230? Are we going to see sub 150 EUR smartphones be released by Nokia with NFC technology?
Oh Vanjoki, we love your bombastic statements. From saying that you copy Apple’s iPhone with pride, to calling the N97 a huge disappointment, you seem to be the only one who doesn’t speak marketing bullshit.
You better not be lying about this.
[Via: NFC World]
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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.
