Photo: Nokia CEO Stephen Elop being dropped off at home by security guards

Finland is, without a question in my mind, one of the safest places in the world. When people told me to avoid the Kallio district of Helsinki because it was “rough”, the first thing I did was visit it to see what all the fuss was about. Sure, there were drunk people running around, and yes, I may have spotted the odd syringe or two on the sidewalks, but there was never a point during my visit that I felt like I was in danger. In 2010 I even lived in Kallio for close to a year because I found an apartment with a lease that was too attractive to say no to.

With that backstory in mind, let’s talk about Nokia’s CEO, Stephen Elop. He lives in Helsinki, obviously in one of the nicer parts of town, yet after he announced that he was going to let go 10,000 employees he opted to go home with some security guards according to the Finnish publication Iltalehti. When you look at Finland alone, roughly 3,700 Nokia employees will lose their job. You have to remember, this is a country with approximately 5.3 million people. Nokia is also intrinsic to Finland’s identity, so you can see why their current situation might cause a lot of locals to be upset. Still, would they be crazy enough to attack Elop as he was coming home from work? Highly unlikely.

So when will Nokia bounce back, if ever? Here are two key milestones you should mark in your calendar: Wednesday, the 20th of June, Microsoft is holding an event where they’re going to give a “sneak peek” at the next version of Windows Phone. Then in September, towards the end of the month, Nokia will be hosting their annual “Nokia World” event where they’ll likely announce their first Windows Phone 8 devices.

By then we should be able to paint a better picture of the company’s future.

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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.

MVZ

Them Finns are just a whole bunch of wild and crazy guys! the round of vodka is on me!
Excalifas

I saw Elop in Bellevue yesterday doing a brunch a Z-Tejas.
http://twitter.com/mobilephonesfan Mobile Phones Fan

Two things to consider:

1. Mr. Elop might have received threats via email or other anonymous means. If so, company policy would likely call for tighter security measures. Part of the corporate directors’ fiduciary duty (to shareholders) is the maintenance and protection of critical resources — including real property, IP and personnel (see #2, below).

2. As CEO for a large multinational concern, Mr. Elop is undoubtedly covered by ‘key man’ insurance — part of their corporate liability policy, provided by outside insurer(s). No doubt, a codicil in that policy calls for some (perhaps token) amount of security to be provided, varying with the particular circumstances (see #1, above).
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http://profile.yahoo.com/NV25ZPWMBDYFXEYR3AWQ43ZS5E Hein S

NOKIA is TOAST.
John

Meego was the natural successor to Windows and iOS.

Powerful, efficient, safer, ubiquitous and open source. It could run on phones, tablets, laptops, desktops and even cars.

With QT, it was write once run everywhere. Literally.

Developers would have fallen over each other to support it. All users would have benefited.

It would have been the end of the iron fist rule of Microsoft and Apple overnight.

This is the reason for the covert take over of Nokia by Microsoft. Nothing more. Nothing less.

Nokia means nothing to Microsoft now as the destruction is complete. It is just a matter of disassembling Nokia piecemeal and assimilating the useful parts.

A most elegant demonstration of the power and effectiveness of extend, embrace and extinguish.

Bravo Balmer!
http://members.iinet.net.au/~melbournecup/ Melbourne Cup

Elop is in cahoots with Microsoft and that’s where his loyalty is, not with Nokia. Blame the Nokia board for the wrong decisions.
Pupgirl56

You all need to get a grip. People are insane, it makes sense that he would be worried… You would be too.