It seems Nokia is considering to enter the laptop business. In a recent interview to Finnish national broadcaster, the company’s CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, said that they are looking “very actively” at this opportunity.
He went on adding, “We don’t have to look even for five years what we know as a mobile phone and what we know as a PC are in many ways converging. Today we have hundreds of millions of people who are having their first Internet experience on the phone. This is a good indication.”
The problem, though, is that unlike smartphones, laptops are a low-margin business. However, with many of the world’s carriers slowly adding netbooks and laptops to their offerings, Nokia may be tempted to cover that segment of the market, too. In addition, as Nokia moves more toward services, they may sell computers with integrated Ovi suite and compensate on the low margins of the business — something other laptop makers can’t do that easily.
The way I see it their best bet is to go for some high-end netbooks, like Sony’s recently unveiled VAIO P series. Moreover, I bet they plan to release a new Internet tablet device this year, which I hope will be more powerful than the current model – N810. More on what I expect from the new tablet can be found in a separate article.
Anyway, I’m eager to hear your thoughts. Should Nokia enter the laptop market? And if so, what kind of products they should release?
[Via: Reuters]