Comments on: Innovation & Maturity, Industry Fuel

By: Peter Rullmann

Peter Rullmann — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:08:36 +0000

Nokia has always been strong on the hardware side, so I don’t worry about that. Their handsets are feature-packed and by far the most durable on the market.
But a few months ago one of you at symbianguru pleaded Nokia to do more on the Software side. And I agree. Although S60 is finding its way more and more into mainstream handsets, its usability still lags behind S40. I still need far more key strokes for the same actions on S60 compared to S40. And the overall speed is still not as good as with S40 phones.
To speed up innovation, I also want to see more cool software stuff like the betalabs guys are bringing us.
Apple has shown how innovation can be propelled with a good SDK and an even better application store. Nokia has to make sure that it is as easy and attractive as possible to help them spur innovation and get the most out of these great handsets.
Nokias open source plans for S60 could help open up more APIs and make developing for S60 even more interesting.

By: Peter Rullmann

Peter Rullmann — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:08:00 +0000

By: WOM World / Nokia » Blog Archive - Is Nokia using this year to mature?

WOM World / Nokia » Blog Archive - Is Nokia using this year to mature? — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:29:31 +0000

[...] a nutshell, she is considering the cycle of innovation that Nokia are going through and whether this year was a dormant, or ‘maturing’ year. If 2007 [...]

By: horia

horia — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:29:59 +0000

@christaexport; I tried to be the devil’s advocate:-)

By: horia

horia — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:29:00 +0000

@christaexport; I tried to be the devil’s advocate:-)

By: Shrikant Mehta

Shrikant Mehta — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:28:07 +0000

Nokia really needs to innovate on email apps. Even the email app at beta labs sucks. Too slow and doesnt render HTML. Blackberry and iPhone beat Nokia hands down as far as email interface is concerned.

By: Shrikant Mehta

Shrikant Mehta — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:28:00 +0000

By: Nokia Daily News - 10/01/08 | Nokia Daily News

Nokia Daily News - 10/01/08 | Nokia Daily News — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:10:43 +0000

[...] Symbian Guru – Innovation vs Maturity, mobile industry cycles and Nokia [...]

By: gersbo

gersbo — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:55:08 +0000

I really like you post – mainly because I have been thinking along the same lines.

I see the “Nokia is boring/falling behind/napping” complaints as a manifestation of a clash between the kind of innovation early adopters crave for, and the kind of innovation Nokia is doing to make money.

Early adopters want radical innovation: new UI’s, new OS, new hardware etc.

Basically since releasing the original N95, Nokia has been leveraging their platform (S60 OS + hardware) to create a variety of devices targeted at different needs and customer segments. By combining modular and incremental innovation, Nokia has been able to achieve this variety and thus cash in on the investment in platform R&D.

This is what smart companies do to make money and like you, I do not for a minute think this implies Nokia is not cooking up something new…

By: gersbo

gersbo — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:55:00 +0000

I really like you post – mainly because I have been thinking along the same lines.

Early adopters want radical innovation: new UI’s, new OS, new hardware etc.

This is what smart companies do to make money and like you, I do not for a minute think this implies Nokia is not cooking up something new…