I’m hoping the Nokia 6086 with T-Mobile’s hotspot at home will also perform well. I plan to get one, it would replace my landline, and allow all sorts of free calling. Fixed Mobile Convergence, in the states, with a Nokia. It would seem to be a big deal to me.

I bet Nokia really doesn’t care that much about the market in North America. The market here is saturated, growing but mature. Take for example China and India. There is the future for Nokia. Market there is mostly consolidated and is exploding. It would be a waste of money to push phones in N.A. That leaves only Option 2) as phoneboy said. And I guess this is already happening, slowly. But Nokia is testing the market I guess with this distribution channel before rolling out on a larger scale.

And Europe – the advantage is that the cell phone market there is really withoug barriers and cheap. Like travelling. Travel for 19 bucks by air from London to Paris. You can’t afford to go to Niagara Falls from Toronto by bus for 20 bucks here.

In terms of carriers, I have Nokia e70. I wanted to change my plan. I went to Rogers (Canada) and when the Rogers guy saw my phone he said “this is not an approved phone… you must stop using it…”.

This is totally ridiculous with those providers in the US/Canada.

This is what I get for taking a few days rest on the weekend. Darla has found a fantastic freakin blog called Phoneboy, by a guy who works at Nokia, though apparently not directly with handsets. However, he’s recently had…

Thanks for putting some Nokia backing on this rant, and for stepping up and asking the top brass. I’ve written up my response, which, ironically, is exactly what you suggest. I’d suggested it back in December as my 2007 New Years’ Wish (http://symbianguru.typepad.com/welcome/2006/12/my_2007_new_yea.html) and gave basically the exact same suggestions.

I’ve thought through it a bit more business-minded, though, you can find my informal submission on my site.

Great writeup, and thanks again for sharing what you could. I personally can’t wait for the day that I can walk into a Nokia Store and just buy a phone.

Recently, Ricky’s rant ended up as a discussion on Information Week. I’m happy to see the topic still going, but still confused about the solution. By way of a comment on my original post, I’ve come across an interesting article…

PhoneBoy: In the meeting this past week, I got a rare opportunity to ask someone in management a point-blank question. While I can’t write everything he said, I can share an interesting fact that was mentioned in his response.Carrier customizations…

I’m still amazed that somehow world has managed to come to agreement and wifi works more or less everywhere (with some minor differences in number of channels allowed).