Andrew Orlowski

Collected Journalism

Tag: nokia

  • Five ways to rescue Windows Phone

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    Windows Phone might be the most impressive bit of software Microsoft has produced – but it isn’t setting the world on fire. The iPhone and Android go from strength to strength – the latter proliferating so widely even Google doesn’t know how many Android systems are out there. (It can’t count the Chinese forks which don’t use any Google services and don’t phone home.)

    This discrepancy puzzles people. Reviewers like WinPho a lot – it’s clean, fast, functional and … Read More

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  • Perhaps there’s no ‘Third Ecosystem’?

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    There’s a whiff of something – it isn’t desperation, more like earnest exasperation – around Microsoft’s phone business these days

    Humiliatingly, Nokia was forced to deny rumours last week that it was planning to break up and sell its crown jewels to Microsoft. Normally a company can remain impervious to Twitter-born gossip, particularly from a known antagonist.

    Acknowledging the rumour simply gives it a chauffeured ride around the internet. But not this time: the ‘Microsoft buys Nokia’ story fulfils … Read More

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  • Don’t blame Elop or Microsoft for Nokia’s catastrophic fall from grace

    Don’t blame Elop or Microsoft for Nokia’s catastrophic fall from grace

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    Pundits this week are describing Nokia’s fall from grace as one of the greatest corporate car-crashes of all time. But here’s an unfashionable view. Nokia’s problem is not Stephen Elop, or his strategy. Its problem is it didn’t have Stephen Elop, or his strategy, in place two years ago.… Read More

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  • Nokia grabs control of Symbian, downsizes Foundation

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    Nokia is taking over the governance of Symbian, leaving the non-profit Foundation as a vestigial organisation in name only.… Read More

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  • Nokia ends cruel and unusual ‘Symbian programming’ practices

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    Nokia has bowed to international pressure and agreed to end the cruel and unusual practice of programming natively for the Symbian OS. It still wants developers to target Symbian, but using the more humane Qt APIs instead.

    Nokia has also torn up the OS roadmap, and will speed up the delivery of new functionality to users in chunks, as and when it’s ready, instead of in milestone releases. In less prominent statements, Nokia has clarified what had become a very … Read More

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  • When Dilbert came to Nokia

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    You may have had your fill of Nokia analysis and features, but I’d like to draw your attention to one more – one that’s very special. The Finnish daily Helsingin Sanomat has published a report based on 15 interviews with senior staff. It reads like the transcript to an Oscar-winning documentary where the narrative thread is held together entirely by the talking heads.

    The report is very long on detail and short on opinionising – and for those of you … Read More

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