Departing Nokia Exec: Switching to Android Equates to Peeing Your Pants for Warmth
Departing Nokia Exec: Switching to Android Equates to Peeing Your Pants for Warmth
Posted 09/21/2010 at 10:11am
| by Paul Lilly
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Anssi Vanjoki, Executive Vice President of Nokia, recently announced plans to leave the company within six months, but don't expect him to do it quietly. Speaking to the Financial Times, Vanjoki revealed why Nokia won't switch from Symbian to Android.
Doing so, he said, is no different than the Finnish boys who "pee in their pants" to stay warm during the cold winter months. That bears repeating. Smartphone makers who use Android are doing the equivalent of pissing their pants to stay warm.
We'll have to dig through the archives, but Anssi Vanjoki may have just topped Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang, who once promised to open a can of whoop ass on the competition, as the most outspoken, uncensored executive in the tech industry.
We could offer some more commentary, but quite frankly, trying to follow a quote like that is like pissing in the wind.
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R01010100
September 21, 2010 at 3:06pm
last time i checked, Nokia was beating the shit out of everyone in worlwide sales.
JeffDenver
September 28, 2010 at 8:38am
They should enjoy it while it lasts...the train ride is about to end. Nokia has made a lot of stupid decisions that are coming back to bite them. Nokia is a has-been. The future is Android and iPhone, and everyone can see that.
Zachary K.
September 21, 2010 at 2:03pm
he could not have picked a more immature and unprofessional way to say this. i think he is just mad that no one is buying their phones now.
compguytracy
September 21, 2010 at 12:05pm
I just got my droid yesterday from US Cellular, a samsung acclaim, love it. works better than any other touch phone, already put my own background, apps, attached it to wifi, etc. bite it Nokia
Trooper_One
September 21, 2010 at 12:03pm
The Nokia exec has a point there - why should everyone move to Android platform and DJSPIN80 perfectly illustrates why with iPhone and Blackberry.
I don't think Nokia needs to be concerned in terms of hardware (some of my previous phones were Nokia - and they were solid phones). The only thing I think they need to worry about would be downloadable apps; but for those who just want a cell phone to be a phone or a smartphone with minimal BS, Nokia should just stick to their OS and improve upon it.
(Edit: ... and Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang FTW!)
bikerbub
September 21, 2010 at 2:18pm
just making sure you realise that the same Jen-Hsun Huang you're giving props to is the same guy who basically said that the enthusiast market would be dead in a few years.
DJSPIN80
September 21, 2010 at 11:41am
Before the virulent lot begins to post, I'll add my $0.02.
Vanjoki has a strong point. What makes the Blackberry a Blackberry and the iPhone an iPhone is its OS. You can see a trend in how phone manufacturers quickly adopted Android. Now, before you think I'm some anti-Android troller/fanboy, let me begin by saying that the Android is a fine piece of software and Google and manufacturers have done a great job customizing the Android on their smart phones.
What makes his point valid is that in the short term, because of the growth of Android and having that other option other than RIM and Apple, it may not make sense. However, in the long term, when Android becomes more commonplace, what will phone manufacturers use to differentiate their platform from others? For example, how would HTC say that their phone is better than, say, Samsung's or Nokia?
That's what makes RIM and Apple a risky, but solid, phones. They're their own brand and only they release phones for the market. Their OS is not universally used and they can differentiate their product line against every manufacturer. The same goes for Apple, but if everyone adopted the Android, then which Android phone is the best?
Zachary K.
September 21, 2010 at 2:09pm
if everyone adopted android, there wont be a "best" one, there will be a "best" one for you. it will be like the PC market today, lots of choices. why should you have apple or RIM tell you "this is our phone, take or leave it". if you want longer battery life, then you chose the one with best battery life. if you want a bigger screen, then you pick the phone with the bigger screen, its what you want.
Walnut
September 21, 2010 at 1:00pm
While this makes sense in theory, Android currently has a big leg up on Nokia's OS offerings, and its getting better faster. I'd say that Nokia should just make the switch and reallocate those resources they use now for OS development to building a Nokia Android UI. A good reason why I bought my HTC Incredible was because HTC's Sense UI is awesome-- certainly better than Motoblur. Let that be the big differentiator. There's no need to reinvent a shitty old wheel when someone's handing you a brand new one.
Ilander
September 21, 2010 at 10:23am
No, it equates Nokia making Android headsets with peeing yourself to keep warm. It's a humiliating short term solution that doesn't address the long term problem.
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