Want to know what CEO Stephen Elop think about the past tense , the nowadays and the future of Nokia . Here are some memorable quotes from his D9 interview with Walt Mossberg .
1 . Poor Nokia is tanking while it moves to Windows Phone .
Walt Mossberg : “ It ’s a dreadful transition . ” Elop : “ It certainly feels painful right now . ”
2 . Elop is not a flora for Microsoft .
“ No , The Trojan horse theory has been well overplayed , ” Elop said . “ I refer you to the grassy knoll for that one . ”
3 . Symbian was so irksome that Nokia had to kill it .
“ With Symbian it ’s drop dead to take too long , ” Elop said , “ it ’s crufty . ”
4 . Microsoft gave Nokia the keys to WP7
” We feel we could differentiate better with Windows Phone . We can do a lot ” ( with Windows Phone ) .
5 . That rumor about Microsoft buy Nokia …
“ There ’s perfectly no treatment . The hearsay are unwarranted . It is as clear as that . ”
6 . Nokia will be everywhere , useable for everyone !
“ In the first launching you ’ll see the first equipment , but then a whole family of devices . We ’ll be at many price points all over the world . ”
7 . Nokia blew it in North America .
“ We used to have a 30 to 40 % market part . ” Then switch phones started catch popular in North America and Nokia had no interest in do flip earpiece . “ A great deal of marketplace share quickly evaporated . ”
8 . Forget about devices , it ’s the Cloud FTW .
“ It ’s no longer a state of war of devices , it ’s a war of ecosystems . ”
9 . Crikey , he buy a tawdry Formosan knockoff .
10 . Nokia and the tablet .
Walt Mossberg : “ So you will have a pad . ” Elop : “ We ’ll have to treat that space . ” Walt Mossberg : “ So you will have a tablet . ” Elop : “ We ’ll have to address that space . ” [ All thing DandThis Is My Next ]
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