Nokia CEO: U.S. may be future mobile leader
By Alisa Zykova, Friday 3 October 2008 at 23:15 :: General :: #2394 :: rss
The mobile device market's focus on Europe may shift to the United States in the future, Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo said, suggesting that the country and its Silicon Valley may lead the mobile industry because there is “a lot of activity” there, Network World reported.
Kallasvuo said customers are demanding much more from their mobile devices, which has led Nokia responded to offer its Ovi portal that synchronizes and shares personal files such as music, games and images. The company also plans to launch its Nokia E-mail Service soon.
These new, evolving features might put the Web into perspective when people are on the move, with regard to information on users’ locations and their friends’ locations, Kallasvuo, said, according to Network World.
Nokia sells nearly 40 percent of the handsets around the globe and is increasingly investing in features that will complement mobile phones, according to Network World. The firm recently reported that it would be buying Oz Communications, a Canadian mobile messaging company. The mobile phone market is growing with regard to customer involvement, as users become more “willing and able to use mobile communications in new ways,” Network World reported.
Apple did the mobile industry a “big favour” when it launched the iPhone, Kallasvuo added. However, Nokia may have taken care to compete with the iPhone by releasing its first touch-screen device 5800 Xpress Music, Network World reported.
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