Nokia's struggles to compete with Apple's iPhone and the Google Android platform continue to take their toll on the beleaguered Finnish handset maker, which announced on Wednesday that it is laying off 3,500 employees.
So basically, Apple just took away 3,500 jobs! I wonder how many jobs they created while causing 3,500 people to lose their job...
It's kind of sad seeing them struggle so much. I'd like to see them come out with a really decent smart phone.
The best phone I ever had (when the goal was just a phone, not a smart phone) was a Nokia, 6280 I think. I was traveling internationally all the time, and it was the first phone I was given that would work in Korea and Japan as well as the rest of the world, and I loved it. It was such a benefit that it worked worldwide, but it was also really nicely built, and just a quality product.
I personally preferred the 8890! That was the BEST phone ever!
...or do they use other materials for boob jobs nowadays?
Nope, it's still a silicone gel. The viscosity of the gel has changed over time to help reduce/prevent leakage should the outer skin break, but for the most part it's the same stuff.
So basically, Apple just took away 3,500 jobs! I wonder how many jobs they created while causing 3,500 people to lose their job...
Not at all. Apple created many thousands of jobs for people building iPhones, iPads, iPods, etc - as well as engineers, QA people, testers, and so on.
It's not up to Apple to keep OTHER company's employees working. That's up to the other company to do for themselves. If they're unable to make a competitive product, it's not Apple's fault.
[...] Windows Phone and RIM's QNX will battle it out for third place over the next couple of years and frankly I think Windows Phone has the upper hand as they have buy-in from some handset manufacturers.
Agree. Not sure how much longer RIM can keep it up.
So basically, Apple just took away 3,500 jobs! I wonder how many jobs they created while causing 3,500 people to lose their job...
No they didn't. Nokia has too many staff, they have for years, while it is terrible they are losing their jobs, most of these people were providing no benefit to the company
I think five years from now it will still be an iOS/Android battle with RIM dead and buried, an as yet unannounced OS in 3rd, and Microsoft in a distant 4th.
Naw. The trend is for Andorid to win, but I wouldn't count M$ out yet.
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Which is sexier? Nokia or iPhone?
LG logo behind them. :-)
LG logo behind them. :-)
OK, you must either be a heterosexual woman, or a homosexual man........I didn't notice there was a "behind them"
Nokia's struggles to compete with Apple's iPhone and the Google Android platform continue to take their toll on the beleaguered Finnish handset maker, which announced on Wednesday that it is laying off 3,500 employees.
So basically, Apple just took away 3,500 jobs! I wonder how many jobs they created while causing 3,500 people to lose their job...
It's kind of sad seeing them struggle so much. I'd like to see them come out with a really decent smart phone.
The best phone I ever had (when the goal was just a phone, not a smart phone) was a Nokia, 6280 I think. I was traveling internationally all the time, and it was the first phone I was given that would work in Korea and Japan as well as the rest of the world, and I loved it. It was such a benefit that it worked worldwide, but it was also really nicely built, and just a quality product.
I personally preferred the 8890! That was the BEST phone ever!
The one on the right definitely came from Silicone Valley!
Yep! SiliCONE valley!
...or do they use other materials for boob jobs nowadays?
Yep! SiliCONE valley!
...or do they use other materials for boob jobs nowadays?
Nope, it's still a silicone gel. The viscosity of the gel has changed over time to help reduce/prevent leakage should the outer skin break, but for the most part it's the same stuff.
So basically, Apple just took away 3,500 jobs! I wonder how many jobs they created while causing 3,500 people to lose their job...
Not at all. Apple created many thousands of jobs for people building iPhones, iPads, iPods, etc - as well as engineers, QA people, testers, and so on.
It's not up to Apple to keep OTHER company's employees working. That's up to the other company to do for themselves. If they're unable to make a competitive product, it's not Apple's fault.
It's too bad because this really is a slick looking device.Is Nokia still turning a quarterly profit or have they fallen into the red?
Drool... Wow, that is one sexy looking phone. I totally like the way that phone looks! Too bad it's not available in the U.S.
So basically, Apple just took away 3,500 jobs! I wonder how many jobs they created while causing 3,500 people to lose their job...
Well, they are all in different countries so it is kind of irrelevant.
Samsung and HTC probably did not help Nokia a lot either.
[...] Windows Phone and RIM's QNX will battle it out for third place over the next couple of years and frankly I think Windows Phone has the upper hand as they have buy-in from some handset manufacturers.
Agree. Not sure how much longer RIM can keep it up.
So basically, Apple just took away 3,500 jobs! I wonder how many jobs they created while causing 3,500 people to lose their job...
No they didn't. Nokia has too many staff, they have for years, while it is terrible they are losing their jobs, most of these people were providing no benefit to the company
I think five years from now it will still be an iOS/Android battle with RIM dead and buried, an as yet unannounced OS in 3rd, and Microsoft in a distant 4th.
Naw. The trend is for Andorid to win, but I wouldn't count M$ out yet.
1. Android
2. Windows
3. ...
4. Apple
It's too bad because this really is a slick looking device.Is Nokia still turning a quarterly profit or have they fallen into the red?
Where are the samsung fools? THAT is a phone influenced by the iPhone without being a copy....
Naw. The trend is for Andorid to win, but I wouldn't count M$ out yet.
1. Android
2. Windows
3. ...
4. Apple
That was funny. Thanks, I needed that laugh.
Where are the samsung fools? THAT is a phone influenced by the iPhone without being a copy....
There was a troll yesterday claiming hypocrisy, of all things, because the "Apple fonboys" weren't calling the Kindle Fire a clone of the iPad.
You Can Put a Fork in Nokia. Game Over. No More Lives.
That's really too bad for those affected.
It is disturbing and sad. Even more so when you then think they are now hopelessly dependent on Microsoft for their very survival.
Drool... Wow, that is one sexy looking phone. I totally like the way that phone looks! Too bad it's not available in the U.S.
Too bad it's an EOL product.