Nokia aims to expand S60 deployment, or so says the boss

Sat, Jan 24, 2009

Filed under: Handsets, Software, Nokia, Symbian, Misc

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We already heard Nokia’s head man in charge, Mr. Olli Pekka Kallasvuo, gloat about how awesome 5800 XpressMusic sales have been, but what hasn’t been mentioned yet is his take on S60 deployment and its future definition of a smartphone. He commented during the outfit’s Q4 earnings call that “smartphones are not only for the high end,” and he elaborated by saying that “internet services” and the like would soon be delivered at “a number of attractive price points.” Which makes sense given that Nokia’s planning to “expand its Symbian S60 investment relative to S40,” wouldn’t you say? Potentially most interesting was this tidbit: “[Nokia is] expanding smartphones to categories and form factors that have not yet been covered.” Not yet been covered? Seriously? Way to make our imaginations work overtime here, Olli.

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