Nokia sent out a press release earlier this morning about its Q4 forecast and to say the giant is hurting would be an understatement. When the company announced that it was abandoning Symbian, it was widely publicized and especially so across Europe, where Nokia devices powered by the OS are still selling well. Considering that consumers are now aware that Symbian is nothing more than a dead system walking, Nokia has decided to lower its expectations for their devices' and services' performance in Q2 of 2011. Here's a statement from the press release:
"Strategy transitions are difficult. We recognize the need to deliver great mobile products, and therefore we must accelerate the pace of our transition," said Stephen Elop, president and CEO of Nokia. "Our teams are aligned, and we have increased confidence that we will ship our first Nokia product with Windows Phone in the fourth quarter 2011."
Yes it appears that Nokia will most likely launch their first Mango-flavored devices by the end of the year, just as Microsoft said they would. Clearly they are going to need some product--any product--that's new out on the market this year as consumers are rapidly leaving Symbian and snatching up Android handsets and iPhones (most likely). If Nokia does by some miracle manage to release multiple Windows Phones as Jo Harlow said they may, it would only help them.
Source: Nokia
Source: Nokia
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