Nokia counters Apple's iPhone lockdown

By on Oct 7, 2007 at 12:20 PM
General October 7, 2007

In a move clearly designed as a direct challenge to Apple, Nokia has launched a bold new advertising campaign. The company’s "Open" ads flaunt the ease and freedom with which developers can create applications for the Symbian Series 60-based N-Series handsets. For anyone that has been living under a rock for the past month, this is nothing less than a slap in Apple’s face, following Cupertino’s recent 1.1.1 iPhone update that has effectively locked out any and all 3rd party application development for the time being. Nokia, on the other hand, wants prospective customers to be aware of the virtues of a completely free and open operating system. Both perspectives have their merit, but negative advertising? This is beginning to sound like a presidential election…

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  • Jeff B.

    To add to db’s comment,
    Tilt, Tilt Tilt Tilt Tilt. Tilt Tilt Tilt. Tilt Tilt Tilt Tilt Tilt.
    Tilt me. (coming soon to my hand, Tuesday October 9, 2007…aaawwwwwww the 9th? That’s too far away, got damnit I want it now. WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

  • daddybear

    so jeff…

    you thinkin you might go for the Tilt when released??

    -db

    cause I wasn’t sure…

  • mingkee

    N95 is open to ALL GSM carriers
    N95 is open to most of UMTS carriers (except Japan and T3)
    N95 works with streaming real, shoutcast (with 3rd party applications)
    iPhone is dead-locked to specific carriers
    iPhone battery is not removable

  • Jeff B.

    TILT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Only 2 more days until they are in stock…again. Can’t believe they sold them all yesterday without my knowledge, somebody’s gonna get it.

  • Joe Luk

    Its simply a reactionary campaign from Nokia. Particularly in the U.S. smartphone Market, Nokia is now on the outside looking in. The iPhone offers similar functionality to the N95, but with a revolutionary interface. Nokia is a handset manufacturer like Apple, LG, Samsung, and would love to have the deal that Apple has with AT&T, no manufacturer would ever turn that down. The fact of the matter is that they don’t provide the complete top to bottom solution that Apple provides. Nokia makes good phones, the N95 and E61i are two of the most capable smartphones on the market. However, having used them both, they simply cannot beat the user experience of an iPhone. So in reality, this campaign is little more than an attempt to elbow into a niche of the U.S. smartphone market. Unfortunately, the one caveat to this “openness” that Nokia aims for means that most of their smartphones will not be covered by a carrier subsidy, which makes their phones run in the $600-$700 range for the N95. Their devices may not have limits, but they still have prices…

  • Kevin

    Just my .02! Had the iPhone, sold it mainly because of the poor phone quality and sudden dropped calls. Loved the ipod. $100 credit got me a new nano. Got the Tilt, WM6, nough said.Hated the lag and slowness. Have the N95-3 now and I love it. Great phone!

  • miro

    The 8125 and 8525 have spoiled me as far as QWERTY keyboards go. It’s a shame the N95 doesn’t have one, otherwise I’d be all over it.

    With the shift to cellphones being more used more for text messaging and basically being mini computers, it’s weird that more companies aren’t releasing phones with dedicated keyboards.

  • Chris

    lmao, the Apple sheep are getting angry.

  • AlphaVirus

    Nokia outpaces all other companies when it comes to quality and customer satisfaction. I seriously want that N95, that phone is so nice. I especially love the 5mp cam it has. I think I might buy this for myself for christmas.

  • emmanuel

    many times when i hear people are using other phones apart from nokia smartphones i really wonder why, my first contact with nokia smart phone was the 3650, after going thru the in phone help cum manual, i said to myself theres no way am going back on .sis, i still remember the hype the iphone brought and how nokia shares dropped during the week of release i told friends it was only for a while, cuz you simply can beat a nokia smartphone. its amazing why nokia releases their phones in europe before elsewhere, i think their releases should be worldwide. trust me the n95 is a great phone, and to get more punch get the 8gig version. this is one truth phone makers hate to admit, while they make phones with so much hype and no content, nokia symbian phones dont have hype but have a great deal of content, in this instance hype will be fine and attractability if i may use that word, while content will be ability to kip you looking into your phone.

    one the other hand have you seen the new ngage games coming soon on the n-series platform, check out the ngage website and be stunned at the graphics, EA is releasing fifa 08 on it this november. with a nokia symbian in your palm you sure smoke competition away.

    lagos, Nigeria.

  • Jamie

    The iPhone cheerleaders/crybabies above are either 15-year-old schoolboys or sociopaths. That there mobile device they bought can’t even create or edit office applications. It’s neither “smart” nor “revolutionary”, despite the garbage uncle Steve might tell them before he changes their diapers for them. It’s a nice entertainment tool – hardly professional.

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