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January 29th, 2010, 17:05
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2010/01/500x_nokia-apple-lawsuit.jpgAny chance the UN has a spare helicopter on a day Stephen Fry is free? Someone needs to fly him into this Nokia/Apple WARZONE (http://gizmodo.com/5424231/apple-countersues-nokia) and provide both sides with a box of tissues, cup of tea and a comforting hug.
Still, I can definitely see why Nokia's got their panties in a twist after Steve Jobs (http://gizmodo.com/tag/stevejobs/) smugly boasted they were the world's "largest mobile devices company" on Wednesday, following their patent infringement lawsuit (http://gizmodo.com/5424231/apple-countersues-nokia) which has both companies countersuing each other.
Mark Squires (http://gizmodo.com/tag/marksquires/), the head of social media for Nokia, wrote on the company blog that:
"sometimes there are articles floating around on the sphere that get my blood pressure rising to what my doctor is prone to call an ‘unreasonable level for a man of your years/weight/physical condition'. Reading coverage of one of our competitor's much hyped web pad event this week, I was surprised to see that, by revenue, they were claiming in their leader's keynote to be "the largest mobile devices company in the world."
Promising a true "apples-to-apples comparison", Squires snarked:
"The difference between the two companies is even larger if you use the more common measure: the number of devices sold. By that comparison, Nokia has been the largest mobile devices company in the world for a dozen consecutive years."
Before I get too schoolmarm-ish on the two companies, I do hope Apple at least responds to that. [Nokia Conversations (http://conversations.nokia.com/2010/01/29/a-fruit-confused/) via Mobile-Ent (http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/35829/Nokia-slaps-down-Apples-largest-mobile-devices-company-claim)]
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Still, I can definitely see why Nokia's got their panties in a twist after Steve Jobs (http://gizmodo.com/tag/stevejobs/) smugly boasted they were the world's "largest mobile devices company" on Wednesday, following their patent infringement lawsuit (http://gizmodo.com/5424231/apple-countersues-nokia) which has both companies countersuing each other.
Mark Squires (http://gizmodo.com/tag/marksquires/), the head of social media for Nokia, wrote on the company blog that:
"sometimes there are articles floating around on the sphere that get my blood pressure rising to what my doctor is prone to call an ‘unreasonable level for a man of your years/weight/physical condition'. Reading coverage of one of our competitor's much hyped web pad event this week, I was surprised to see that, by revenue, they were claiming in their leader's keynote to be "the largest mobile devices company in the world."
Promising a true "apples-to-apples comparison", Squires snarked:
"The difference between the two companies is even larger if you use the more common measure: the number of devices sold. By that comparison, Nokia has been the largest mobile devices company in the world for a dozen consecutive years."
Before I get too schoolmarm-ish on the two companies, I do hope Apple at least responds to that. [Nokia Conversations (http://conversations.nokia.com/2010/01/29/a-fruit-confused/) via Mobile-Ent (http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/35829/Nokia-slaps-down-Apples-largest-mobile-devices-company-claim)]
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