Nokia’s new Chief Executive Stephen Elop managed to instill some confidence in the company’s investors by hinting that the world’s largest handset maker might be preparing for a radical break with its past.On a conference call following the Finnish mobile phone giant’s fourth-quarter report, Mr. Elop talked about Nokia’s need to change rapidly in a fast-changing market place, and to consider “multiple ecosystem patterns”. Investors interpreted the comments as a sign that Nokia might be preparing to adopt a new smartphone platform, and traded up the company’s shares following a sharp dip earlier Thursday in the wake of its bleak first-quarter outlook.
Mr. Elop was clearly hinting that Nokia is either considering the adoption of a new operating system or that it has already made that decision, said analyst Geoff Blaber at research firm CCS Insight, adding that the most likely option in that case would be Google Inc’s Android.
If Mr. Elop is indeed planning for Nokia to join the growing crowd of Android vendors, it would mean a clear break with the company’s earlier strategy. So far, the company has been clear that it won’t adopt Android but rather build its smartphones around Symbian and the new MeeGo platform, which it expects to use in high-end devices starting later this year.
With both its February 11 Capital Markets Day and the Mobile World Congress trade show around the corner, Nokia should be able to shed more light on its plans over the next few weeks.
source: Wall Street Journal
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