Nokia may enter laptop industry, CEO says

Summary: Nokia, the world's leading mobile phone manufactuer, is considering entering the laptop business, CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo said in an interview to Finnish national broadcaster YLE today."We are looking very actively also at this opportunity," Kallasvuo said, when asked whether Nokia plans to make laptops.

By Andrew Nusca for The ToyBox | February 25, 2009 -- 16:38 GMT (08:38 PST)

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Nokia, the world's leading mobile phone manufactuer, is considering entering the laptop business, CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo said in an interview to Finnish national broadcaster YLE today.

"We are looking very actively also at this opportunity," Kallasvuo said, when asked whether Nokia plans to make laptops.

Kallasvuo also said he believes Nokia can win more market share in the current downturn, but said the firm needs to cut more costs.

Topics: Hardware, Laptops, Mobility, Nokia

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I'll stick with Asus.

Some big box stores sell the G50Vt-X1 (and G50Vt-X5) models for under $1000. Awesome performance specs and feel solid; which can't always be said for similarly priced models or even one or two higher priced units.

Sorry to name-drop, and I know Nokia makes great quality cell phones, but it will take a lot for me to drop existing brand loyalty -- only if Asus screws up big, and even then I won't be upgrading until 2011 or so. But Asus has made PC equipment for several years and has a sturdy reputation too.

HypnoToad

25 February, 2009 16:11

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I would like to see somebody make an Arm netbook, maybe Nokia will be first

NT.

DonnieBoy

25 February, 2009 17:11

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Nokia will certainly not be the first to do so

First because Nokia is always those last time and use more obselete technology than its competitors in the smartphones market.
Second because Linux based ARM netbook should be available this year while Nokia doesn't intend to release its so called laptop before at least 2011,but more likely 2012.

timiteh
26 February, 2009 00:41

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Psion (netbooks) -> Symbian -> Nokia

It completes the circle. Psion made some fantastic tiny laptop/PDAs back in the '90s. They run a propietary OS called Epoc. This was re-invented as a new OS Symbian which was also spun off as a company so that Symbian could also target mobile phones.
Now Nokia owns Symbian and want to make netbooks again.
I wonder if this is related to the trademark case between Psion and Dell.