Nokia Getting Little U.S. Love
The Register: Deal with AT&T for an exclusive deal to market Nokia's new X7 smartphone falls through at last minute, according to a report.
"Reports circulating before Christmas touted the X7 as a Symbian^3 smartphone with quad speakers and an 8MP camera. The Wall Street Journal suggests that Nokia withdrew from the deal, concerned about AT&T's lack of marketing support for the device."
"It leaves Nokia several months away from throwing a competitive device into the world's biggest smartphone market. It's a myth that Nokia has never "cracked" the US market: the Finnish giant enjoyed a 35 market share in 2002, roughly comparable to its global market share of around 40 per cent at the time. But the increasing confidence of the four giant US carriers, and Nokia's inflexibility regarding product design and branding, has seen it suffer."
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