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Nine people in Nokia recognized the huge threat posed by the iPhone the day after it launched
The fun Apple-related history reveals we saw last week continue. A confidential internal presentation spotted within newly-published archives shows that...
A confidential internal presentation spotted within newly-published archives shows that at least nine people within Nokia realized the huge threat posed by the iPhone the day after it launched. Commented as “visually stunning and incredibly responsive.” User interface has been a big strength for Nokia, so the UI may be the biggest threat that iPhone presents. John Gruber notes that the team didn’t get everything right – they failed to appreciate the role that would be played by web access, or the way Apple would reinvent mobile apps – but still: if Nokia’s board had listened, it might still be making smartphones today.
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