Nokia Killing Apple’s iPod or Apple Killing Nokia
11.30.06 - 10:55am
Nokia’s Tommi Mustones when asked if Nokia is predicting the death of the standalone MP3 player had this to say “I don’t see any reason for standalone MP3 players to exist in the long-term. There’s no reason for standalone non-connected MP3 players. You have a worse experience.” This was said while promoting the new Nokia Nseries multi-media computers (not a phone a multi-media computer - when did political correctness apply to phones) which has a standard 3.5mm headphone jack, so people can use normal headphones and speaking on how Nokia has sold more than 100 million MP3 player phones (was I supposed to call that a multimedia computer) in 2005 and 2006. The FM tuner on the phone will also be able to access 100,000 radio stations around the world. It also has a podcasting application - “It’s probably the fastest growing audiocasting phenomenon at the moment,” he said. “Our podcasting application allows device owners to go out to the Internet and start searching for podcasts, subscribing to them, and then getting them delivered direct to the device using 3G or wireless LAN. It’s clearly highlighting the importance of connectivity, as there’s no need to use your PC with this application.”
Nokia seems determined to overcome Apple’s iPod market by having the phone and music player in one. Apple, however
seems to already be on the ball to take over Nokia. Buzz is already flying about the iPhone and looks to possibly be on the market as early as Febrary. According to the China Times Foxconn will begin delivering the phones to Apple out of its Fushikang manufacturing facility at run rate of 500,000 to 600,000 per month. Putting the icing on the cake Apple has put in a patent for a podcasting menu available to users supplying a whole list of podcasts available plus data on what they are about. While Apple has only sold 70 million iPods since 2001 vs Nokias 100 million the last two years Apple seems to have more buzz, plus bigger backup such as iTunes, and sleeker designs. With the iPhone, Apple may be the death of Nokia instead of visa-versa.
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