@Jasonj We found the image on Google image search at a site that didn't attribute the source. Now that we know the post is updated with credit.

@Mr w00t "Really, you should try the n900 is great." I've been using it as my primary device for 3 weeks now. But go on trolling anyway, you seem to enjoy it.

@(Unverified) explain the difference?

@papari I hear you, I don't enjoy bashing Nokia endlessly. Unfortunately, I'm in Europe and thus have to cover all the Nokia news which for the most part has been rough lately. In fact you'll notice that we skipped the whole discussion on Apple being more profitable than Nokia in the cellphone business when all our peers jumped on the rah rah Apple bandwagon.

I added that sentence for one reason: motivation. Granted it's speculation, but I imagine Nokia would have less motivation to sue if it was dominating at the high-end of its portfolio reaping high-profits on high-margins. With margins so thin on dumb and feature phones, every penny counts.

@madmac See @xbit discussion above.

@xbit I think Nokia's more qualified to speak to its Q3 smartphone
share than Canalys:

http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/nokia-posts-834-million-quarte rly-loss-smartphone-slips-anothe/

http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10375971-266.html

And Gartner (which measures units SOLD, not shipped) shows a decline year over year. Here's a direct quote: "Nokia's share of the
worldwide smartphone market reached an all time low in the third
quarter of 2009 at 39 per cent, compared with 45 per cent in the
second quarter of 2009"

http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1224645

Thanks for updating. Still worth pointing out that what corporations say on the record is often far from the truth. If it was, then we wouldn't all be running Windows 7 right now:

http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/windows-7-still-slated-for-2010-says-microsoft-bill-gates-just/

Thomas

@z0phi3l Actually, the money (as in profits) is in high-margin smartphones.

@Gaxel "every Nokia hater on Engadget"

Look, it's NOT about Nokia, it's about DRM. It's NOT about Apple, it's about DRM:

http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/drm-the-state-of-disrepair/

Maybe in your world it boils down to us vs. them. Not ours. In our world it's good vs. mediocre, great vs. shit. It is not Nokia vs. Apple no matter how much you wish it were true.

@(Unverified) The price is not "on par," CWM handsets are more expensive. The 5230 CWM, for example, is 110 euro more expensive than the standard model, nearly twice the price.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/video-nokia-5230-touchscreen-s een-lagging-the-competition/

Oh, and iTunes is DRM-free so there is no device lock-in. But why do YOU keep bringing up iTunes / Apple / iPhone / iPod? I personally have a Rhapsody account. But why should I bother trying to be rational when it's so easy to taunt from behind your anonymity?