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Jul 07, 09 - 04:51 pm Comment from: silverhawk

iWork needs to come to the App store.

Jul 07, 09 - 05:11 pm Comment from: Murasaki

血風呂!

Its a bloodbath!!

Surprising iPhone hasn't passed them already. The day the iPhone is supported by multiple carriers it will be game over, for everyone.

Jul 07, 09 - 05:43 pm Comment from: thethirdshoe

@Murasaki

Is that the translation for "It's a bloodbath!!" in what language?

Thanks.

Jul 07, 09 - 06:07 pm Comment from: BC Kelly

3rd Shoe ...


Not sure, but looks like Druid

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Jul 07, 09 - 06:13 pm Comment from: qka

Of course, Nokia will still boatloads of cheap phones in the third world and elsewhere for those who don't want / can't afford an iPhone.

Or are in the USA and have issues with AT&T;.

Jul 07, 09 - 06:19 pm Comment from: qka

The Electronista headline is Apple to pass Nokia in smartphone share by 2013

MDN, you were correct the first time and screwed up listening to "Tommy Boy".

Even David Spade could tell you that.

血風呂! is Japanese for "Bloodbath!" (according to the Translation widget.

Of course, Nokia is a Finnish company, so a Japanese statement may not be the most appropriate (and the Translation widget doesn't do Finnish).

Can anyone help out there?

Jul 07, 09 - 06:23 pm Comment from: Tommy Boy

@qka: iCal it. When the Christmas quarter results are released in early 2011 you'll find that Apple had already passed Nokia in smartphone market share and 3 years later you'll find Apple is a bigger phone company than Nokia.

Jul 07, 09 - 06:35 pm Comment from: Gordon Horne

@qka,

According to InterTran, there is no Finnish equivalent to "bloodbath", which might explain why Nokia was caught off guard.

It translates "blood bath" as "totuttaa vereen kylvettää".

Jul 07, 09 - 06:43 pm Comment from: Cubert

Uhhhh.....try by the end of 2011. Not 2013.

A more accurate translation would probably be rendered: 血祭り

Blood festival

i don't think so unless smart phones become more popular than cheap phones.

Jul 07, 09 - 11:29 pm Comment from: GizmoDan

The article says that "Apple would match Nokia's share sometime in 2011."

So why does the headline say "Apple to surpass Nokia’s market share by 2013"?

Which is it? The day after you match their share, you surpass it. Should not take two more years, unless they will be exactly even for two years. Makes no sense.

Bloodbath is "verilöyly" in Finnish.

Jul 08, 09 - 02:17 am Comment from: BC Kelly

This is amazing

A Global Gathering

Discussing various structures and formations

Of multiple languages

In their native text


Hey Microsoft, Bing THAT




BC

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Nokia is a Finnish company... soon to be a finnished company

Keep up the great work Nokia!

Jul 08, 09 - 10:24 am Comment from: Predrag

Or, as we would say it in the old country:

крвопролиће

We'll still have to wait a few years for this particular bloodbath, but it looks like it's coming for sure.

To gain significantly more market share Apple needs do to two things: 1. Start selling in China, 2. Drop exclusive carrier deals. Apple should be able to close a deal for china this year and will likely add multiple carrier deals as part of the transition to 4G. For instance, in the USA, Verizon should be able to support 4G about the same time as AT&T;.

[UPDATE: 5:42pm EDT: Removed "smartphone" from headline in reference to market share. Thanks "Tommy Boy."]

C'mon MDN, get real..there is not a chance in hell that Apple will ever surpass Nokia in market share unless Apple starts to sell cheap ass phones as well, which they won't.

Now smart phones is another deal....Apple is ahead probably a bit sooner.