Interesting quote coming from Nokia leadership regarding company’s future directions:
“The number of new mobile users in fast growing markets continues to rise dramatically and nowhere is the rate of growth more evident than in Africa. By the end of this year, Nokia anticipates Africa will be home to 100 million subscribers and expects the African subscriber base to double to 200 million by 2009. Nokia has been instrumental in propelling the industry towards the goal of 3 billion people connected globally by 2010 because mobility offers so many benefits, such as creating employment, opening new channels of communication for social services and even helping to stimulate economies,” said Juha Pinomaa, Vice President, Mobile Phones, Nokia.
With MP3 support and cameraphone sales the company is becoming more of a major player in the entertainment industry. Perhaps with the development of IPTV and video-on-demand Nokia is planning something more than Internet tablet? Perhaps a mobile audio-, video- and gaming appliance, which would combine the features of TiVo-to-Go and Tablet PC?