Nokia decries N8 leak, takes jabs at Apple culture
updated 02:10 pm EDT, Tue April 27, 2010
Nokia says it won't follow Apple to curb leaks
Nokia followed up the launch of the N8 today with a shot at both leak culture and at Apple. It attacked the existence of a very early review using a prototype and said that the test using "dated" software "wasn't much fun" for Nokia. The firm likened its situation to Apple's attempt to recover its iPhone and half-jokingly called for Russian site Mobile-Review to give back the missing N8.
"Now that the official news is out, we’d like our prototype back," Doug from Nokia said. "Please."
The company suggested that it would try to track down the source of the leak and close down this as well as others. Nokia, however, made it a point to contrast itself against Apple and said it wouldn't engage in a heightened level of security if it meant compromising work culture. It implied that Apple's measures to guard iPhones, including controlled lists of testers and elaborate phone disguises, wasn't a direction it wanted to take.
"We are not the Secret Police, and we want to maintain our culture of openness," Doug added. "We won't let days like yesterday [and its pre-release review] alter that."
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Like anyone wants the fishheads of Espoo's
technology. They're trailing the industry in smartphone design. Sure, they can use larger camera sensors but any company willing to spend more money on a bulky camera can do that much. A company doesn't have to be secure if it doesn't have much to protect. Nobody starts their copiers when a Nokia phone is shown. Has any smartphone company been concerned about taking Nokia down? Heck no. The fishheads of Espoo are doing that on their own.