Going! Going! Gone!!

[AKA Preluva]

Guessing/hoping its a stock swingarm, non-turbo one, if so, fear not, I respect anyone that can throw a busa around in the twisties. My reference is mainly at the straight liners who are afraid of the curves.

And I'd rock a B-king if I had the $, I just prefer the nakeds

I don't really understand the appeal of stretched bikes they just look silly to me. Mine is bone stock and I can understand the speed freaks that add turbo's but i have no such desires, it's fast enough as it is. This is my first bike so I haven't done any craving of canyons yet. The naked style looks unfinished to me guess I'm just picky when it comes to bikes. Infact the Hayabusa is THE only one I like, all the rest are ugly to me.

 

[Duvi]

If that was the case then why didn't they just go straight to hemroid? It's certainly more popular than WP. No I think the die has been cast and unless WP8 explodes Nokia will be a memory! I don't really care either way cause I don't like there current design and a fancy camera won't save them.

What incentive would they have to go to Android? LG? Motorola? HTC? How are they doing?

Nokia also believes in the platform... so why not make hardware for it?

 

[mlm1950]

They are number 1 in india. They are not going away completely. Only in USA they are going away.

That's probably why he specified Suzuki Motors USA and the US car business.

 

[scottcraft]

What incentive would they have to go to Android? LG? Motorola? HTC? How are they doing?

Nokia also believes in the platform... so why not make hardware for it?

Exactly. Going android is no guarantee of success. Look at how dominant Samsung is right now. I think Nokia has the potential to have that kind of clout in the WP world, but in the android world they would be just another company struggling to compete with Samsung.

 

[Rico]

Nokia isn't going anywhere, at least not by 2013. The cutting of employees, leasing their headquarters, and to some degree, releasing fewer phones is them cutting the fat. They've been too big of a company for a few years now, and their phones haven't been selling in the post-iPhone and Android world as they have previously. We're finally seeing them turn things around with their current Lumias, many of which are matching or beating the competition in specs and value. We're also seeing a big push for Windows and Windows Phone 8 from Microsoft. Now, they need to iron out their production issues, and Microsoft needs to work out the bugs and continue adding features to Windows Phone 8.

The big question is RIM. I don't expect them to fail in 2013 either, but I don't see them having nearly the success as Nokia, especially in the consumer space. Blackberry 10 has a few nice features, but features alone don't sell, and I don't see RIM as a company having the legs that Microsoft does. And the mobile space definitely can't support four players, even three is debatable especially considering the fact that Metro, despite it's ease of development, requires a rethinking of app development.