Nokia taunts Samsung ahead of Sept. event
Nokia sales and marketing VP Chris Weber didn't mince any words in a tweet aimed at Samsung.
"Samsung take note, next generation Lumia coming soon," he wrote. #nokia
The taunt was published several hours after Nokia and Microsoft sent invitations to reporters for an event scheduled to take place in New York City on September 5. Nokia and Microsoft appear primed to show off the next wave of Windows Phone hardware and software at the event, which promises to kick the smartphone wars into high gear for the fall season.
Weber's tweet had a nice pun, using the word "note" on the same day that Samsung announced the U.S. launch of the Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet. Perhaps more relevant, however, is that the tweet also references the Galaxy Note smartphone, which Samsung also bragged about on Wednesday.
"Don’t get me wrong here — I like Nokia (apparently other people do too), and I like their products quite a bit. I’m all for some trash talk too (it’s like high school all over again!), but Nokia’s going to look awful foolish if what it plans to unveil on the 5th doesn’t floor everyone in attendance. Quiet rumblings of a Nokia tablet have started to pick up in intensity in recent months, and Weber previously confirmed that Nokia would eventually produce a PureView-toting Lumia device, so there’s plenty of fodder for last minute announcement rumors."
http://www.techcrunch.com/2012/08/16...msung-oh-snap/
!! And Nokia really isn't in the place right now to be trash talking Samsung. They are on a "burning platform" according to their own CEO, Stephen Elop, and much hasn't changed since that letter.