Nokia is the leading cell phone manufacturer. 40% of the phones sold worldwide are Nokia cell phones and smartphones. That means 2 out of 5 phones out there are Nokia phones. But the Finnish manufacturer isn’t doing that good in the USA. The company designs phones for its customers and not for carriers. Nokia chose to please the end user and it didn’t respond to carrier wishes.

Nokia’s lost half its American market share in 2 years. Why? Because the phone companies won’t sell Nokia smartphones, which are designed for consumers and not carriers. With that in mind I wonder who will pick up the N97 in the U.S. And the N97 is one of the most promising phone out there. Looking forward for Nokia to release it. Until then Apple, BlackBerry and HTC will dominate the American market. And Palm is rising!

via Boing Boing