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  • Android To Nokia: You Ain't Cool Unless You Pee Your Pants [Video]

    Mg Siegler

    MG Siegler is a general partner at Google Ventures and a columnist for TechCrunch, where he has been writing since 2009. Previously, MG was a general partner at CrunchFund. And before TechCrunch, MG covered various technology beats for VentureBeat. Originally from Ohio, MG attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI. He’s previously lived in Los Angeles where he worked... → Learn More

    Thursday, September 23rd, 2010

    A couple days ago, outgoing Nokia smartphone head, Anssi Vanjoki, shared his warm feelings about the Android mobile operating system. Speaking to the Financial Times, he compared people using Android to Finnish boys who pee in their pants for warmth during a cold winter.

    Yes, he actually said that.

    So far, Google has stayed out of this pissing match. But if they were to respond, I imagine it would look something like this video below (created by Eclectic Method).

    Company: Nokia
    Website: nokia.com
    Launch Date: 1865
    IPO: August 7, 1994, NYSE:NOK

    NOKIA is a Finnish multinational communications corporation. It is primarily engaged in the manufacturing of mobile devices and in converging Internet and communications industries. They make a wide range of mobile devices with services and software that enable people to experience music, navigation, video, television, imaging, games, business mobility and more. Nokia is the owner of Symbian operation system and partially owns MeeGo operating system.

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    Product: Android
    Website: code.google.com
    Company Google

    Android is a software platform for mobile devices based on the Linux operating system and developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance. It allows developers to write managed code in Java that utilizes Google-developed software libraries, but does not support programs developed in native code. The unveiling of the Android platform on 5 November 2007 was announced with the founding of the Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of 34 hardware, software and telecom companies devoted to advancing open standards...

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