Nokia Gearing Up To Intensify Its Battle With Competitors?

I've been a pretty loyal Nokia smartphone user the past 4 years, but not all has been rosy. Competition has risen, Nokia's marketshare has been on a roller coaster ride, and the public perception is Nokia is unwilling to take off the gloves when it comes to marketing and responses to its competition. This is especially the case in the US.

Well, this morning, while browsing my morning RSS feeds and checking the emails from last night, I got a message from WOMWorld. Hoping it was a message telling me a trial N900 with the sexy BH-905 headphones was on its way, I rushed to open it. But it wasn't a typical WOMWorld message.

No, this was almost cryptic, and I was confused about it in the beginning. The subject line said "Something to get your juices going."

Here's the message, which was actually just a zip archive containing this image:

Cryptic message from WOMWorld

Once I saw the news clipping style of the message, my juices did indeed start flowing! What in the heck did this mean? My mind begin churning, but none of it meant I was getting my N900 any sooner, so I dug deeper. "It has begun... Major Compete" Hmmm...

That's when I thought about something. Have my prayers been finally answered? Will Nokia finally start marketing its smartphones using comparison advertising? "It has begun..." So whatever it is, its already been set in motion. Does this mean a commercial on US television? "Major compete." Will there be a Motorola/Verizon Droid-like ad campaign against all these Android, Apple, and Blackberry pretenders like I've wished for years?

Nokia doesn't realize how the comparison commercials from the competition hurt its loyal consumers as much as fool the market, and if my assumptions are more than conjecture, they look like they'll finally be hitting back! If there's one thing I like, its seeing a good fight, especially one where my favored opponent should easily win. I have been ashamed at Nokia for, in essence, ducking fights with the brave competition. Its time to show who the real champ is, and I'm more than ready for the world, and especially the US, to see exactly who's the king of the mobile computing and communications space.

I'll be keeping an eye on this entire situation. Nothing is confirmed yet until I get a confirmation on what's going on with Nokia. Until then, I'm awaiting round one, and don't expect this to last very long. I say Nokia in 4 rounds by split decision. So RIM, Apple, Microsoft, Andriod, let's all touch gloves. There are no rules and no such thing as a fair battle. Any questions? Too bad, because it's on. FIGHT!!!!

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