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Nokia Chases Blogger To Recover N8 Prototype

Posted by samzenpus on from the history-repeating dept.

boris writes "Nokia has approached Russian authorities to retrieve its N8 prototype from blogger Eldar Murtazin, in a case similar to Apple iPhone 4/Gizmodo fiasco. In its official blog, Nokia said, 'we formally requested the return of all unauthorized Nokia property from Mr. Murtazin and he declined to respond. As a result, we have contacted the Russian authorities to assist us in the return of all unauthorized Nokia property.'"

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  1. Re:Nokia just want its property back by _LORAX_ · · Score: 1, Interesting

    The N8 that will ship soon is slightly different hardware wise, and vastly improved software wise.

    Color me skeptical; what are the chances this is not another overpriced "flagship" POS from Nokia?

  2. Re:Nokia just want its property back by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    My 2 cents:
    Nokia probably doesn't give a rat's ass about the device itself. They want it returned so they can check its serial number/IMEI and track down the person who is continuously leaking their prototypes to Eldar Murtazin.
    They have publicly stated that they are trying to find his mole.

    Yes, we have to take a look at ourselves, and we are diligently hunting down the source of these leaks.

    http://conversations.nokia.com/2010/04/27/one-of-our-children-is-missing/

  3. Re:Nokia just want its property back by kangsterizer · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Yes, that's what I'm thinking. They want to shut down the leaks, not to punish the bloggers or whichever tech site end up getting the devices. That's why there's no lawsuit, they don't care going after the tech fans, they know it's a bad move. Eventually they'd rather not make noise about it.

    The guy who leaks stuff at Nokia will prolly get fired and stuff however.

  4. Re:Epic Blockbuster by BobMcD · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Verizon Guy: Can you hear me...

    BLAM

    Bourne: Not now. Not ever.

    Roll credits

  5. Re:Did they pay off the Russian authorities? by Haffner · · Score: 3, Interesting
    The way a traffic stop works:

    1. You get pulled over. Frequently, you don't know why.

    2. You pay the officer an amount at least half the cost of what you'd expect the official cost to be.

    3. The officer talks about your infraction, or talks about larger possible crimes you committed.

    4. You pay the fine, or, if the officer is talking about other crimes, GOTO 2

    --
    "Going to war without the French is like going deer hunting without your accordion." ~General Norman Schwarzkopf
  6. Re:The only difference is... by iammani · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Really? Does any other phone have a better API & App dist system than N900? Boring and difficultly are subjective though, I consider N900 much more interesting and easier to use (atleast easy to customize it to my use) than other major smartphones. Maybe thats just me.

  7. Re:The only difference is... by _LORAX_ · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Maybe thats just me.

    The N900 is a limited success *despite* Nokia's best effort, just like the "NIT"'s before it. I mean come on, the firmware has bugs that are 2 generations old and still stewing. Development for the device is a joke since it was ( last I checked ) still basically tied to running debian or ubuntu on your development system unless you wanted to use Python.

    I have developed for the N810 and was sponsored by Nokia to the first Maemo conference. What I saw and heard lead me to the conclusion that it was a dead-end without partners. MeeGo *might* change my view if they can finally bring a mainstream success to the table without the continued alienation of their development community.