Today in Mobile
Nokia is hoping to step up its presence in the U.S. (where it remains an also-ran despite its global dominance) by producing a new CDMA smartphone that could be sold through Sprint and/or Verizon Wireless. But a lack of appealing handsets isn’t what’s prevented Nokia from tapping the U.S. market — its new N97 is drawing rave reviews but carries a $700 price tag in America because no carrier subsidizes it. The company must forge stronger carrier alliances and ramp up its Ovi service in the U.S. if it hopes to compete with the iPhone and its ilk.
