Does Business Imitate Sci-Fi?
[During] the first quarter of 2003 Nokia chose to focus on its traditional “candy bar” mobile design; ignoring the emerging flip-top or clam shell style of phones that have since taken-off in Asia – Nokia subsequently lost market share to Motorola and Samsung.It is interesting to ponder how the clam-shell handsets, which are uncannily similar to the Original Star Trek “beam me up Scotty” communicators, were invented, and whether or not Samsung and Motorola got a foot into the market because the market was primed for such a design (more so than other designs) through decades of exposure to science fiction television.
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