Nokia jumped at the chance to advance to the iPhone

Nokia jumped at the chance to advance to the iPhone and the iPad

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MADRID, 19 Jul. (Portaltic / EP)-The former head of design at Nokia, Frank Nuovo, has revealed that the Finnish company available in the late 90's prototype of 'smartphones' and 'tablets' very similar those years after Apple introduced. Nokia had an ace up his sleeve that failed to capitalize, as well being the way to Finland in the world of mobile devices could have taken a completely different direction.

Nokia's struggle to stay afloat in the market for mobile devices continues. This Thursday, the Finnish results just presented and these again trimestales not be very hopeful for the future.

In the second quarter, in terms of sales, Nokia has dropped 39 percent to 10.2 million units, of which four million were Lumia range and in terms of revenue, Nokia incurred losses amounting to 1,410 million compared to the red of 368 million the same period of 2011, after experiencing a fall of 18.6 percent of their income.

However, this situation could have been avoided. The U.S. newspaper The Wall Street Journal has interviewed the former head of Nokia design, Frank Nuovo, who revealed that the Finnish started working on mobile devices in the late 90's, long before other giants technology.

More than seven years before Apple introduced the world its iPhone, the Nokia team already had a prototype smartphone with a color touch screen and a single button. This prototype was able to show locations on a map or playing games, has secured Nuovo. Moreover, in the late 90's, Nokia developed in secret quite llamatico other product: a 'tablet' with wireless and a touch screen, features that Apple would release later on your iPhone.

However, when Nokia unveiled the prototypes to investors and wireless operators the idea did not quite convince. These prototypes were left in a drawer missing a unique opportunity to bring these innovations to market.

It is possible that in this case for Nokia it was more bad luck of having no vision, since ideas were on the table and moved prototypes to find investors. However, the Finn lost his chance to become what today is Apple.

"It broke my heart when Apple made the leap to market with this concept," he assured Nuovo. "When people refer to the iPhone as a new concept, as a single piece of hardware, it bothers me."