Now Elop has the phone and he needs to let people know how excellent it is.
Elop notes that they have a group in San Diego focused on U.S.-targeted Windows phones.
Elop says they have the flexibility to ensure they can differentiate over time while using Windows.
Mr. Vanjoki announced his resignation shortly after the company announced Mr. Elop would be CEO.
The Nokia Siemens Networks equipment business will also be gone if Elop can find a buyer.
Stephen Elop is an embrace of the wireless technology CDMA, which Verizon Wireless and Sprint use.
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Elop was chief executive of multimedia software company Macromedia before its 2005 acquisition by Adobe.
With the deal came a rival successor in Stephen Elop, Macromedia's new chief executive.
Elop says both companies will reduce expenses and increase revenue as a result of the deal.
Elop says maybe of the assets they have will be part of the Windows Phone ecosystem.
And a lot of that comes down to the influence of new CEO Stephen Elop.
Chief executive Stephen Elop said Nokia "faces some significant challenges in our competitiveness and our execution".
According to CEO Stephen Elop, Nokia is also planning a lot of interesting things with Verizon.
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When Elop arrived at Nokia, 11 layers of management separated him from an individual engineer.
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This is the single most important product launch under the stewardship of Nokia's chief executive, Stephen Elop.
Elop notes that they selected Bing as a search partner, and chose Office 365 for cloud-based software.
"The Asha 501 and Asha platform we believe will reinvent the affordable smartphone category, " Mr. Elop said.
If nothing else, Elop needs to get Nokia churning out better software and more innovative handset designs.
Elop is a well-seasoned exec who did previous stints at Juniper, Adobe, Macromedia, Lotus and Boston Market.
Elop closes by saying he was in China last week, and met with the mayor of Beijing.
Today, six of the company's 10 top executives are Finnish, something Mr. Elop is likely to change.
Elop chose Windows Phone, and the media decided to give him the time to build a phone.
Last year Mr. Elop captured headlines by producing some innovative products, including a very high-specification camera phone.
Update: Among other things, Elop flatly denied rumors that the company might sell its hardware unit to Microsoft.
For a year Chizen split the president's job between Narayen (who ran products) and Elop (who ran sales).
Elop says the news from yesterday was very difficult, and underlines that there is a need to change.
If I were Stephen Elop when he took over at Nokia, I would have embraced the Windows platform, too.
Elop says first Windows Phone units will be in time for holiday sales.
Mr. Elop said in the company's third-quarter conference call that Nokia would launch its first MeeGo device this year.
Nokia's position has only worsened since Mr. Elop joined as CEO in September.
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