Chirs Weber said only Nokia promises to launch a Windows Mobile 7 handset "somewhere this year." U.S. market will see Nokia's new phones "in volume" in 2012, Weber said.

Nokia exec: iPhone, Android app-based ideas 'outdated'

諾基亞高管稱iPhone和Android手機界面過時

Nokia North America president Chris Weber has called the interface and app-based platforms of Android and iOS "outdated," saying Nokia's new "superphone" will offer a better interface and a cloud-based user experience, Sina Tech reported.

Although Apple's iPhone set the standard for a modern user interface with its "pinch and zoom" technology, it limits users by requiring them to download multiple applications and navigate among them, Weber said in an interview Wednesday.

Looking to drumming up new excitement for the struggling company's new line of cell phones, Weber said Nokia will provide users a seamless and effective interface with "live tiles and hubs" made possible by the Windows Mobile operating system.

Weber said only Nokia promises to launch a Windows Mobile 7 handset "somewhere this year." U.S. market will see Nokia's new phones "in volume" in 2012, Weber said.

The remarks came shortly after Nokia announced it is terminating its Symbian operating system in North America and will not release its Meego operating system-based N9 smartphone in the US.

Weber compared his efforts to consolidate Nokia's operations in the U.S. to running a start-up. Since Weber joined Nokia in February, he has replaced 80 percent of his leadership team. Ten or 11 new executives now report directly to him.

Before joining Nokia, Weber led Microsoft's enterprise sales team.

諾基亞美國子公司總裁克里斯·韋伯周二表示，iPhone和Android以應用為中心的用戶界面已經“過時”，諾基亞的新“超級手機”將擁有更好的界面及基于云計算的用戶體驗。

韋伯在接受采訪時稱，盡管蘋果iPhone手機在某些方面創造了現代化用戶界面的標準，但還是需要用戶下載應用，而且在應用之間轉換也很麻煩。

相比之下，諾基亞將通過“平鋪和輻射”(live tiles and hubs)的形式提供無縫、高效的用戶界面。這主要通過微軟Windows Phone系統來實現，韋伯介紹。

韋伯稱諾基亞只承諾今年將在“某些市場”推出首款Windows Phone 7,該款手機明年將在美國“批量”上市。

就在本周初，諾基亞剛剛宣布將在北美停售塞班智能手機。而且，諾基亞也不準備在美國推出基于Meego系統的N9智能手機。

韋伯表示其強化諾基亞美國業務的任務無異于運營創業公司。自2月加盟以來，韋伯已更換其團隊中80%的人。目前14個人的領導團隊中有“10-11個新高管直接向韋伯匯報”。

韋伯去年12 月從微軟離職，當時負責微軟的企業銷售業務。