My apologies, I believe it was TC who posted that Nokia was a German based company.... I was obviously incorrect with that statement...I should have done my own DD on Nokia....I stand corrected....and Finland is a great place for Nokia to have as a corporate and manufacturing location....my point was that it was not a US based nor Asian based company.....we can not seem to get it right over here in the US....when it comes to the manufacturing of electronic equipment....we just hope someone else will develops it so that we can sell it.......thanks for the history and geography lesson....I needed it!