...and alluded to the stereotype of Steve Jobs' "reality distortion field," stressing that Nokia's reach was much wider.

"There is this Cupertino distortion field," he said. "We compete with all phones all over the world."

Right! Just not very well.

Ahtisaari seems a little short on details of how Nokia's going to get back into the game, saying they need to "somehow regain the imagination." Well, have you tried taking it on a romantic weekend somewhere? Or role-playing? Or... Wait, that's for a failed marriage, not outdated cell phone design.

Ahtisaari's not the only executive from a phone company that's bleeding market share who seems unable to accept reality and has a last name that sounds like a second-string Jedi Knight.