[Alleyfield]

What's even more interesting is that prior deciding to produce mobile phones - Nokia's biggest asset was producing rubber boots.

[Ras_]

Nokia's product line up in 1936: http://www.flickr.com/photos/puijo/4997269178/

[MikeCapone]

I think this was mentioned in a recent issue of The Economist.

Just out of curiosity, is this were you found out about it?

[Alleyfield]

To fulfill your curiosity - No. I knew it beforehand as I'm a Finn myself.

And here's the first logo of Nokia. It's quite, uhm, interesting compared to what they're doing at the moment, wouldn't you agree http://www.about-nokia.com/images/nokia-logo1.jpg