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Nokia may be the world's leading handset maker, but not in the US market. But the Finnish company believes that it can learn lessons from the iPhone, with its user-oriented approach and success in opening up the mobile web.

"We felt we could teach the US market how we do business elsewhere, and frankly, that failed," Nokia's

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chief executive, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo said in an interview with the New York Times. "Now we just want to act, based on the needs and requirements of the market."

Kallasvuo is also wary of the the threat from Google, whose Open Handset Alliance announced the Android mobile platform

"It's very clear that Apple, Google and other players are bringing in a lot of new directions," he said, before notiing that to date all he has seen from Google is an announcement.

"Conceptually, we could have made that announcement a long time ago," he added.