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<DIV><SPAN class=953590711-29092007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
notice that this is a US publication, so it's hardly going to be impartial
regarding a non-US company, especially when they've got a home-grown,
non-Microsoft-stable company (Apple) to talk about. In any case, this is
probably the most difficult industry of all in which to make accurate
predictions. Who really knows which piece of kit will really gain grass-roots
support? Everyone hopes they've got the winning formula, but nobody knows for
certain.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=953590711-29092007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>David
Hazel</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
maemo-developers-bounces@maemo.org
[mailto:maemo-developers-bounces@maemo.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Tony
Maro<BR><B>Sent:</B> 29 September 2007 08:52<BR><B>To:</B> maemo-dev
List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Computerworld article<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>Linked on
Slashdot, so likely others have seen this already...<BR><BR><A
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9039659"
target=_blank>http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9039659
</A><BR><BR>From the article:<BR>----------------------<BR>The Federal
Communications Commission <B><A
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://tinyurl.com/3yhfzb" target=_blank>recently approved </A></B>a new
minitablet, nonphone device from Nokia that supports Bluetooth, WLAN and GPS.
The approval was branded as "confidential," so only the sketchiest of details
are available on the product, which will almost certainly ship this year.<BR>
<P>I'm not sure Nokia has the "right stuff" to compete in the nonphone market.
For starters, the company has trouble focusing on individual products and
tends to scatter its energy and resources across its massive line of devices.
The future king of tiny mobile computers is going to need vision and
focus.</P>
<P>Go ahead and take Nokia off the list of contenders.</P>
<P>----------------------<BR></P>Personally I think he's got it wrong.
I've noticed with tech companies (including Microsoft) that "third time's the
charm." I think Nokia has touched into the power users with the
open-sourciness (hehe) of Maemo and gotten enough good feedback that the next
revision will be a big hit. Adding GPS would be awesome if still
economical, and if you guys listened to everyone about sync capabilities for
contacts and such, there's no product that could really compete in my
opinion. Although I think multitouch solid screens similar to the iPhone
might be nice ;-) At least the solid part. I'm always afraid I'm
going to damage my LCD. I mean let's be honest - I'd give up my RAZR in
a heartbeat for a good old solid indestructible Nokia phone that doesn't
misdial every time I call someone. The brand still carries a lot of
weight for me. And I love my n800. <BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>Tony
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