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<font face="Arial">Elad,<br>
<br>
thanks for pointing out the article. <br>
<br>
Having read the article, I have to say that, aside the poor choice of
article headline on the part of the author, I do not agree with your
overall assessment of the article. I thought the author's overall
assessment was actually reasonable.<br>
<br>
Based on what I have read on this list, in terms of problems, turns of
the OS image, etc. I have to conclude that Nokia has a long way to go
in learning how to launch a consumer product like this (new technology
+ new target market). Just think if the Apple IPOD Nano came out with
as many problems as the 770? Apple years ago learned the the process of
launching consumer products like this the hard way with their failure
with the Newton PDA (new technology+new market). Nokia is learning with
the 770, which is clearly not the same as a mobile phone product. <br>
<br>
I am encouraged by what I read on this list that the technical
problems are being worked out and perhaps the next release of the 770
hw will address performance concerns as well. I think also that 770
pricing is an issue in the U.S. at least where the market is awash with
technology substitutes. The price for the 770 really needs to be at
~~$200 to grab the attention of consumers who could care less about
which OS it is running. Again, using Apple's IPOD Nano as an example,
that rough price point of $200 hit the market "nail" on the head. At
that price point it is not unusual to find households with several
IPODS.</font><br>
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Messing, Elad wrote:
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<p dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2">Hi All,</font></p>
<p dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2">I just stumbled
across this article (Google alerts, god bless them).</font></p>
<p dir="ltr"> <a
href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/01/02/01OPopenent_1.html"><u><font
color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/01/02/01OPopenent_1.html</font></u></a></p>
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<p dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2">I read it through,
and I have to say I may have 10% of the problems mentioned here. Not
more !</font></p>
<p dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2">If I would read
this article before buying the device, I would probably not buy it… and
I think other people would think the same - all for false facts !</font></p>
<p dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2">There isn't any
"talk back" option on this site, and I g<span lang="en-us">uess writing
to Mr. McAllister wouldn’t change this "according to my experiment"
article - but in any case that’s a pity...</span><span lang="de"></span></font></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span lang="de"><font face="Courier New" size="2">Elad
Messing</font></span></p>
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