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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi, all</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> This entire thread seems to be
referring to the Nokia N770 as a phone, which it is certainly not unless one
considers GoogleTalk a phone feature of the like of GSM and UMTS phones. The
N770 is a pocket computer first and foremost. It does come from a company that,
among other things, is well known for phones. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>B.R.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=m.uebelacker@googlemail.com
href="mailto:m.uebelacker@googlemail.com">Mathias Uebelacker</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=Jakub.Pavelek@nokia.com
href="mailto:Jakub.Pavelek@nokia.com">Jakub.Pavelek@nokia.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=maemo-users@maemo.org
href="mailto:maemo-users@maemo.org">maemo-users@maemo.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, December 04, 2006 7:24
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Aw: RE: [maemo-users] 770 on the
way</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=Sans size=3>Hello<BR>there are several stores in
germany which sell the device with contracts, expes. with upgrades that meens
that the customers have a mobile and gget the device cheaper.</FONT><FONT
face=Sans size=3><BR>----- Ursprüngliche Mitteilung -----<BR>Von: <<A
href="mailto:Jakub.Pavelek@nokia.com">Jakub.Pavelek@nokia.com</A>><BR>An:
<<A
href="mailto:maemo-users@maemo.org">maemo-users@maemo.org</A>><BR>Gesendet:
Mo., 4. Dez. 2006 12:24:05 CET<BR>Betreff: RE: [maemo-users] 770 on the
way<BR>> That was sort of my *point* :-)<BR>><BR>> I was attempting
(badly!) to make the point that the usual product<BR>> pattern for
Nokia/SE/whoever - where they release some new, <BR>> interesting device
and then release incremental/facelift upgrades<BR>> that'll support
themselves through the artificially buoyed up market<BR>> of telco
contracts - may not be very well suited to the full-price, <BR>>
no-contract-available 770 upgrade.<BR><BR>Are you from US? Because most people
around me (and I guess generally in<BR>Europe) buy their phones themselves and
not from mobile operator.<BR>Operators offer phones too, yes, but they are
generally overpriced, <BR>outdated and the choice is limited. Maybe companies
use this but for<BR>average person it does not make sense. Phones and cellular
operators are<BR>different things. Or do you buy TV from your cable/TV
operator? Also<BR>majority of people here (70%) use prepaid cards without
contract and<BR>even have more such cards from different operators and swap
them in one<BR>phone. Maybe mobile market is more competitive in Europe (or in
my<BR>country)? I remember phones bought from operators were blocked in
<BR>firmware to prevent using with other cellular networks but this
is<BR>history too (maybe noone bought such phones?).<BR><BR>So to sum it up I
don't think such artifical market exist here or is too<BR>important and
manufacturers can produce crappy phones because of this.
<BR><BR>Frantisek<BR><BR><BR><BR>As far as I know, here, in France, most of
the phones are sold<BR>by operators with contracts.<BR><BR>Well, I guess the
N770, since it can't be sold with contracts,<BR>doesn't fit their needs.
<BR>Anyway It would be cool if it could be sold in stores instead
of<BR>nokia's internet shop only. If people could try it before buying
it,<BR>there'd be many more sales. Everybody who put a hand on mine felt
in<BR>love with it.<BR><BR>Joel <BR><BR>Hi there,<BR><BR>The internet shop is
not the only point of sale. Nokia 770 does sell in<BR>several retail chains,
for example El Corte Ingles used to have them,<BR>CompUSA seems to have them
too and I even saw them on sale at airport in<BR>Venice;-) However they
are not on offer in the usual mobile operator<BR>stores, with the notable
exception of the Nokia Flagship Stores
(AFAIK).<BR><BR>Br,<BR><BR>--jakub<BR></FONT><BR><BR><Attachment:>
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