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Re: Why didn't Nokia just remaake the N900 for 2012?

Nokia won't do anything.....that anyone wants. They know what is better for 'us'.

Re: Why didn't Nokia just remaake the N900 for 2012?

Ahem, Nokia is doing everything, I mean literally everything, to make sure the N9 fails.

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Originally Posted by BigBadGuber! (Post 1089027)

If N9 sells wildly, I think they may do just that. Its been their strategy for years to have a slab and companion slider with keyboard.

Re: Why didn't Nokia just remaake the N900 for 2012?

Didn't they annouce that MeeGo stays in prototype stage and N9 will be prototype device? im sure that i read 'bout that not that long ago. Bassicly N9 will share fate of N900 as niche, underperforming, underdeveloped device with huge potential. IMO

Re: Why didn't Nokia just remaake the N900 for 2012?

they did remake the N900 - its called the N950 and Nokia have decided that is not for generl release, and is only available to selected people as a development kit. Which frankly sucks.

Elop and now the board are determined to make windows the only game in town for them, even if that means cutting of their nose to spite their face!

They seem detemined to restrict the N9 to countries where it will not compete against Windows phones.

and there was an article on the register reporting that Ballmer wants to be the third "ecosystem" (hate that word), setting his target not to beat Android or Apple but just being happy to eat their dust. Crazy.

Re: Why didn't Nokia just remaake the N900 for 2012?

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Originally Posted by gazza_d (Post 1089089)

they did remake the N900 - its called the N950 and Nokia have decided that is not for generl release, and is only available to selected people as a development kit. Which frankly sucks.

I'm not naive enough to believe that it's going to make any difference, but, has anyone considered actually starting a petition to Nokia to produce and release the N950, not even as a mainstream phone sold through cellular networks but as an extension of the NIT line, sold outright to those who choose to buy it?

This would be more a publicity stunt than a serious attempt to change Nokia's corporate strategy - I can see the headlines now - "10,000 geeks petition Nokia for developer-only handset" - but that's the whole point. Nokia can (and perhaps will) decline to meet that demand, but, it would be an open invitation to every other capable manufacturer to fill the gap - or it can stick to its mass-market strategy but not decline to sell its hardware to those who want to buy it.

Anyone interested? We'd only need one in five TMO users to hit the 10,000 - and that's surely enough for a bored tech writer to make something out of it...

Re: Why didn't Nokia just remaake the N900 for 2012?

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Originally Posted by lorul2 (Post 1063387)

After watching this N9 <ahem> "Rollout", I can't help but wonder (by bringing up an old dead thread) Why didn't they use the N9 parts to remake the N900-2012 edition. With the additional performance couldn't the newer features simply been an upgrade to an already proven device with a good following? I don't think it will be a stretch to say the N9 will never be more popular than the N900 was due to availability. The PS3, the Xbox 360, why not my N900. I would definately have bought a new one, even if my old one had a working USB port.

I don't honestly think Nokia would ever remake the N900, but I just wish they would have an alternative for my broken USB N900 ( that I wouldnt have to import/ or add keyboard to.).:(

So you think Nokia WP will succeed ???
Well just wait, we'll see the sell number over Nokia's WP and N9.

Re: Why didn't Nokia just remaake the N900 for 2012?

The N900 actually exceeded Nokia's expectations in sales, this is true.
For a developer phone, it became the nexus, which is how we have our community.

I think Nokia could've re-hashed the N900 and sold it in 2010 to make things interesting.
Nothing fancy, just make it a larger 4" screen, a 5-row qwerty and thinner profile. Boost to an 1.2GHz OMAP3630, add 1GB RAM, and have a 1700mAh battery. Also would be nice to have capacitive screen and portrait mode out of the box.

I would've definitely gotten one had Nokia did those slight improvements ... and so would alot of other people!

Re: Why didn't Nokia just remaake the N900 for 2012?

bring out the n950 to the masses!!!

Enough is enough!!!

Re: Why didn't Nokia just remaake the N900 for 2012?

N900 with more RAM and reinforced USB port is all I want. They can leave everything else the same. :)

Re: Why didn't Nokia just remaake the N900 for 2012?

I bet they will make a phone with all that hardware with windows phail on it.