Re: The OTHER big product launch?!
 

I can understand why N-Gage won't be coming to NITs (games are being developed for Symbian) but Ovi should be implemented on the NIT platform for sure. I thought Rhapsody was a killer app for NITs, however it's only available in the US. Get Ovi on the NITs, allow me to stream music from a selection of millions of tracks for a small fee each month, and download high quality tracks and albums, which I then own and can copy off or re-download for free whenever IT OS corrupts and eats my SDHC card containing all my audio.

Ovi on the NITs would be great.

Re: The OTHER big product launch?!
 

Not going to happen since Nokia decided to go with Windows WMA DRM scheme.
The arrogant Finnish Nokia *** - Mikka Tomminen - on AllAboutSymbian's podcast even said that since Windows users make up the "majority" of users and that they all use Windows Media Player that is what they're going to stay with.
What a douchebag. That confirms it for me at least that Nokia has lost their goddamned minds and is no longer in touch with their users, especially with those of us "elite early adopters" who are usually more technically-inclined than the typical iSheep.
When the hell are they going to learn that not every Nokia user/owner uses Windows?
Phuck that and phuck their arrogance on it.

Re: The OTHER big product launch?!
 

Excellent move by Nokia - getting with DRM (and locking themselves into Microsoft tech) just as everyone else (Apple, most indies, EMI, no doubt others to follow) are dropping DRM as it's a major inconvenience to the consumer and does nothing to stop piracy. How to shoot yourself in the foot not once, but twice. Bravo Nokia. Sigh.

And I use Windows, however I never use Windows Media Player (WinAmp for music, DivX Player for video)... I also added my signature to the BBC iPlayer petition! :)

I think it became obvious Nokia had lost touch with their users when they dropped the hard cover from the N800.

Re: The OTHER big product launch?!
 

so far the only device that compares to n800 with regards to webpage rendering speed is a PC/Mac. I haven't seen the iphone in person yet but there's a youtube vid comparing it with a Treo and they both take over a minute to render cnn.com. treo has "fast" EVDO speed, iphone has EDGE.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJTdFTIF2No

I'll be sticking to the n800 until a faster rendering device gives it a run for its money

the itouch has the safari browser but it's useless without BT

Re: The OTHER big product launch?!
 

To be honest, the iPhone doesn't look bad at all - try using a N800 over a BT connection with GPRS connection to the internet and download a graphics heavy website such as CNN... under those circumstances the N800 would be slower than the iPhone in that demonstration (GPRS: 30-40kpbs, EDGE 80-100kps, possibly higher). The N800 is faster over WiFi, but then so would be the iPhone.

What is interesting is how smooth the iPhone UI is, how responsive the browser is even though it's still downloading, and how easily sections of the page can be zoomed in and out which makes browsing on a low resolution display possible (these Microsoft devices with their low resolution displays AND cruddy browser technology mean they're not competitors to the NIT).

EDIT: If you look at this video I'd say engadget loads faster on the iPhone over EDGE than it loads on my N800 over WiFi!!! :)