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Re: "Surging iPod touch eclipses the iPhone" ... while Nokia stupidly abandons tablets!
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I see myself, in future years, using a tablet that comes with Android, but installing Mer or a hacked Maemo on it instead... |
Re: "Surging iPod touch eclipses the iPhone" ... while Nokia stupidly abandons tablets!
that is, if 5" or smaller non-phone android devices will be available beyond the next year or so...
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Re: "Surging iPod touch eclipses the iPhone" ... while Nokia stupidly abandons tablets!
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As for using it for the internet, I've had no issues with the screen size. Quote:
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BTW, I take issue with the statement that the N900 is a rejection of what has come before. First and foremost, Maemo 5 is still a tablet OS first with phone functionality bolted on. As a phone, Maemo 5 is still somewhat lacking in some features that most phone users find basic, but it is excusable since this is the first iteration of being on a phone and it is likely to improve. |
Re: "Surging iPod touch eclipses the iPhone" ... while Nokia stupidly abandons tablets!
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Re: "Surging iPod touch eclipses the iPhone" ... while Nokia stupidly abandons tablets!
The tablet format has recently (largely due to the Apple's "i-tablet" hype) gained widespread acceptance in the mainstream (and significantly also in the media). Some large manufacturers have already entered the segment or are in the process of introducing their offerings.
The fourth shifts in Chinese sweatshops are churning out a wild range of devices based on an ARM chip (often rev'd-up ARM11) and a touchscreen. Most manufacturers are joining the Android eco-system, but some large players such as RIM or HP may go with homegrown systems. On Maemo Planet, EIPI recently highlighted Nokia's abandonment of the "tablet companion" segment, which they basically pioneered some five years ago but gave up on halfway through... apparently RIM are now planning a tablet companion device to tether with their more text-based blackberry phones. The arguments and opinions in this thread - both pro and con - wrt. tablet companion devices have been interesting, but I still stand by mine. Nokia with their massive base of S40 and Symbian "sticks" out there (and of course the Maemo and Meego user and developer communities) could have been among the main beneficiaries and leaders of the affordable mobile phone companion device market... Oh well, the companion device platform still seems to be emerging, but with Nokia and probably also Maemo/Meego safely out of the picture. :rolleyes: |
Re: "Surging iPod touch eclipses the iPhone" ... while Nokia stupidly abandons tablets!
Well people are also still buying music players and phones seperate, so I wouldn't explain this simply as something "Apple figured out and Nokia didn't".
Probably many people with iPods have Symbian phones! Nokia's not in the market to make music players. They're in the market to make your phone your music player. |
Re: "Surging iPod touch eclipses the iPhone" ... while Nokia stupidly abandons tablets!
Well, Nokia might have abandoned the tablet, but they joined with Intel for MeeGo and suddenly my hope is revived....
Intel demoed a tablet running MeeGo at Computex, although it is a bit too big for our strange little niche, it is a good sign. I really liked the look of the pre-alpha MeeGo for Tablets demo. I thought that, after all, the screen was a pretty good size. http://www.allaboutmaemo.com/images/.../tablet-10.jpg (video linked to the pic) So Nokia might not make our dream devices, but they're helping to make the software for them. |
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