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Re: Will nokia release a Maemo 5 internet tablet?

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Originally Posted by EIPI (Post 290767)

...I seem to recall that one of the device states picked up through the SDK was whether the stand was flipped out or not.

The state is "on stand", which as eiffel has pointed out previously, could be a separate desk stand. It could even be something like the Palm Pre uses.

Re: Will nokia release a Maemo 5 internet tablet?

I think this is stated plainly as we're ever going to get -- that there will be a tablet:

http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...&postcount=530

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Originally Posted by ragnar (Post 290858)

For the "tablet" issue, at least relating to display sizes (then again, even from this thread it's quite obvious that there is no consensus over what actually constitutes a "tablet"):

As said for instance in the current human interface guidelines version ("You must always keep in mind not only the small size of screens where your application will be displayed but also how much they will vary."), and as said consistently: there are plans to support multiple different screen sizes, i.e. provide UI scalability to certain extents. A good software platform is able to do that.

Naturally we don't want to do that just for fun.

That's for the Maemo side. But please don't expect anybody with any real information from Nokia to comment prematurely on upcoming future devices. :)

I'm pretty sure that I'm not suffering from an excess of hope, because the writing and ideas are stated in careful, small steps, and the "Naturally we don't do that just for fun" is prominently separated from the rest, for effect.

I don't think it could be stated more definitively than that, in a field where these things are strategically important.

Joe

Re: Will nokia release a Maemo 5 internet tablet?

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Originally Posted by Justjoe (Post 290986)

I think this is stated plainly as we're ever going to get -- that there will be a tablet:

I'm pretty sure that I'm not suffering from an excess of hope, because the writing and ideas are stated in careful, small steps, and the "Naturally we don't do that just for fun" is prominently separated from the rest, for effect.

I don't think it could be stated more definitively than that, in a field where these things are strategically important.

I agree with you. They've been walking a tight rope, and they've slipped enough times to leave me with the impression that they have no intention of leaving this space. On the flip side, I'm a little pessimistic about their execution.

Re: Will nokia release a Maemo 5 internet tablet?

Well, I have one thing to say. MIDs are not dead. In fact, they're far from it. The thing is, the offerings so far have been a joke, with only a few exceptions. Too many OEM's are trying to reinvent the PDA. MIDs are *NOT PDAs*! That's been the mistake of most OEM's. Nokia at least got it right. Sure, they got room to grow, but heck, it hasn't been a bad run so far, given that they're more or less breaking into a market who's boundaries and rules haven't completely been defined yet. I think however that once companies get a clue and realize that a MID is *NOT* a PDA, you'll see a real explosion of truly useful MIDs and similar devices. I also expect to see Nokia kicking everyone's butt to the curb for years to come since they did it right to begin with, and continue to appear to do it right still. So unless they make an epic screwup along the way, I expect Nokia to set the market borders, and then promptly dominate it.

Apple did that more or less in the MP3 world with their iPod, and they ended up being king because of it. Nokia's in a similar position, and will likely go much the same route as Apple as far as success goes. That's just my 2c. Reality may turn out to be different, but given what I've seen, I highly doubt that.