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rickysio 2010-06-09 15:20
Re: First MeeGo phone will be N9?
 
No hardware QWERTY? Offer me Swype, and I'd be appeased.

No hardware QWERTY and offer me the same virtual keyboard the N900 has? I'd be very incensed.

sevla 2010-06-09 15:21
Re: First MeeGo phone will be N9?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by jnwi (Post 707335)
Some high end users may want no keyboard, some may want one. Some business users may want none, bb-style, or n97-style. Same for mid range.

I'm glad they offer so many options, and it seems like they're working to keep the internals as similar as possible.
I'm all for options. My list was very broad and general. Lets say in the first 2 phones you have one that has keyboard and one without. That's only an additional 2 to the list with a total of 7, which is still way less then 16.

But, options don't always mean more sales as proven by Apple. Nokia needs to slim down and focus on a few models.

That's just my opinion.

benny1967 2010-06-09 15:33
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sevla (Post 707325)
I don't know why Nokia needs 16 different models. It's harder to support and more difficult to manage internally. I think part of the reason the iPhone is so polished is because that is the only phone Apple works on. Not 16 different iterations of the almost the same thing.
having more models is one of the reasons why nokia has more customers, too. if you don't want a touch screen or need a hardware qwerty keyboard - what does apple have for you?

sevla 2010-06-09 15:41
Re: First MeeGo phone will be N9?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by benny1967 (Post 707377)
having more models is one of the reasons why nokia has more customers, too. if you don't want a touch screen or need a hardware qwerty keyboard - what does apple have for you?
LIke i said.. I'm all for options and I suggested having keyboard vs non keyboard options.

But do we really need 7 different c class phones??

quipper8 2010-06-09 15:49
Re: First MeeGo phone will be N9?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by sevla (Post 707389)
LIke i said.. I'm all for options and I suggested having keyboard vs non keyboard options.

But do we really need 7 different c class phones??
well, mercedes has about 10 different c-class models :)

Just kidding.

zehjotkah 2010-06-09 15:52
Re: First MeeGo phone will be N9?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by zfarooq (Post 707354)
N9 is confirmed to have a keyboard.
yes, but the question is if it's a software- or hardware-keyboard

wmarone 2010-06-09 15:56
Re: First MeeGo phone will be N9?
 
I wonder if Nokia will make the necessary drivers available such that buyers of the N9 will be able to use community builds of MeeGo that allow greater customization than their default.

Hopefully they won't go full ****** on us.

mrojas 2010-06-09 15:57
Re: First MeeGo phone will be N9?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by sevla (Post 707389)
LIke i said.. I'm all for options and I suggested having keyboard vs non keyboard options.

But do we really need 7 different c class phones??
Not everyone wants the exact same phone of the next guy, and not everyone has the same paycheck. Even in the low end market (and maybe even more because it's low end); variety means a lot.

It's not it's too hard for Nokia to manufacture model with different color or form factor anyway, S40 is cheap, etc etc.

zfarooq 2010-06-09 15:57
Re: First MeeGo phone will be N9?
 
a hardware keyboard, the one without the keyboard has been delayed or scrapped.

I dont quite remember where I read it, will try to find it.

tissot 2010-06-09 16:00
Re: First MeeGo phone will be N9?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kangal (Post 707304)
Quite the opposite imo. The more the (MeeGo) devices, the more the adoption of MeeGo will be. And this will drive more developers to the platform and directly/indirectly lead to a vast (and perhaps quality) Application library.

The fact that Qt & Linux can be served in such a cross-platform solution will only multiply that.

For once I see that Apple is actually playing catch-up in its own field. I mean Apple started the smartphone revolution but HTC expanded it with the G1 and Nexus One. So the best chance for MeeGo is today and if it could serve killer hardware, great software integration, include tasty functions (from desktop os linage) and show promise by releasing a tablet (its the craze) with 1:1 App compatibility with the phone device.

These are all possible, perhaps even easy with the tools (Qt), that needs to be available now. As soon as Froyo arrives, iPhone 4 released and the Google tablet is released, things are going to look more obsolete for MeeGo.
More MeeGo phones the better no doubt, but we need to remember that there's Symbian Foundation that's taking the largest bite of the cake in sales. It could be that the MeeGo phones will actually drive the development more in Qt than Symbian thought.

Imo still MeeGo phones should be unique very high end coming from Nokia. Other manufacturers can of course build as many MeeGo phones as they want and it's all great for Nokia and Intel.


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