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Re: Maybe the unpleasant truth is that MeeGo really was too late and/or not good enough?

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Originally Posted by maxximuscool (Post 945571)

Who said Win7 is a smartphone OS?
I'd you're an idiot if you think so.

Define smartphone OS if you can.
These are the list of what Win7 Phone OS doesn't have. Which a must for a smartphone OS, without it then it is not so smart afterall.

* No cut, copy, and paste,
* No full multitasking for 3rd party apps,
* No Adobe Flash.
* Windows Phone 7 supports upgradable storage via an SD Card; however SD card memory is merged with the phone's internal storage, and changing the SD card causes the phone to reset to factory settings.
* Windows Phone 7 does not support connecting to Wi-Fi (wireless) access points which are hidden or have a static IP address, tethering to a computer
* No videocalling,
* No VoIP calling,
* Doesn't support USB mass-storage,
* No universal email inbox,
* No universal search,
* Doesn't have a system-wide file manager,
* Doesn't support Bluetooth file transfers,
* Doesn't support USSD messages,
* Doesn't support custom ringtones.
* only support syncing with Exchange ActiveSync over the network. There is no support for syncing with Exchange ActiveSync using a cable or cradle.

* does not support Office documents with security permissions
* Doesn't support IPsec security,
* No on-device encryption,
* Doesn't support strong passwords,
* No internet sockets.
* No list of past phone calls is now a single list, and cannot be separated into inbound, outbound or missed calls.
* No USB OTG (Host)

S40 much???

Re: Maybe the unpleasant truth is that MeeGo really was too late and/or not good enough?

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Originally Posted by cBeam (Post 945564)

Hint: Nokia's shares tanked 15% after Elop announced the new strategy.

Bigger hint: Nokia's shares have tanked 75% from 40.00+ USD in 2007 to less than 10.00 USD in 2010 from prior Nokia strategies.

Re: Maybe the unpleasant truth is that MeeGo really was too late and/or not good enough?

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Originally Posted by HellFlyer (Post 945570)

Oh guys cmon , Nokia can innovate but they were never good at software . From what I recall their software projects always were failures. Elop did what he had to do, get support from software makers aka Microsoft. Regardless how awesome MeeGo was/is remember that handset UI was primary in Nokia's hands hence FAIL

Lets go back

Download! = first app store = FAIL

N-gage devices = first gaming platform FAIL

Mosh = second app store FAIL

N-gage software = gaming platform for all N- series = FAIL

Ovi services = FAIL

As N8 ad said its not the technology its what you do with it :D

In this case its not the innovation its what you do with it ;) hence iPhone and Android

Nokia just fails at advertising. How many people knew Ngage 2.0 was available? MOSH?

Re: Maybe the unpleasant truth is that MeeGo really was too late and/or not good enough?

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Originally Posted by alcalde (Post 945559)

Rather well, actually, all told.(

Not really. Others made out much better from IBM's PC innovations than they did-- including Microsoft.

Re: Maybe the unpleasant truth is that MeeGo really was too late and/or not good enough?

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Originally Posted by gerbick (Post 945582)

Bigger hint: Nokia's shares have tanked 75% from 40.00+ USD in 2007 to less than 10.00 USD in 2010 from prior Nokia strategies.

...and had previously gone up due to others.

Re: Maybe the unpleasant truth is that MeeGo really was too late and/or not good enough?

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Originally Posted by jsa (Post 945532)

Only they now destroyed their Symbian sales too by announcing it's going out.

Sound familiar? N900/Maemo 5

Re: Maybe the unpleasant truth is that MeeGo really was too late and/or not good enough?

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Originally Posted by gerbick (Post 945582)

Bigger hint: Nokia's shares have tanked 75% from 40.00+ USD in 2007 to less than 10.00 USD in 2010 from prior Nokia strategies.

Gerbick, I know that. So what, it shows that the previous regime (OPK & board) failed. So the savior was brought in, share prices moved up slightly. Then the new strategy was announced, and the stock tanked again. Looks like the market thinks that the current regime (Elop & board) failed.

So we do have the continuation of failure, apparently not a change to the better.

What is your point?

Re: Maybe the unpleasant truth is that MeeGo really was too late and/or not good enough?

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Originally Posted by Texrat (Post 945585)

...and had previously gone up due to others.

Not by the time I looked at their trends. 2007 was their peak year, their highest.

Nothing peaked higher than that year.

Re: Maybe the unpleasant truth is that MeeGo really was too late and/or not good enough?

Dude, if sales meant anything about quality, Justin Bieber and Britney Spears wouldn't sell shitloads of records.

Truth is, what most of us are angry about is that all that Maemo was is about to cease exist, in one form or another. This device is about to go down in history as a revolutionary device that didn't happen due to bad management decisions, and never again will we see anything close to it from nokia, if Ms is truly at the helm of Nokia.

And guess what, in spite of what really sells, I could really use another Maemo device, with updated specs. I'm afraid this will be no more.

Re: Maybe the unpleasant truth is that MeeGo really was too late and/or not good enough?

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Originally Posted by gerbick (Post 945590)

Not by the time I looked at their trends. 2007 was their peak year, their highest.

Nothing peaked higher than that year.

I've been making money off Nokia's stock rollercoaster going back further than that. ;)