maemo.org - Talk - iPod Touch (threads merged)

maemo.org - Talk (https://talk.maemo.org/index.php)

- Competitors (https://talk.maemo.org/forumdisplay.php?f=4)

- - iPod Touch (threads merged) (https://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=9530)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Texrat (Post 73545)

Again: the differences, regardless of how few, are paramount.

All the arguing in the world won't alter that, Mil. But I do agree Nokia can do much, MUCH better in communications. However... did you not see the fruits of my labors there? Did Quim Gil come here or not? Is that not a start? ;)

Yes yes, it's improving but like you I'd like to see more buzz about NITs than there is - to grow the community, to make them more successful than they so far have been, to show that the N800 can appeal to Joe Public as much as the Touch will/does. Bringing Quim here is great but we already own N800s so that by itself isn't going to help sales - Nokia need to reach out to prospective owners and convince them they need the N800 (however most are now convinced they probably need the iPod Touch!). If that means hyping the product with promises of so far unreleased software then so be it...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Texrat (Post 73545)

And... Guiness? :D

Eugh... Stella Artois for me :)

No one here is more frustrated by our inability to pump up the N800 buzz than I am. By a LONG shot.

Apart from me (I need to make up 4 posts... wtf!)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Texrat (Post 73545)

But I do agree Nokia can do much, MUCH better in communications. However... did you not see the fruits of my labors there? Did Quim Gil come here or not? Is that not a start?

Hey Texrat. Can you channel some of that influence into the design department? Nokia needs to lose the dopey shapes and crappy silver plastic they like to overuse. Blaaah. My 770 is OK - buttons are not comfy, but I find the N800 fugly. (Sorry, just providing input in case the Nokia muckety mucks like to read forums)

dlhuss - vote and/or comment here!

you have to think the n800 is Nokia's "test" model....it's perfect for ironing out and de-bugging their ideas/tests....i would think they're gonna answer with something....my guess is within the next 2 months....they're gonna need it ready for the Christmas season...assuming their plan is to face off with the Touch..
....maybe they don't care...but that would mean they eliminate the non-geek market if they choose not to compete...of course that's the lion's share...to me, the N800 feels like the jazz music market in relation to the music market as a whole...very small dedicated niche...an elite group...

Re: iPod touch - not bad

I'll ask Reggie to change it something more appropriate.

(Nearly there...)

Re: iPod Touch (threads merged)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Milhouse (Post 73560)

dlhuss - vote and/or comment here!

Hey! They even had "Fugly" as an option and I'm the only "Fugly" vote.

What the heck?

You people really don't mind the N800 looks? Wow.

Hmmm. I mean, silver around a screen is definitely distracting, don't you think? It needs to be black.

That's the least of what's wrong with the design - the shape is all wrong and the materials, naaa.

OK, sorry, off topic.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jackass124 (Post 73561)

I thought the 770 was the test model! Maybe they're following the same pattern as Microsoft, version 3 will be awesome!

My hope is that now Intel are getting involved with Maemo, and Hildon has been spun out to be a full community project (with input from Intel) things should improve far more rapidly than in the past. However, dropping a few hints would be nice, like for instance if this UI is possible or likely to appear on NITs in a future update (I'm guessing it's possible but that's all it is - a guess).