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nikolajhendel 2009-02-16 10:00
Mobile world congress 2009 status
 
So
No announcement today regarding a new tablet....

I'm worried.

dwould 2009-02-16 10:49
Re: Mobile world congress 2009 status
 
So that's it Nokia has made their pitch, announced some new phones. No word on a new tablet. Is it likely they'd announce it at any other point in the week?

attila77 2009-02-16 11:04
Re: Mobile world congress 2009 status
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by dwould (Post 264794)
So that's it Nokia has made their pitch, announced some new phones. No word on a new tablet. Is it likely they'd announce it at any other point in the week?
If I was a marketing/PR person (which I'm not), I wouldn't announce my high(est)-end products on day 1 morning, as then nobody would care about any other low-midrange-boring/business model I might talk about later. Of course, the alternative is that Nokia doesn't care about it's Nseries phones (and/or tablets) any more. Which one is more likely ?

GeneralAntilles 2009-02-16 11:07
Re: Mobile world congress 2009 status
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by nikolajhendel (Post 264787)
I'm worried.
Worried about what, exactly? The hype machine didn't pan out so we have to wait a little longer to hear. Nobody seriously expected the announcement to come at MWC, did they? I mean, the extent of those rumors was "ThoughtFix thinks it might come at MWC". That's hardly a good basis to worry over the fate of the platform. ;)

fms 2009-02-16 11:07
Re: Mobile world congress 2009 status
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by attila77 (Post 264797)
I wouldn't announce my high(est)-end products on day 1 morning, as then nobody would care about any other low-midrange-boring/business model I might talk about later. Of course, the alternative is that Nokia doesn't care about it's Nseries phones (and/or tablets) any more. Which one is more likely ?
The second.

Peter@Maemo Marketing 2009-02-16 11:13
Re: Mobile world congress 2009 status
 
What you will see next from Maemo 5 is the complete alpha SDK with the UI framework, but not the lead device.

dwould 2009-02-16 11:19
Re: Mobile world congress 2009 status
 
Quote:
Nobody seriously expected the announcement to come at MWC, did they?
Well maybe not. but it was oh so plausible. Can't blame a guy for hoping.

qgil 2009-02-16 11:23
Re: Mobile world congress 2009 status
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by nikolajhendel (Post 264787)
So
No announcement today regarding a new tablet....

I'm worried.
Worried by what, exactly? Announcements are important but what really matters is when you start shipping. Peter put it in better words a while ago.

Peter@Maemo Marketing 2009-02-16 11:28
Re: Mobile world congress 2009 status
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by dwould (Post 264801)
Well maybe not. but it was oh so plausible. Can't blame a guy for hoping.
Plausible, yes, indeed. As you can see from the SonyEricsson 12Mpix thing, one can launch very early on. Other way of doing a launch is close to sales start. I must ask for your patience before you know what approach we are using.

nikolajhendel 2009-02-16 11:30
Re: Mobile world congress 2009 status
 
No matter how interesting the software is - it's not sexy. I really think Nokia has a marketing problem (in more than one segment) if the focus is going to be software software software for the next couple of months.
Momentum might grow for the software devs., but what about us users - we really need to see a product before we can get exited. Even though the segment is still niche - isn't the next (step 5) version of maemo hardware gonna be for "the general public"?
For this to work - I think Nokia has to turn things around. Fire up the users by showing what the gadget looks like...


And yes - these are just ramblings from a tech interested user (non-programmer), but there are quite a few of us...


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