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	Texrat	2011-06-01 , 20:43
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Originally Posted by geneven

Ah, those were the good old days, when Nokia rejected the idea of tablets, which it had been pioneering, and went for something more phone-ish. Nokia fooled us, all right -- we thought it had some sense!

I really thought the devices would be platformed and cover 2 or more form factors. All indications pointed that way...

EDIT: you know what killed that, right? it was lawsuits in the US by Verizon and AT&T against municipalities for implementing large-scale wifi. Both companies effectively killed ubiquitous wifi in the US, which was the pilot tablet market. No apparent market, no Nokia tablets. But Apple showed the idea was still viable.

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