Thread: N9 [Shipping]: It's finally here [for some]!
View Single Post
jalyst is offline jalyst
2011-08-26 , 12:10
Moderator | Posts: 5,320 | Thanked: 4,464 times | Joined on Oct 2009
#4688
Originally Posted by Rugoz View Post
That part is funny:
<SNIP>
In australia everybody loves the N9, in the UK they hate it, makes sense. "They" tell lots of bull.
I doubt everyone hates it in the UK/DE/IT/FR, most don't even know what it is yet.
IIRC those markets are still quite strong Symbian-wise* compared to the US?
So I assume they'd be good places in which to use Qt/Symbian to popularize MeeGo/N9.
Sounds like it's a case of regional headquarters not having the balls to say:

Our market research suggests this can do well, we'd like to push it, if you don't mind?
Maybe they did, but were told that their respective markets are too big to risk?
Who knows....

Weird thing is...
IIRC the market-share of Symbian in Oz isn't as impressive as some of those countries.
I guess that's why Australia's a perfect candidate; to small a market to matter if it takes-off.
Plus, the chances of it taking-off are less than some of the bigger Western markets.

*or were until recently, before everything that's happened.
Last edited by jalyst; 2011-08-26 at 13:20.