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I think Nokia isn't really sure what they want. On the one hand they say to be competing with Apple with the nxx series but at the same time they are not meant as a mainstream product, even after three generations.

Anssi Vanjoki, Executive Vice President for Multimedia at Nokia, made no bones about his company's newly emergent relationship to Apple. "We are competing with Apple on all fronts with all cylinders," he remarked. "There is a very deep philosophical difference between us and Apple ... we're all about openness ... we encourage people to tamper with our devices." Indeed, the N-Series tablets have to this point been as much about growing a developer community as they've been about moving units. Vanjoki also made it clear that the N810 is not yet a mainstream gadget, declaring, "This will not be Nokia's most successful product," but rather a product for the "Tech Leaders," a group positioned as a stepping stone from the Ultra Geeks who bought the N770 and the mainstream consumers who are interested in other Nokia products.
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All of this is supposedly part of a 5-step plan to mobile-internet domination, which seems kind of akward and soviet-like to me. As if the future of the internet can be controlled and planned in stages. Maybe they should just put a big 'geek' warning sticker on them.

Last edited by iamthewalrus; 2008-01-06 at 18:30.