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Originally Posted by geneven View Post
"It's unrealistic to expect every single tablet purchaser to join much less frequent this forum. "

But this means that many of the great third-party apps aren't even known to many of the N8xx owners, and those with a problem with sdhc corruption or with powering on have no idea about a solution. That's amazing.

The next time I see a newbie arrive and start re-asking the frequently asked questions, I'm going to remind myself that perhaps the majority of N8xx owners have the same questions but never ask at all, and especially never search the forums for the answer.
Best comment I have read to date on these forums. I realize that over time the same questions get asked over and over and those who offer their free help on a regular basis can become bored with this...well, in that case, for most cases, put your hands in your pockets and don't answer if you are going to be curt and arrogant to an honest question. The difference between someone too lazy to search and someone who just does not understand the process becomes kinda obvious quickly as the user adds more questions.

Still nothing wrong with explaining the search to someone who is new. It's all part of helping the newbie learn how it all functions. But it simply does not need to be an angry response. And I am saying this as a person who has little patience for those who are unwilling to help themselves learn... But, I have come to get-it that people who want to learn do ask silly questions at times and it's more constructive to provide not only the answer to the question but also an explaination, by way of text or a link, of how they can find some of the answers themselves.

Keeping this all fun goes a long way to helping the whole community of typical-users as well as the guru-types...and if the platform/line is to continue guess which group will be larger? Run them off and well, guess which group will be larger then...and guess how long the NIT's will last? Face it the user community is the group which will build this product line for Nokia and do it free of charge. But WTF, it's still all fun even if it does not put cash in your pocket directly.

BTW, to answer the OP and poll...my guess is the between 1M to 10M devices worldwide. And I suspect many of those are simply for mobile web access as well as for use as an Ebook reader. To be honest there are few other apps I find very useful...yet...though I just tried myPaint and it's an AMAZING app that I have a lot of need for...plus it's fun!

Last edited by brecklundin; 2008-04-10 at 17:56.
 

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