Thread: Which device type is the real competitor?
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2008-09-22 , 14:28
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Originally Posted by iamthewalrus View Post
The competition for Nokia lies in phones I think, as they are becoming so powerful that the need for a separate media player/ebook reader/pda/etc becomes less. People don't buy a MID instead of a phone, but to complement it.
First you say phones are becoming so powerful that there's no need for a 2nd device; then you say ppl. buy MIDs to complement a phone. What exactly?

I agree that phones become more powerful, but still I think of my N800 in terms of a very small laptop rather that a bulky phone without, ahem, phone. We'll not see laptops disappear any time soon because phones become powerful, will we? So I think it's the niche of "small computers" (laptops, only much smaller) that we're talking about. And in this area, it's certainly the tablets and the MIDs. (Except the tablets are even smaller and - well, available.)