Krisse, Thanks for the great things you accomplished, not only in the Tablet School, but also in responding in ITT.

However I do not share your view that the Internet tablet has no future.

The Internet tablet is no phone and should stay away from that area. No phone has the media and browser functionality of the Tablet. Neither Apple’s Iphone or the Samsung OMNIA. Phones will very understandable stick to their own niche which is to communicate.

In my view there is a great future in the Walk Around Internet Tablet. A small device for multi media, written messages and browsing. Perhaps combined with Gaming, Navigating and PIM (if you need it). It’s your library, your mail / messenger, your gaming device, your search engine, your music and your hand-held TV.

I think Apple has recognized the Walk Around Internet and will expend their IPod Touch (Player) to become a tablet (Player). Both IPod and some navigators (PDAs) are close. Wi-Fi or 3G is not an issue. Tablets will have both. And will be maybe a little bit larger with a better (indoor) screen and better speakers than a N8XX. But still fit in a pocket. A small gadget which you use in a chair or on a table, terrace but which you can move with you to another room or the garden or a hotel, train, airport or beach. It's your personal walk around internet device.

And people will have another very small gadget for communicating: a phone. Of course there will be some crossovers (photo’s ?), but I do not believe in putting all functionality in 1 device. Combining always means compromising. And a phone will be small, very small and light. It's your voice communicator.

A phone can be ignored, or used along side doing something else. But it is required to pay attention to a Tablet: reading, watching, listening. It's a different.

Nokia will not ignore the IPod Touch or Google’s Android, which will Walk Around as well, I am sure. It's a big market.

But can Maemo compete with Android ????? That’s the problem. Unless Nokia takes full control over Maemo it’s a dead end, I am afraid. Reason: (Quality) Control and Maintenance. (To put it simply: As an N800 user you can only depend fully on the Nokia Apps and the Nokia repositories).

Anyway, You were Premium Quality and I am sure we'll see more of you. The School was great and absolutely necessary ! It will come back, one way or another.


Thanks and nothing Bye Bye: See you !!

Abel.