Thread: Where is Nokia - no announcement no product - still in hibernation
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2009-01-10 , 17:20
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Originally Posted by lma View Post
In relative terms? Asus say that the return rate is similar, so if the above figure is correct it means they sell 5 times as many Linux eees as XP ones.
It means the EEe running Linux are returned 5 times as often as the ones running XP.

It is a statistic, and I haven't provided the source. Now I can't find the source... duh. Maybe I'm confused with OLPC. What I did find was the following. The CEO of Asus says the return rates are similar.

(Microsoft got caught with their hands in their hair on this one. They never anticipated Vista for this purpose. Now they're working on this with Windows 7. This version for EEe comes end 2009.)

Originally Posted by luso View Post
I guess that this is a sign of the frustration many of us had since we realize that the N900 never becomes reality. The dynamics that the new products and software releases that kept us ignited is dying away, and many of us is either becoming very critical or looking elsewhere.
Not for me, but I keep my options open. For example, I'm interested in the Nokia N97.

After all the fuss last summer regarding the new N900, we are left empty handed. All the new releases, they either fix some bugs or introduce minor improvements. Nothing really important to keep us looking forward to.
I'm not with empty hands at all. I see Nokia investing more and more in Maemo and the internet tablet. A lot has become clear during summer, and every now and then more is clear.

The release of a new tablet (or tablet-like) device with Maemo, hackable, is eminent as far as I'm concerned.

Some people don't like the proprietary hardware components, but the way I see it 1) this is a bit in Nokia's advantage 2) Nokia is collaborating to get the sources open.

Then you might not like a HS*PA or camera addon on the device, but without such, it does not compete enough with smartphone products and features...
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