Thread: Where is Nokia - no announcement no product - still in hibernation
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drizek is offline drizek
2009-03-03 , 07:20
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#516
Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles View Post
Because you can't just "take advantage of it". Adding voice introduces a lot of carrier and regulatory requirements that aren't present for a data-only package.

Besides, we don't actually know that at least one of them wont have voice.



Why would having 3G make it die out? This doesn't make any sense.
Many netbooks now ship with 3g built in, but obviously none of them can be used as phones due to the form factor.

When you have something that is always on and is always in your pocket, and always has cellular reception, it seems pretty stupid to not allow it to have a phone as well.

IOW

Netbook- Wifi-only makes sense
Netbook- WIfi+3G make sense
IT- Wifi-only makes sense
IT- Wifi+3G+Phone makes sense
IT- WiFi+3G doesn't make sense.

Of course, within a few years VOIP will take over and voice will be useless, but until then I don't see much reason not to include it. Yes, the reasons that you listed are factors, but Nokia is a cell phone company and they can do regulation and certification in their sleep.