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Originally Posted by rgbyhkr
The N-Gage was a poorly executed concept from the getgo and didn't stand a chance vs Nintendo and Sony. Hopefully Nokia learned a few lessons that can be implemented to help the 770 succeed.
With the benefit of hindsight we can all agree that instead of the 6 million they said they wanted to sell they only sold 2 million. In 2000 the 2 million they sold would have been a big success but by the end of 2005 Sony's expects to have sold 14 million PSPs and Nintendo expects to have sold 12 million DSs. That's the current standard for mobile gaming devices. The 770 is much more versatile than the PSP, though, and if the apps are there, and if Nokia can actually make them, then I think they should sell

I'd like to mention that Nokia holds the GPL develpment wild card. It has created an organization that channels the efforts of Linux & BSD developers in support of the 770. It's taken them time and its competitors haven't even yet realised that this is an absolute necessity from this point forward. If the 770 takes off as I think it will, then companies that would like to overtake Nokia, like Siemens, Motorola and SONY will find themselves one card short without this developer community to count on. Nokia is the number 2 player globally in mobile devices and they have a huge strategic advantage because of their acceptance of the inevitability of Free Software. Check this out...
http://opensource.nokia.com/
Nokia is a big friend of GPL software, no question, and 2006 will be the year that Microsoft, and perhaps SONY and Nintendo, realise that they are in deep, deep **** for not having nourished the support of the GPL Free Software community. This is not your father's world any more. Wait till the new Skype Bluetooth earpiece, or something like it, is used in tandem with the 770. Wow. Standing in the middle of a field or driving down the Interstate, talking with VOIP to people all around the world for free, with both hands tied behind your back.

What is it called when you do VOIP on the 770 and you see the person you're talking to?