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#44
Originally Posted by geneven View Post
Once again, Nokia shows its penchant for going where the competition already is. It had the small tablet field almost to itself, and instead it decided to fight it out with the Netbook people. I just don't see Nokia as the company I would pick to beat the rest. (I guess I just am flat-out not a Nokia fan, I finally realize...)
There are some differences though - Nokia makes reliable high-quality hardware and has a strong distribution channel with a reputation for excellence when it comes to telephone software. This makes the Booklet more attractive to the average user and can command a higher pricepoint. There is overlap between the mobile phone - tablet - netbook segment so this move is logical. It is disappointing however not to have a device like this running Maemo, but perhaps something similar is in the pipeline?