Thread: Next E-Series based on Maemo
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2009-08-31 , 23:39
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Originally Posted by Architengi View Post
There is no E-Series with touch (using Symbian s60v5).

Also Maemo is for business and uper-class smartphones.

I am assuming next E-Series will be Maemo based.

Again, maybe the name of the series should change and converge because the noname yet "Maemo-series" actually makes sense to unify.

Nokia makes things harder with these series and names - numbers, because an undecided new customer will say - I'll just go and have an iPhone, because on iPhone I have ALL the applications, ALL the firmware upodates. On E-Series the customer cannot get N-Gage or a good camera or movie editor or picture editor, where on N-Series the customer will not get mail with Exchange, a better Calendar, etc, etc.

Nokia, your business model having different series and many numbered phones was good in the early days when a phone was a phone plus something extra, when a phone was cheap, when some people were changing phones like socks , but with a smartphone business or series you need UNITY. Nobody will pay $ 700 every year for a new model.

Nokia needs UNITY - one series of devices that has ALL the best applications pre-installed, ONE store and easy to install software, automatic and easy firmware upgrade, free OS upgrade, backward compatibility.
I'm not so sure E-Series should be aimed at touchscreen. What are the advantages? The use cases are rather well defined and not multimedia related unlike N-Series.

While the number of models may be too high Nokia knows from years long experience it is not possible to have one mobile hardware device which satisfies the need for trillions of users. iPhone is the other extreme, and there is simply no choice to pick a different carrier or different camera or different touchscreen if you want an iPhone. In fact you'll see Apple bringing out more mobile devices just like they released more iPods for specific use cases.

Typically, people buy a new phone every 2 years.

Software-wise Nokia could have done a lot better, but Symbian OS going open source, open standards used, Maemo, Qt, and LGPLing are all pointing towards a good base for unification. Its a process.
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