Thread: Maemo 5 design decision: call lists (was: Wired Magazine - hands on with the n900)
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2009-10-27 , 18:01
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Originally Posted by Rushmore View Post
This will not be a good thing if this same impression is with the final product. The stars are aligned for a device like the N900, but a lot of people want the current, basic high end phone function as well.

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Again ,if Nokia is not intending for the device to be a "mass" seller (for an upper level smart phone), if pushing as a mini-computer, then no harm no foul. I think that if they are, Nokia is assuming wrong- this device will attract more people than they expect and LOT of smart phone users. They need to put the function in now and welcome these customers.
The problem I see is that Nokia has the knowledge needed to produce good phone functions. They own the low end and high end phone markets. Nor is it reasonable to think they lacked the money or the time to develop these functions. It seems as if they purposely put them low on the list of priorities.

My question is what Nokia is trying to find out with this iteration of their five steps. Speculation has surrounded a possible N910 with no keyboard and/or capacitive screen where Nokia would be trying to figure out the top-of-the-line smartphone. But, Nokia just introduced a netbook (and with their reorg, the N900 and the Nokia Tablet are in the same division). Maybe Nokia is trying to figure out whether the phone functionality is important to people. Could step 5 be a Mobile Internet Device or Ultra Mobile PC positioned somewhere between the N900 and the Tablet running Maemo?