Thread: OPK: N900 deliveries have now started!!
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2009-11-19 , 17:23
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Originally Posted by NvyUs View Post
the difference is most other manufacturers don't announce the existence of products until its 100% ready to ship giving them a month to get it to market.
nokia always announce things way earlier than others when phone is in development still ,
so its a choice between openness or not knowing existence until it's ready to hit shops.
the n97 was announced like 7 or 8 months before released, where as the iphone 3GS was announced like 2 weeks before it was in shops.
would you rather not know at all or be part of the ride ?
The problem is, Nokia is still half way inbetween. They HAVE to let the cat out of the bag early, because they want community help, they want to get feedback on those 300 etc. So obviously, they cannot wait for the last device to leave the factory. But they have not moved to a true open model, they have only revealed what they have to, and been tight lipped about the rest.

If they would say 'we are working on this right now, hopefully it will be done x, and we can get them out y, for retail by z' if something changes, provide updates. They still want to restrict the flow of data though.

Did anyone else read the article about how the stock price improved since the announcement of USA retail availability yesterday? They want benefits from being open and being closed, and they will find out the flaws of playing middle field like this.