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Originally Posted by CharlesM View Post
freppas, even though you speak 'tongue in cheek' I think you are really onto something and are very right!

Most people that I know that use the iPhone were not traditional smartphone users before! They carried around a phone, an iPod and a seperate cam!

Some were big on mac and moved onto iphone!

typicall nokia lovers transition to n900 from . . . n95/other smartphone maybe or other lower device! and a % from internet tablet community!

despite what the manufacturer or community say the device should be used for . . . 'perception is reality'

if i go to my local nokia website and list 'all phones' . . . tada the n900 is listed . . .

indeed n900 is a "Phone Model Number"

interestingly mini laptops are not listed as phones and do not have a "Phone Model Number"

Now we go to the apple web site and equally see the iphone listed under the mac tab

obviously im only joking no apple clearly clearly say what is a phone and what is a computer!

damn it the thing is called iPhone while they have (like sony did with walkman and hoover did with vacuum cleaners) succesfully come up with their own adjective for a personal computer!

for me the real shame here (and its totally redeemable) is the n900 is a great bit of tech and the concept of a open linux based os is amazing! I love nokia to pieces but have to admit they are playing catch up here on many fronts.

a few years ago the sony walkman was ubiquitous. and despite the size and power of sony the apple ipod came and found the company resting on its laurels. . . . they have never recovered since!

while no direct comparison can be made i hope we are not seeing the same thing here with nokia as both google and apple have raised the game exponentially!

personally i do not see apple as nokia's biggest long term worry but google and android!

I sincerely cant understand why you don't understand that Maemo and the N900 doesn't target the same audience as Android and the iPhone. While the two latter are (smart)phones, the N900 is truly a computer in a mobile phone format and provides the ultimate linux experience in such a device. People who are totally satisfied with their iPhones will probably not be very satisfied with the N900, as it has a completely different focus.
 

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