It wasn't and still isn't that important for Nokia. I preferred to search for my own apps anyway. App Stores are never complete, but Apple's has set the bar. I only pointed out that it was an idea Apple copied from Nokia, who got it from the Japanese.

By the way, why use USB when I used to just download and install straight from the browser? Looks like you weren't as wise as most Nokia users. Good thing Apple does all your thinking for you. I've aways called the iPhone the "smartphone for dummies".

Ask Apple. Before the HTC Hero, only S60 devices had this feature. Skyfire brought it to WinMo. Now even the Palm WebOS has it. Why is it taking so long for Apple to catch up?? Please answer this honestly. I can give you a clue. Pure predatory nickle and diming of neophyte consumers. Apple makes a living off of those that don't know any better, like you. Nokia has implemented the features used most, like IM, so we aren't forced to pay $1.99 for it. And hots off to them for it.


I don't see why not? You claim they "invented" this and that, but they didn't. In fact, do some searching, and you'll find Nokia has most of the patents that are the backbone of this industry. They're the real innovators. Apple has profitted from the blood and sweat of Nokia technology, with no compensation for three years! So some of those profits belong to Espoo. It is what it is.

It didn't have any third party application framework in 2007, and wasn't a smartphone at the time it launched. Jobs called it one and the sheep flocked. IMO, no non ultitasking device should be considered a smartphone. For example, what feature or function did the original iPhone have that an upper tier S40 featurephone didn't? I'll tell you this. S40 devices matched the iPhone feature for feature, AND added a framework for installable apps! Were those smartphones, too? Or is it only a smartphone if dumba**es can use it? Because every man, woman, and child could use S40.

ROFL!! The N95 was the first phone termed a superphone. It was one of the best selling smartphones of all time, without counting sales of its candybar version, the N82. These 2 year old, nearly 3 year old, models are still highly coveted and sold today. They remain in the top ten rated smartphones on InfoSync to this day! It's no fun if you run in traffic. At least pose some sort of a defense. Opinions are like...

And by the way. I'm 100% American, born in Louisiana, living in the DFW Metroplex, proud home of the Telecom Corridor. We know a thing or two about mobility and communications, and a large concentration of mobile bloggers and analyst call the area home. (Shout out to Texrat, Darla Mack, Gadget Virtuoso, Symbian Guru, and the rest of the crew!)

I live to engage and expose ill informed chaps like yourself, as you can see in my last post on MF:
http://maemo-freak.com/index.php/tho...yst-are-idiots

Were you of any significance, I'd be roasting you as well, along with your TiPB brethren. But I'll let you make it. I suggest you do alot more studying, learn the industry from a global business perspective, and come back when you're more seasoned. You know a little, but have so much to learn...