Thread: Everyone else has caught up and Nokia has been left behind
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2010-04-22 , 19:26
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Originally Posted by wmarone View Post
Might it not be said that sticking the cellular subsystem into the N900 raised its profile higher than Nokia expected?
It looks that way, but I don't think so. That was fully expected. Now, the N800's sales-- THOSE were a surprise.

Wish I could say more, but I still hold out hope of SOMEday being rehired.

Originally Posted by fatalsaint View Post
This was one of the things I was referring to.

The whole Step X of 4 or Step X of 5 or whatever is a great idea... but you can't all of a sudden at step 3 or 4 just decide you want to completely redo everything.

The N900 actually became Step 1 of 2.. and all of the previous steps were dropped off into a black hole.
Yah. Development cycles should have been shorter and more furious. Do a crapload of in-house real-use testing on raw prototypes. Eat a lot of tablet-flavored dog food. And put out an industrial variant long before a hobbyist much less consumer-oriented device.

EDIT: oops, pasted wrong quote! fixed.
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