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2007-11-01 , 15:18
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Originally Posted by rs-px View Post
Nokia's problem may be that it is sticking to its original brief for an Internet tablet and only responding to criticism of their implementation of that brief, rather than responding to criticism of the brief itself. Lots of people have given constructive criticism of the tablet concept but, really, the N810 is a clone of the 770 with some additional features, and the 770 was produced in the isolation of a lab. Obstinacy does nobody any good. It may well kill Nokia's internet tablet.
from what i read, people who criticize the concept fall into 2 categories:

1) some of them wanted a different device in the first place and now make nokia responsible for the fact that the tablet is not a smartphone. well: nokia does sell smartphones. they can go and get one.
2) die-hard fans who feel everyone in the world should want a tablet (better yet: a nokia tablet). they want nokia to pack the strangest features into the thing so no matter what peoples needs are, they'll alwas end up buying a tablet.

i think the concept is great as it is. the actual implementation got worse from model to model, but theres still hope. tablets will not be mass market products for some time to come, so we neednt try to find ideas how to make people want tablets as much as they want mp3 players. it wouldnt work: in the end, we'd have a phone or media player, but no tablet anymore. what would this be good for? theres no lack of phones or media players on the market, is there?