Thread: A forward thinking strategy for Nokia - Do we even need a mobile platform?
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Rav is offline Rav
2011-02-04 , 18:35
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Originally Posted by ysss View Post
I think I'm missing your point, because to me this looks like the same strategy the pc industry has been following for years. Use the desktop/x86 software and depend on hardware advances to scale things down without readapting the UI/UX to the mobile user's needs.

If I didn't misunderstand your post, then you might be missing the point of all the new mobile platforms and supporting ecosystem powering iOS and Android.
Hi,

Perhaps I am missing the point, could you explain?

What would constitute mobile user's needs? After spending a few days practically using some of the full desktop apps on the N900 I firmly believe it is highly possible to develop the right mobile hardware to run a full distro and apps. The critical success factor for such a strategy would have to be "specialised" hardware as I briefly described in my original post. I agree there maybe some desktop apps that require large desktop real estate but for everyday apps I don't see any need to "mobile-ise" these. It makes business sense as you've already got a large, rich and mature software base ready for users.