Thread: A forward thinking strategy for Nokia - Do we even need a mobile platform?
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2011-02-04 , 18:50
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Originally Posted by theflew View Post
You make a good point. The N900 was a pocket computer with a phone. Android, and iOS are phones with Apps. The problem with this is it's hard to explain in a 30 second commercial the difference. Apple can say they have 1 trillion apps in their store and anything less than that looks inferior. I find it funny when you ask an iPhone user a question they begin flipping thru screens for a specific app. I just open my browser with a bookmark.

I have no problem with Apps I just don't like the direction it's taking the industry. Now every site has to have a iPhone, Android, BB, WM7, etc... app. Versus just a good mobile website (online/offline). I think WebOS got it right and Qt WRT.
The thing is, I wouldn't see such a concept in direct competition with iOS, as it is simply as mass market solution that is seriously flawed when it comes to the needs of a power user. I'm talking about something that would essentially replace a laptop in your pocket, a evolution to what Nokia already tried to market with the N900. I don't like the fragmented approach of mobile apps and the closed software strategy used by Apple. I'm sure that there must be others like me that want a device that would truly replace the laptop whilst on the go?? With the miniaturisation of hardware this should be very much possible.