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I don't think the reviewer was wrong. He's reviewing for (mainly) Windows or Mac people who might see the IT and think 'I'd like one of those!'. The review will put them off it and rightly so.
The IT is quite good at some things but it's not even bad at the everyday things that an ordinary person might want, it doesn't really do them at all - and it's not likely to improve in the near future.
For non-techie people the IT would be a frustrating toy rather than a useful object. I like solving problems but even for me, finding ways to do the most everyday things is like an obstacle course. If I gave one to my wife, I doubt she'd give it more than 1/6!
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2008-02-25
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The IT is quite good at some things but it's not even bad at the everyday things that an ordinary person might want, it doesn't really do them at all - and it's not likely to improve in the near future.
For non-techie people the IT would be a frustrating toy rather than a useful object. I like solving problems but even for me, finding ways to do the most everyday things is like an obstacle course. If I gave one to my wife, I doubt she'd give it more than 1/6!
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2008-02-25
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2008-02-25
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2008-02-25
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2008-02-25
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2008-02-25
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Texrat, it is something you might talk about with your management: the cost of partially supporting a developer or two to work on AbiWord/Gnumeric is much less than the benefit of having these tools working properly on these tablets.
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2008-02-25
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IMHO, Nokia should just follow along with the public impression of the device, add a limited office suite and a PIM to it, and start bundle it with its lightweight phones like E50/E51.
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2008-02-25
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Heh, I'll probably say heresy but... I don't look especially forward PIM and/or Office solutions from Nokia.
The IT is quite good at some things but it's not even bad at the everyday things that an ordinary person might want, it doesn't really do them at all - and it's not likely to improve in the near future.
For non-techie people the IT would be a frustrating toy rather than a useful object. I like solving problems but even for me, finding ways to do the most everyday things is like an obstacle course. If I gave one to my wife, I doubt she'd give it more than 1/6!
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