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http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_n9_pre...-news-3143.php

This concerns me. How could they have anticipated demand that poorly?
Shenanigans by senior management in aid of total failure, or just sheer incompetence?
Or perhaps (as some have said) marketing hype, or piss-poor journalism?

I'm like a nervous gnat whenever I read anything about meego/n9 nowadays.
I develop a nervous twitch whenever I hear those words uttered!

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Originally Posted by jalyst View Post
http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_n9_pre...-news-3143.php

this concerns me. How could they have anticipated demand (roughly) that poorly?
More shenanigans by senior management in aid of total & complete failure?
No N9 FOR YOU!
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What Nokia DID do that was oddly ahead-of-the-curve was put out the new form factor of Internet Tablets running Linux. But, they didn't leverage that very well and now everybody else has a bigger and better tablet, these days.
I bought the 770 when it was just released (beginning 2006 if i'm not mistaken), and it was my first real introduction to linux!
I don't think Nokia had much of a plan about what it was supposed to be. I think that for Nokia "internet tablet" mostly just meant "a mobile webbrowser". That seemed the only part that functioned really well. And it was the reason I bought the device. It was the only mobile computer/PDA/Mobile with a high density screen that was affordable (360 euros at the time).
I'm very glad I bought it. Back then mostly because I could browse the web anywhere, and currently because I learned so much about linux because of it.

The current pad/tablets are bigger, but are also much more than just a web browser. I don't think Nokia ever envisioned the Internet tablets to be used in a way that we currently use tablets/pads.
So I don't think that they are the same form factor.
I think the internet tablets are more like PDA formfactor. But because the PDA is used so differently from an iPad/tablet, nobody would call the iPad a resurrection of the PDA.
 

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... in the meanwhile Nokia conversations is hitting new lows...

But but... the post didn't actually tell me how to get pregnant! *disappointed*
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Originally Posted by Bernard View Post
I bought the 770 when it was just released (beginning 2006 if i'm not mistaken), and it was my first real introduction to linux!
I don't think Nokia had much of a plan about what it was supposed to be. I think that for Nokia "internet tablet" mostly just meant "a mobile webbrowser". That seemed the only part that functioned really well. And it was the reason I bought the device. It was the only mobile computer/PDA/Mobile with a high density screen that was affordable (360 euros at the time).
I'm very glad I bought it. Back then mostly because I could browse the web anywhere, and currently because I learned so much about linux because of it.

The current pad/tablets are bigger, but are also much more than just a web browser. I don't think Nokia ever envisioned the Internet tablets to be used in a way that we currently use tablets/pads.
So I don't think that they are the same form factor.
I think the internet tablets are more like PDA formfactor. But because the PDA is used so differently from an iPad/tablet, nobody would call the iPad a resurrection of the PDA.
I disagree. I believe they knew fully well that it could do much more. Otherwise, it wouldn't have continued to use open-source style deb's with repositories and applications, it wouldn't have presented an xterm command line--PDA's never had that, and it wouldn't have been puffered up by constantly remind you about how future-proof it is because it's based on open-source.. unlike PDA's. They truly WERE intending to make a portable computing platform and even called them TABLETS. They may LOOK like PDA form factors, but they clearly were aiming for more. My disappointment is with what using the term TABLET implied and how they missed the boat on the opportunities despite MANY people on here hinting as much--maybe not so much hinting as CLAMORING. :P
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But but... the post didn't actually tell me how to get pregnant! *disappointed*
Good thing Nokia is going Microsoft. Microsoft's been telling customers, vendors and everyone else to go **** themselves for YEARS! Maybe now MS can help Nokia with telling people how to get pregnant.
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LMAO, good one. We're blaming the wrong people blame OPK and co. for his substandard management that led Nokia to this dilemna in the first place.
Nokia is the brand that makes people wait from almost half a year to a year for a product, and the product turns out to suck like no other. The launch of Ovi store was hilarious to say the least.
 

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Don't blame OPK and co. Blame the people and customers that waits half a year to a year for a product. Its a free choice. you can walk away any time.

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Originally Posted by jalyst View Post
http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_n9_pre...-news-3143.php

This concerns me. How could they have anticipated demand that poorly?
Shenanigans by senior management in aid of total failure, or just sheer incompetence?
Or perhaps (as some have said) marketing hype, or piss-poor journalism?

I'm like a nervous gnat whenever I read anything about meego/n9 nowadays.
I develop a nervous twitch whenever I hear those words uttered!
Maybe Elop only allow them to sell very few 64Gb devices. OR maybe 16Gb doesnt sell well and they have a alot of them imn the pipeline :-/
 
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Sorta makes sense that the 64gb version would be more presold than the 16gb version since it really doesn't come at a premium, cost-wise and there's no immediate way to extend the N9's memory. I'd go up to the 64gb if I were a heavy user myself.
 

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