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2008-04-10
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Originally Posted by lma
Hmm . . . interesting. I had a different source for the same talk (don't feel like trying to dig it up) and it said 300k N800's, not 300k 770s.
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2008-04-10
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Originally Posted by geneven
Was that a general epiphany, or did you have something specific you wanted to direct at the rat you quoted?
"It's unrealistic to expect every single tablet purchaser to join much less frequent this forum. "
But this means that many of the great third-party apps aren't even known to many of the N8xx owners, and those with a problem with sdhc corruption or with powering on have no idea about a solution. That's amazing.
The next time I see a newbie arrive and start re-asking the frequently asked questions, I'm going to remind myself that perhaps the majority of N8xx owners have the same questions but never ask at all, and especially never search the forums for the answer.
Don't be shy!
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2008-04-10
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Originally Posted by Texrat
Well... doh. I don't think anyone is quite stupid enough to need telling the above. The salient point is that this forum is much quitier thank I would expecct for a total user base of 500k. Especially given that this is an Intenet device, and users' need for support. I've seen forums for quite obscure hobbies and webcomics with much higher trraffic than this.
It's unrealistic to expect every single tablet purchaser to join much less frequent this forum.
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2008-04-10
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Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles
Believing a platform owners claims about sales figures is about as reasonable as believing a politician's claims about what taxes will be if he is elected
Hmm . . . interesting. I had a different source for the same talk (don't feel like trying to dig it up) and it said 300k N800's, not 300k 770s.
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2008-04-10
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Originally Posted by meanwhile
Registering in ITT is not mandatory. I used this forum for a month without being a registered user. I just registered to thank a solution to a problem I had.
Well... doh. I don't think anyone is quite stupid enough to need telling the above. The salient point is that this forum is much quitier thank I would expecct for a total user base of 500k. Especially given that this is an Intenet device, and users' need for support. I've seen forums for quite obscure hobbies and webcomics with much higher trraffic than this.
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2008-04-11
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Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles
Yup. It was an Ari or Quim Q & A I believe. The quote was something of the effect that "Nokia was pleasently suprised that they had sold 300k of the N800" and that it "Certainly wasn't expected".
Hmm . . . interesting. I had a different source for the same talk (don't feel like trying to dig it up) and it said 300k N800's, not 300k 770s.
This was this past August or so. I think it was the same posted convo where the 5 steps of platform develelopment and the 770 was for uber geeks comments came from.
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2008-04-11
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Originally Posted by geneven
Not necessarily..
But this means that many of the great third-party apps aren't even known to many of the N8xx owners, and those with a problem with sdhc corruption or with powering on have no idea about a solution.
Whenever I start a new browser window, it shows me a big splash screen with a prominent 'Tableteer' button. I imagine most users will sooner rather than later click this button. It says 'Get support' and other things above the button, after all.
On this page it immediately tells me that I have an old software version, and that I need to upgrade. There's also a link there to 'Remind me again when the software's available'. This would have taken care of the earlier SDHC corruption problem, eventually. It would also take care of the boot problem, although there's a potential catch 22 there of course..
On the same page there's a list of 'Featured downloads', and it changes all the time. There's also a presentation of a couple of applications, today I see Xournal and Maemo Mapper, with nice pictures.
In short, users won't be cut off from upgrades or great applications even if they've never heard of ITT, or if they do but choose to ignore it.
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2008-04-11
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Originally Posted by sachin007
I know 2 whom I give support directly. So you can count me as 3...
Its really scary to imagine a tablet user who has never come to visit ITT!!
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2008-04-11
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Originally Posted by mathew.chacko
Exactly. I'm tech support for about 15 or so owners...
I know 2 whom I give support directly. So you can count me as 3...
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2008-04-11
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Originally Posted by Texrat
And the same thing happens on other forums. And more to the point, so what? Unless you believe all of:
Exactly. I'm tech support for about 15 or so owners...
1. Almost everyone here is "tech support" for a horde of other users....
2. This phenomenon is unique to the NIT...
3. For some other, equally bizarre, reason NIT owners download far less software than other users (even though their machine is shipped bare of a PIM, even though the software is free and of good quality)...
...Then it's irrelevant.
For any device, there will be a few people on any forum who help out a crowd of other users, so comparisons of forums come pre-adjusted for the factor you're trying to "compensate" for.