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I'd be less interested in the same hardware with different bundled packages than actually different hardware (a 3.5", 4.1" and 6" tablet are high on my list).
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2008-06-02
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2008-06-02
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2008-06-02
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IMHO, Nokia's splitting of product line between number, E and N series is already a complete mess, so I am not for spreading that mess to tablet marketing...
Anyway: I just went from a N80i to a E51, and I chose a E51 because it could to all what the N series could do for a fraction of the price, so...
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2008-06-03
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...but that's the beauty of it in marketing terms, a lot of people assume Nseries = better functionality so they pay more for it, even when it's technically similar to an Eseries or numbered device.
I'm not defending that morally by the way, but that's how marketing works, you hype a brand and people are willing to pay more for it. Things like perfume, cola and cosmetics make their profits almost entirely from hype, because the product itself costs virtually nothing to make.
If you actually want the cheapest possible functionality in a smartphone, you'd buy a numbered S60 device. I've got a 6220 on order which is technically better than the N95 in every way but costs about half the N95's launch price. The 6220 looks a lot cheaper, but that suits me because I don't want to get mugged while using it.
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2008-06-03
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2008-06-03
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For those who don't know, the reason the tablets are part of Nokia's Nseries range is that Nokia used to be split into three hardware units: Mobile Phones (who did numbered phones), Multimedia (who did Nseries) and Enterprise (who did Eseries).
Now, Nokia's reorganising so that all device development will be one unit (Devices), software development will be another unit (Services) and there's a third unit handling marketing (called Marketing?).
The upshot of this is that the Nseries and Eseries names are no longer tied to any one part of the company, they're just brand names. Nseries is generally associated with higher end consumer products, while Eseries is associated with professional and business products.
Here's my idea: how about an Eseries-branded tablet based on the same hardware and maemo platform as the N810 (or a future N900?) but pre-loaded with various high quality productivity software and links to useful online services which would work through the MicroB browser. It would be sold in parallel to the Nseries tablets, and use the same software platform and hardware. (This is how Nokia does its S60 smartphones, the numbered, Nseries and Eseries are parallel versions of the same basic hardware and software platform.)
The idea would be to cater for those who want something like a tablet as a replacement for their PDA, and for those who feel they need to have decent built-in PIM software in a portable device.
The cost to Nokia might be relatively small because the hardware would be the same as for Nseries, but they'd basically be just developing some extra applications to be bundled with the device (or even just adapting existing open source productivity and PIM software for OS2008).
Any thoughts? I say again, this isn't a totally serious suggestion, just "blue sky thinking".
Last edited by krisse; 2008-06-02 at 16:45.