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2008-08-21
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Originally Posted by danramos
Eh, I don't really have a strong opinion on the subject.
Do you think that the tight-lipped Apple approach works the best?
It's really all about who you're targeting. Intel is very open about their hardware plans because they sell to OEMs. Getting consumers excited about the next big product helps get OEMs excited. On the other hand, companies that sell to consumers, like Apple and Nokia, tend to be very quiet about what they're planning. To keep competitors from knowing acting on your future hardware plans. To help keep current stock selling instead of ending up with everybody waiting for the new hardware. To keep from having to throttle back on announced plans when things don't go quite as planned. To increase the "Wow!" factor when you do finally release the product. These things all factor in in some way or another.
Unfortunately the tight-lipped approach does leave those of us waiting suffering a bit more than we'd like, though the speculation and rumor-mongering does have its own appeal (this coming from a long-time veteran of the Apple rumor scene. . . .
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2008-08-21
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Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles
It also opens the doors for competitors who're making similar products to snatch people away with something newer and better when those consumers would otherwise have waited for the same brand. I'm actually still pretty hopped up on that Pandora ever since someone pointed it out to me. Considering I haven't seen an official anything from Nokia about anything similar or competitive, I would easily pick one up as soon as it comes out.
Unfortunately the tight-lipped approach does leave those of us waiting suffering a bit more than we'd like, though the speculation and rumor-mongering does have its own appeal (this coming from a long-time veteran of the Apple rumor scene. . . .
Mind you--I'm also the type of gadget dork that would buy that AND the new Nokia just because I like to play with everything. I keep mentioning my Palm Tungsten T5 which I've had since 2004--still have it.. rarely still use it but still have it. Palm hasn't released a true update/upgrade from the T5 in all this time. Sure, they put out the TX but it was the same thing with a black plastic body and built-in wifi (I had to buy a wifi SDIO card for mine) only with a slower processor and no more extra built-in flash memory. The only NEW things they've released since are Treo phones and the Centro.. which I'm not really interested in because I abhor combining my portable computer with phone company radios.
At least there's the rumor mill, here. It helps a little, but only a little.
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2008-08-21
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This tightlipped approach is driving me nuts!
I'm currently wondering wether to get a N810 or not for a trip next weekend.
I like almost all about it, but i wouldn't mind a faster Processor (OMAP 3530 preferably), the screen interface issues? fixed and maybe an improved GPS.
I know i should buy the device and be happy that i can enjoy it now, but if Nokia comes out with an N900 in the next three weeks or so, i'm going to scream!
Bye,
NsN
I'm currently wondering wether to get a N810 or not for a trip next weekend.
I like almost all about it, but i wouldn't mind a faster Processor (OMAP 3530 preferably), the screen interface issues? fixed and maybe an improved GPS.
I know i should buy the device and be happy that i can enjoy it now, but if Nokia comes out with an N900 in the next three weeks or so, i'm going to scream!
Bye,
NsN
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2008-08-21
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Originally Posted by No Such Nick
Be thankful you didn't buy an iPhone around this time last year so that you were part of the people who experienced the sudden price drop.
This tightlipped approach is driving me nuts!
I'm currently wondering wether to get a N810 or not for a trip next weekend.
I like almost all about it, but i wouldn't mind a faster Processor (OMAP 3530 preferably), the screen interface issues? fixed and maybe an improved GPS.
I know i should buy the device and be happy that i can enjoy it now, but if Nokia comes out with an N900 in the next three weeks or so, i'm going to scream!
Bye,
NsN
...or the folks who bought an original iPhone just before the new iPhone 3G came out.
You make a good point. Yeah.. there's something to be said about that tight-lipped strategy that can burn your customers and leave a bad taste in the future.
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2008-08-21
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Originally Posted by no such nick
. . . why the hell did OMAP get lowercased? Reggie?
(OMAP 3530OMAP3430 preferably)
Last edited by GeneralAntilles; 2008-08-22 at 00:37.
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2008-08-21
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Originally Posted by No Such Nick
@GA:
(OMAP 3530OMAP3430 preferably)
I assume you mean you tried for this, and it didn't work?
It's working fine in the preview, anyway.
What I have (copied into noparse tags):
[QUOTE=No Such Nick;216230]([strike]OMAP 3530[/strike] OMAP3430 preferably)[/QUOTE]
Problem on your end, maybe?
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2008-08-22
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Originally Posted by Benson
I can't imagine how.
Problem on your end, maybe?
[quote=no such nick;216230]
([strike]OMAP 3530[/strike] OMAP3430 preferably)[/quote]
Originally Posted by no such nick
Now it works . . . WTF?
(OMAP 3530OMAP3430 preferably)
That is truly about as bafflingly ******ed as it gets.
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2008-08-22
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OK, I'd like to see the N900 not mess with GA's uppercase! 
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2008-08-22
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Well, at least now I've learned how to do the strike, so something useful finally came out of this thread!
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I thought I'd remembered reading that the processor was just slightly faster. It doesn't make it any better at all, then.
Do you think that the tight-lipped Apple approach works the best? My figuring is that it kind of works for Apple because of Jobs' showboating on release days, but it doesn't seem as if Nokia does that. Maybe Nokia doesn't need to; I'd gotten mine without a lot of melodrama from the manufacturer. I simply saw that it was a LINUX based tablet based on Debian and that got me hooked. Everyone else saw how I got along with it and wanted one--they didn't know Linux from Apple from Windows... they just liked that I had a LOT of power and flexibility with it and that I could even write my own little apps and stuff. VERY attractive to the business folks, that last bit.
Well, your optimism makes me hopeful, then. Thanks for your responses despite my gruffness sometimes.