Originally Posted by Texrat

You really don't understand at all the context of what I said, do you?

Ironic.

Originally Posted by Hedgecore

Tex: Apple liberal!? Nokia conservative!?

One of them lets you run unsigned code on their devices.

Originally Posted by anidel

MI like to have a phone to make calls and act as modem when needed and the tablet for everything else.

The key is the screen. To make calls you don't need a huge screen. But you probably want to carry your cellphone almost everywhere, almost always (Saturday nights with friends, for example).

But you do want a larger, crisp screen to surf the web, to guide you with clear directions and bla bla that you can carry in the backpack (that you might not want to carry when going out with friends).

You simply can't have both. Or if you do, you have to sacrifice something: screen for the N95, GSM with the tablet. And you can try to help in both cases (zooming and panning in the N95, VoIP calls on the tablet). Kudos to Nokia for providing both. Apple got it too: they're planning a new PDA. The real IT competitor.
We'll see.

Originally Posted by benny1967

You're so right! I'll never understand why people are so obsessed by the idea it "should be a phone". They all seem to assume potential tablet-owners dont have cell phones already and the big drawback is they need to buy 2 devices.

In real life, people do have cell phones already (most of the people I know have at least two). Putting all the phone stuff into the tablet wouldnt come for free: it would increase size and cost. I dont see any advantage in forcing people to buy yet another cell phone (because its built in) when all they want is an internet device.

Only if the tablet series one day will have 3, 4 or 5 up-to-date models (like the N800 and N810 now) that are sold with slightly different configurations I could imagine one of these models to include a phone; there might be customers who really happen to need a new phone at the same time they buy a tablet, so this would be for them.

Originally Posted by Fadsjeik

Actually, I don't expect there to be different models. It would probably be more expensive to assemble different models,....

Originally Posted by benny1967

There already are 2 models: N800 and N810.

Originally Posted by Fadsjeik

Sure, they have different hardware, but the basis is the same (screen, wifi, processor, bluetooth). So what I meant was that if there were to be cell functionality integrated into the tablets one day, then it would probably be in all tablets, because it would most likely be a feature that is embedded in the basis. To manufacture ITs with different basic components would probably be too expensive.