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2008-02-26
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"how many 'normal' people do you know have SDHCs, compared to people who have miniSDs?"
I think that many people have different kinds of memory for their cameras, and they go buy the kind required by the camera. I don't think that the kind of people who buy x kind of memory splits among "normal" and "abnormal" people. I don't think that sdhc memory is harder to use than other kinds of memory in any way, as your statement implies.
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2008-02-26
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Exactly. And like I said, community support may carry old products even further, providing that
1) drivers are free
2) community is large enough
Community grows all the time, and hopefully Nokia sees that free drivers are in its own interest (because prolonged community support and vibrant after market are actual selling points for new devices). I really want to see a OpenEmbedded-based OS (or something) being the de facto OS for 770 in the future.
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2008-02-26
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260/415 = ~63%Thus, N800 was at or near its release-day price point for only about 60% of its total lifetime.
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2008-02-26
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2008-02-26
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Exactly. That's why so many of us (wrongly, as it seems now) were telling people not to worry, Nokia won't produce only a single model at the time.
Therefore, I also disagree with nahkiainen.
And as to this:
>Those days were gone 15 years ago
@ghoonk: That's patently false. Those days _may_ be gone now, but they certainly weren't gone a couple of years ago. And I still fail to see why producing more than one model (as long as they appeal to different people) would hurt shareholders (I'm back to arguing against nahkiainen again..) - and Nokia itself is the strongest argument here, with their _huge_ phone model range.
Then again, I've never managed to understand what exactly goes on in the heads of marketing CEOs..
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2008-02-26
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In the US you are certainly right, but in Europe it was a different story. In France for example the price didn't budge one cent until the N810 was announced.
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2008-02-26
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2008-02-26
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I've been shopping for a pocket computer for a while, and I've pretty much settled on the N800. I was planning to wait a bit longer to buy one, so if they have indeed been discontinued, then that makes a difference to me.
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2008-02-26
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Does anyone actually know for a fact that the 800 is discontinued? Or is this just speculation and rumor?
I'm new here -- sorry, don't mean to start off by confronting anyone! I've been shopping for a pocket computer for a while, and I've pretty much settled on the N800. I was planning to wait a bit longer to buy one, so if they have indeed been discontinued, then that makes a difference to me.
I guess I fall in the "geek" category. But I think the 800 is a better deal in some ways. It seems to me, the only advantages of the 810 are the keyboard and GPS; and from what I hear, neither one is all that great. Looking at the price difference, you can get an N800 and a nice BT keyboard and GPS, for less that the cost of an N810. The 810's dinky keyboard isn't much better than an on-screen keyboard; for any lengthy typing, I don't want to have to use a shift key to get to the digits. Also, the 800 has two full-size SD sockets, compared to the 810's one miniSD.
So, does anyone here have a contact at Nokia, or maybe a distributor or journalist who has the straight story?
Thanks --