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Sandeep Murali
12:04 AM

In reply to Nokia to Halve Smartphone Production in 2010, Official Suicide Watch Starts Now
Nokia has a vice grip on the emerging markets in Africa and Asia. They sell millions of phones in these markets on a WEEKLY basis. They have pretty much perfected the art of making entry level phones for next to nothing and selling them at a decent enough margin that doesn't break the bank for the target consumers in these areas.

People there swear by Nokias (And Sony Ericssons, to a certain extent) and wouldn't buy handsets from another brand, come what may.

Concentrating on this segment is EXACTLY what Nokia should be doing right now. This is what makes their bottom-line. The high visibility, low volume, expensive handset market may be making front page news, but for a worldwide giant like Nokia, their largest and most faithful customerbase exists in the other end of the spectrum.

Judging them by the yardsticks of the smartphone savvy, first world economies is hardly accurate.
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frigg
12/04/09

In reply to Nokia to Halve Smartphone Production in 2010, Official Suicide Watch Starts Now
I also read that they're going to focus more on producing manual typewriters. Competition in the electric typewriter space is getting awfully fierce these days.
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dragon:ONE
12/03/09

In reply to Nokia Previews Faster, Prettier Symbian User Interface for 2010
... but will users still WANT Symbian or Maemo phones with the advent of more advanced operating systems such as the iPhone OS, Windows Mobile, or Android?

Last Symbian device I ever used was an S40-powered flip and it made me want to throw it out a window. The interface was horrid, laggy, slow, complex.

And as the ad at the top of this page said to me, "With new Windows phones, you always have choices".
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jinushaun
12/03/09

In reply to Nokia Previews Faster, Prettier Symbian User Interface for 2010
Can they PLEASE update the typeface while they're at it? Their standard typeface looks like pixelated 8-bit fonts from the 80s. No matter what resolution their screens are, it makes their interface look ancient and resolution smaller than it actually is.

The typeface is also too narrow, which means the type has to be bigger to be readable, which is why their interfaces look so "pixelated" to me. Typefaces designed specifically for screens tend to be wide (e.g., Verdana) to improve readability at small sizes.
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skierpage
12/03/09

In reply to Nokia Has No Plans To Give Up On Symbian Or Maemo
Nokia bought the makers of the open source Qt C++ UI toolkit and frameworks. The latest Qt runs on Maemo and on Symbian (and on Windows, Mac, and Linux). Qt is at least as good as Apple's Cocoa and the Android APIs. So Nokia is moving towards standardizing on one toolkit for programmers, without abandoning their current OS. This won't mean one app will run both on Maemo 6 devices and Symbian phones, but it does mean developers writing for Nokia can focus on one toolkit.
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Alfisted
12/02/09

In reply to Nokia Has No Plans To Give Up On Symbian Or Maemo
Thus ensuring that Nokia will continue to NOT be a force in the US Smartphone market.The battle for mobile OS dominance is over before its started. OEMs who cling to vain hopes (PALM) will suffer dearly.
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OCEntertainment
12/02/09

@Alfisted: The advantage Nokia has over Palm, however, is that it's not putting all its hopes on one OS on one phone.

So far, in the consumer market, the smartphone race is between the iPhone and Android. The Pre, while fantastic, was little more than a boost to Palm. They need something way better to stay in this game. WinMo 7 is nothing but potential right now, but we'll have to wait to see how that goes.

Nokia, however, has the resources, the history, and the name to push a phone product. If they can pull together a solid piece of software, they have a lot more going for them. The question is, will it be too late, or just in time for the next revitalization period in cell phones? There's still time before 4G phones take off. That would be a good time to have a really groundbreaking phone.
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Sockatume
12/01/09

In reply to Nokia to Shoot Itself in the Foot and Release Just One Maemo Device in 2010
You've got a company that's invested hundreds of millions in developing Symbian^2 with an ongoing development roadmap for the next several years, and their side-project of an internet tablet OS that reviewers say doesn't make for a very useful phone yet, and you're surprised about which OS they're sticking with?
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KVirtanen
11/18/09

In reply to Nokia's N-Series Will Ditch Symbian for Maemo by 2012
Doesn't N97 Mini also use S60?
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Danny Allen
11/18/09

@KVirtanen: Yeah, typo fixed, thx.
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Wicked1
10/24/09

In reply to Waiting for a Nokia N900? Keep Waiting
Delayed til November, next month, or November, next year? I wasn't aware it was supposed to be coming out this month #n900
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tande04
10/24/09

@Wicked1: my impression was that it was always supposed to be part of the "project black" line up and I don't think that a week or two is much of a "delay" #n900
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dagwud
10/24/09

In reply to Waiting for a Nokia N900? Keep Waiting
T-Mobile's supposedly cheap plans sounded great until I realized that I'd be paying for service I don't get. T-Mobile's 3G coverage is non-existent here.

Still, I love the look of the n900. It's tempting.
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tande04
10/24/09

@dagwud: well since greater roll out of not just 3g but 21mhz 3g is supposed to be part of the plan id just say wait and see #n900
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Skeletor
10/24/09

In reply to Waiting for a Nokia N900? Keep Waiting
Is that a stylus in the lower right corner? Get rid of it, Nokia. #n900
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met2art
10/24/09

@Skeletor: Having seen several videos of the device in use, it looks like they've made great strides in the finger-friendliness of the resistive touch screen. Also, considering the 800x480 resomolutions, the stylus is a nice way to add much finer control if desired. #n900
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OCEntertainment
10/09/09

In reply to Nokia's Next OS, Maemo 6, Could Look Like This
As a courtesy, I will not comment on the kiddie appearance of the concept, as I understand it is just a mockup. However, I would like to demo my own OS mockup for AwesomeOS.

As you can see, it features Facebook because...umm...Web 2.0. And stuff. And we decided to pull a little from Apple and put in an Application Slot Machine. Every app you download will be placed on the wheels of the slots. Once per day, the slots will be pulled, and any apps in the center line will be pulled from your phone.

Also, a laser. For obvious reasons.
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Sir Gibler
10/07/09

In reply to Overheard at Phone Conference: "Nokia Will Never Release an Android Handset"
can Nokia please get their heads outta their asses like Palm finally did. It's time to move on. Symbian had a time and place and its just about over now that they have so much damn competition.
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skylon
10/07/09

In reply to Overheard at Phone Conference: "Nokia Will Never Release an Android Handset"
Nokia once vowed never to make clamshell phones too. So expect Androids soon!
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citizen024
10/07/09

In reply to Overheard at Phone Conference: "Nokia Will Never Release an Android Handset"
S60v5 (Symbian^1)is only a transitional OS, for nokia to stay in the game while they get ready for the offensive, its basically the old Symbian patched for touch, although the n97 will get better with the v20 update this month.

I think with the stuff i see happening (check nokia beta labs), the "new" Symbian is maturing quite nicely. By Symbian^4 (1 year from now) i'm expecting excellent things, especially with both Mameo and Symbian using Qt, it will be very streamlined and good for devs.

Why would Nokia fragment its environments for the devs by introducing Android. Especially with them having a bit of a bad rep for doing just that (ie. changing APIs, etc)
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