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Nokia Doomed?
I was just thinking that while the N97 has great specs is it a good phone. I read Giz's review and they didn't think much of it. Do you think Nokia is doomed or will go strong into the future. I personally think that if they continue at this rate with out changing then its the end of Nokia maybe not today or tomorrow but they will die, I am basically mirroring Giz's opinion. I hope Nokia will pull a Palm and reboot there OS it made sense that Palm would go first they were in the most trouble next is Win Mo with 7 and we all know that Microsoft isn't going any were. Next Nokia i hope, though i doubt it ever will because Nokia will just say "we are doing well why change?" This will keep them from true innovation. It makes sad thinking about it. If Nokia switch to Maimo what difference does it make its not like Maimo is new. What do you think?
I don't know if Nokia will pull the required rabbit our of their hat, but they'd better. I've owned Nokia's pretty much straight for the past decade, but the amazingly cool kit coming out of Samsung and Sony Ericcsson has already lured me away. All I'm doing is waiting for the NAM releases of their phones.
I'm a N95 owner and my main complaint is the phone does not have support for 3G in both the US and overseas which plagues the N97 as well. This phone was developed prior to Nokia and Qualcom sorting out thier legal battle over the 3G chip. Nokia has a few good things going for it over most Smartphones, the Carl Zeiss lens with 5MP camera and a flash (most don't even have a flash). Unless you got money to burn, I can't recommend upgrading from the N95 if you own it just yet. Prospective owners, if you need a solid phone with a camera for those "wish I had a camera moments", it's a solid phone.
I was disappointed to hear that Nokia scrapped the Android deal and the Symbian OS has really taken the backseat. I'm going to wait and see what their next top of the line produces. Ideally:
- US and overseas 3G on one phone
- preferrably Android
- better processor
- more Megapixals on the camera
- Capacitive touch screen
I'm not a fan of iTunes and its upgrade process, and HTC's camera pretty much is a POS. The N95 and the N97 really fill in on where the others fall short. I can do without all the garbage "I pity the fool" apps.
I was disappointed to hear that Nokia scrapped the Android deal and the Symbian OS has really taken the backseat. I'm going to wait and see what their next top of the line produces. Ideally:
- US and overseas 3G on one phone
- preferrably Android
- better processor
- more Megapixals on the camera
- Capacitive touch screen
I'm not a fan of iTunes and its upgrade process, and HTC's camera pretty much is a POS. The N95 and the N97 really fill in on where the others fall short. I can do without all the garbage "I pity the fool" apps.
I'm not sure what you're talking about, 808tech, since Nokia offers both N95 and N97 in North American 3G variants that work in the States.
Nokia does not need Android, as Maemo is superior (it is a full blown Linux OS, whereas Android is just a Linux kernel with virtualization tacked on), and Symbian^2, ^3, and eventually ^4 will arrive over the next ~2 years. After that, S60 will no longer be around as it is in its current capacity. www.symbian.org = the new Symbian Foundation OS (S^2 through ^4).
Nokia does not need Android, as Maemo is superior (it is a full blown Linux OS, whereas Android is just a Linux kernel with virtualization tacked on), and Symbian^2, ^3, and eventually ^4 will arrive over the next ~2 years. After that, S60 will no longer be around as it is in its current capacity. www.symbian.org = the new Symbian Foundation OS (S^2 through ^4).
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