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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_1100 This is my phone and I had it for years. Yeah, it doesn't receive email or allows me to browse the internet but it already crashed into the ground and got wet more times that I can count and it still works. The battery still lasts 2 weeks.
1 week of battery duration (The original battery which is 6 years old).
What's with the Nokia doesn't get it part? The market repositioning from smart-phone to mid-range consumer phone and delayed launch of the N8 would seem to suggest that Nokia definitely does get that the N97 was a disaster. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_N8 Disclaimer: I work for Nokia.
Look at the picture attached to the article you just posted. At the bottom of the screen 'Options, exit'. Just where the soft menu keys would have been. And the same size. And the same amount of buttons. This is a touch phone. Why do you place on screen items like they're going to be activated by soft buttons? Disaster #2 on the way.
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Look at the picture attached to the article you just posted. At the bottom of the screen 'Options, exit'. Just where the soft menu keys would have been. And the same size. And the same amount of buttons. This is a touch phone. Why do you place on screen items like they're going to be activated by soft buttons? Disaster #2 on the way.
Options/Exit is a long time Symbian thing. Since the OS in N8 is an evolutionary step from the current version of the OS, they probably didn't want to change things too much. Anyway, this is actually one of the least problematic aspects of Symbian and not a disaster at all.
I understand this. As a potential customer, I don't care.
> they probably didn't want to change things too much.
As a potential customer, your wants are secondary to mine.
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I am eagerly waiting for the N8. It will ship for 470€. But I am a bit reluctant to buy it, when I think that the Galaxy S (420€) has tethering, better screen, better processor, better CPU, DivX support out of the box and the Nokia does not. I really hope they get it nailed down with the N8. I don't like Big Brother Google, and the closeness of Apple. A nice, working Symbian Phone would be great. Let's see.
At least if you're going to code in Java ME, rather than C++, Android is way more open than the Ovi store: http://journal.dedasys.com/2010/06/23/ovi-lays-an-egg
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A mid-range consumer phone that costs $1000? I don't think so.
The N8 will cost about $500 before taxes (and without operator subsidies, i.e. unlocked). Where do you get $1000?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_1100 This is my phone and I had it for years. Yeah, it doesn't receive email or allows me to browse the internet but it already crashed into the ground and got wet more times that I can count and it still works. The battery still lasts 2 weeks.
Can I buy a replacement - no it's only available in Africa! So I had to buy a Motorola - great sales strategy Nokia.
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At least if you're going to code in Java ME, rather than C++, Android is way more open than the Ovi store: http://journal.dedasys.com/2010/06/23/ovi-lays-an-egg
Downvoted for FUD. Android is not Java ME.
What I'm trying to say: at least if you're doing Java ME, the OVI store is a very closed shop, as evidenced by my unfortunate experience with it, and Android (which is not Java ME) is way more open and pleasant to deal with. I don't know as much about C++; although I think it may be less miserable in some ways than the OVI Java ME experience, although it has other, serious drawbacks.
All in all, Android is where it's at for me in the future.
What Nokia doesn't get is that they can't market their way out of inferior products, not anymore. They have gotten themselves blind on the quantity of phones that they sell and think that the quantity is a proof that they are doing something right. That they just need to claim to have smart phones and the market will obey. It's really quite sad, as this company if any have the ability to be at the forefront. But such…
It's not that Nokia doesn't get it, they just have some catching up to do. Just from understanding what you need to do you can not launch a high tech product over night.