Nokia releases 3D printing files for Lumia phone cases • Hacker News Board

Re: Nokia releases 3D printing files for Lumia phone cases

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Post by barrkel » Sat, Jan 19, 2013, 6:31 AM UTC

jeffbarr wrote: post #15

This is excellent, but it it important to see it as more than something that enables you to print your own case. Think, instead, about the number of times you need some kind of mounting bracket or adapter to connect two pieces of consumer goods to each other. Think about mounting a phone on a car dashboard, or on a bike or motorcycle. If there are N of the first and M of the second, there's no practical way for any m…

Your NxM problem is generally tackled by RAM Mounts; the common interface is a ball / clamp joint.

Re: Nokia releases 3D printing files for Lumia phone cases

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Post by senthilnayagam » Sat, Jan 19, 2013, 11:50 AM UTC

Hope every company starts offering STL files for current and past products.

call me lazy but don't want to signup and login to download it.

Re: Nokia releases 3D printing files for Lumia phone cases

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Post by jmount » Sat, Jan 19, 2013, 3:44 PM UTC

Its not like you are printing a phone- just a useless case.

Re: Nokia releases 3D printing files for Lumia phone cases

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Post by NoPiece » Sat, Jan 19, 2013, 5:20 PM UTC

barista wrote: post #27

NoPiece wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the biggest problem is that they charge for their operating system, which is fine for the Lumia 920, but isn't practical on low end phones where Nokia actually still has some market share. Or at least not practical at the rates Nokia is obliged to pay.

Are you saying that the charges made Nokia impossible to succeed? What about the patent fees android OEMs have to pay?

I don't know if I would say impossible to succeed. But by demanding full price for the OS, even on low end phones, it meant that Nokia rolled out far fewer windows phones. I think that was bad for Microsoft and Nokia, and indicative of old school desktop thinking on Microsoft's part.

Re: Nokia releases 3D printing files for Lumia phone cases

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Post by fredoliveira » Sat, Jan 19, 2013, 5:28 PM UTC

jmount wrote: post #33

Its not like you are printing a phone- just a useless case.

Why the dismissive comment? And how do you justify the blanket statement that cases are useless, given how many are sold all the time?

Your comment tells me you're the type of guy who, if given the chance to print an actual phone, might just comment "Its not like you are printing an iphone/samsung - just a useless nokia". Some people can never be satisfied, I guess.

Re: Nokia releases 3D printing files for Lumia phone cases

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Post by specto » Wed, Jan 23, 2013, 2:37 PM UTC

chokolad wrote: post #23

specto wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While the windows phone isn't bad, I think Microsoft made it impossible for Nokia to succeed. I have a feeling if they had decided to go with android, their phones would have been purchased as a direct competitor with Apple and Samsung, though Samsung may have played a smaller role if Nokia had jumped in sooner.

How exactly did Microsoft made it impossible to succeed ?

I may be wrong, however when Nokia entered into agreements with Microsoft it seems to me they had the expectation they would be their flagship phone provider. And yet when Windows 8 phones were made available Nokia was still stuck on the older platform for their most current phones. Exclusivity would have made Nokia the main source for Windows phones. The other companies such as LG and Samsung used both Windows phones and Android phones so they never had this issue.