On 1/10/07, Ted Zlatanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I think the 770/N800 break with OS support from ITOS2006 to ITOS2007 is reasonable. The 770 was a first-generation device, really the first of its kind. I hope the N800 doesn't get deprecated in the same way, and I hope Nokia at least considers giving some discount to people buying the N800 that bought a 770 previously.
What's amazing to me is that someone in charge at Nokia thinks that independant developers are going to flock to develop a market-creating software ecosystem for a $400-$500 half-open platform, especially in light of Apple's recent announcement of the iPhone -- a $500 half-open platform which presumably will ship with Apple-provided "killer apps," no magic market creation required. This has seemed to be Nokia's strategic blunder all along; create a pretty compelling hardware platform which does so many things right -- like using standard, user-replaceable batteries -- and then relying on half measures on the software side (half measures meaning not a) creating a compelling software platform for the device internally which was ready for prime time when the device shipped, or b) _really_ empowering the community to develop the platform, in a way that took _full_advantage_ of all the device's capabilities). In short, I think that fully opening the platform (both n770 and n880) now is the only way Nokia's going to be able to compete when the iPhone comes out in 5 or 6 months. Dave _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list [email protected] https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
