I've watched a good handful of Linux devices hit the market and have spent hours in community forums. I hope these five tips are among the top ten that others would suggest. I don't know if any OEMs will watch this - but opening it up for consumer discussion (that's you and me!) never hurts. Enjoy!
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You'll end up replacing osx with linux on your mac =)
Nokia IT's cannot be save by the developers. IT's are doomed just like the Sharp.
What's your reasoning, anonymous? I don't see that happening at all.
I'm not anonymous, but I will take a stab. Technically, I think the ITs are a screaming success. From a business perspective, they still have to prove themselves. My IT plus a cell phone plus some 3rd party software performs pretty much the same functions (that matter) as my friend's Apple iPhone, many of them better and for less cost to me. I have no desire for an iPhone. But his iPhone is overall a more consumer-friendly product and has much better business success, at least in the US market.
Which does not mean the IT is "doomed" like anon predicts. Nokia may want to take the market in a different direction (like locked/unlocked, or WiFi vs 3G. EDGE, whatever are irrelevant), and the IT is their platform to figure out how to do it. Outside NA, I get the impression VoIP adoption and WiFi access is coming much faster, and trends are already moved well away from locking customers to one phone provider for years and years. Nokia may view those markets as more crucial to the company's growth.
In the meanwhile, I continue to enjoy MY IT.
A N770 and N800 user, I believe the strength of these devices is mostly in what the 3rd party developers do. E.g., Claws-mail vs. the mediocre built-in Nokia MUA, osso-email.
Like linux, I see the NITs as being popular with the geek crowd but not with the mainstream - people who are a step closer to the guts of a computer than regular users, who don't mind editing config. files. iPhone users don't want to hear "Just edit this file and install that script, and voila, Bluetooth networking!"
That's why I think thoughtfix's message here is important. Recognize that the strength of these devices is in what 3rd party developers can do with them and recognize who your audience will be. Nurture them, and they will flock to your device in droves if the hardware is nice, as with the NITs.
For the record, I think 'the hubby' is right. Nokia should be leading up to putting cellular wireless in the NIT, and in the meantime they're selling these pre-cellular NITs, (hopefully) making money on them, and generating 3rd party developer momentum, familiarity and innovation with the platform.
I think Nokia is experimenting with new devices, the Internet Tablets are only a prototype of what is going to come in the next 5 years. We only have access to the top of the iceberg.
Hey,
Can some one help me ?
I can not watch the videos. I get a question mark inside the quicktime embedded video ?
Problems happen everywhere on the net, not just here ??
Quicktime is installed(newest)
Thnx for any help
Hi anonymous :)
The video in this post isn't a QuickTime video - it's hosted by YouTube and you need Flash (not QuickTime) to view it.
Try going to http://adobe.com and clicking the "Get Adobe Flash Player" button. Once you've installed flash, hopefully it shoud work. :)
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